Opinions Throughout History: Robotics & Artificial Intelligence
Opinions Throughout History: Robotics & Artificial Intelligence
Editor/Author
Issit, Micah L.
Publication Year: 2020
Publisher: Grey House Publishing
Price: Core Collection Only

ISBN: 978-1-64-265481-3
Category: Technology & Engineering - Technology
Image Count:
88
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents
This volume explores automatons, computing, mechanical engineering, automation in the Industrial Revolution, digital technology, the search for artificial intelligence, and technological singularity--a hypothetical future point when technological growth becomes uncontrollable and irreversible, resulting in unfathomable changes to human civilization.
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Table of Contents
- Publisher's Note
- Introduction
- Historical Timeline
- 1. Endowed with Motion: Robots in Myth and Legend (800 BCE–17th century)
- 2. Automating Work: Mechanization and Human Capability (1590–1900)
- 3. Fear Your Creation: The Robot Revolution (1600s–1920s)
- 4. Automated Ethics: Robotics, Ethics, and Morality (1920s–1950s)
- 5. The Computer Revolution: A History of Early Computers (1940s–1950s)
- 6. Approaching Intelligence: First Steps toward Modern Artificial Intelligence (1940s–1960s)
- 7. Factory Work: Development of Industrial Manufacturing Machines (1913–1980s)
- 8. The Illusion of Language: Language Replicating Machines and Programs (1950s–1970s)
- 9. The Perfect Body: Robot Design in Pop Culture and Reality (1950s–2010s)
- 10. Seasons of AI: Development and Stagnation in AI Research (1950s–Present)
- 11. Hands Free: The Search for Autonomous Transportation (1930s–Present)
- 12. Robotic Justice: The Use of Robots in Security and Policing (1970s–2010s)
- 13. Where No One Can Go: Robots in Dangerous Places and Dangerous Jobs (1980s–Present)
- 14. Mechanical Medicine: Robotics in Medicine and Health (1980s–Present)
- 15. Playing Robot: Robots as a Toy and Hobby (1993–Present)
- 16. War Games: The Use of Robotics and AI in the Military (1994–Present)
- 17. Space Oddities: Robotics in Space (1966–Present)
- 18. The Ultimate Strategy Machine: Robots and the Great Human Strategy Games (1996–Present)
- 19. Homebots: Robots in the Home (1998–Present)
- 20. Replicating Humanity: Robotic Approximations of Human Form and Function (2000–Present)
- 21. The AI Assistant: Virtual and Digital Assistants (2011—Present)
- 22. Robotic Citizenship: Public Attitudes toward Robots and Robotics (2014–Present)
- 23. Biorobotics: The Use of Robotics to Repair and Enhance the Human Body (2017–Present)
- 24. Robotic Living: Smart Homes and Robotic Household Aides (2017–Present)
- 25. The Future of Work: How Robotics Could Impact the Future of the Working World (2019)
- 26. Quantum Computing: The Potential Future of Computing Technology (2019)
- 27. The Singularity: The Transcendence of Technology (2020)
- 28. Conclusion: Robotics and AI: Oppressors or a New Utopia?
- Appendixes
- Primary and Secondary Sources
- Glossary
- Historical Snapshots
- Bibliography
- About the Author