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Is technology running amok or is it serving as a helping hand? Is it a threat or a benefit? Runaway Science: True Stories of Raging Robots and Hi-Tech Horrors presents the ominous, and some encouraging, stories of how technology has shaped our past and might shape our future. It dives into the question of mankind’s future. An exhilarating and troubling read, it looks at whether robots and technology are a threat or a boon to humanity. Its investigations include …
With more than 100 photos and illustrations, this riveting read is richly illustrated, and its helpful bibliography and extensive index add to its usefulness. Ponder the possibilities with this examination of the menace of robots, artificial intelligence, and technology of the past, present, and future. Exciting and worrisome, Runaway Science looks at past horrors and future dangers of technology!
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
1. Ancient Robots and Magical Machines
2. Sex with Robots
3. Bionic Eyes? Almost the Real Thing
4. Limb Construction, Robots and “Luke”
5. When Robots Go to War
6. Replaced by Robot Lookalikes?
7. Robotic Spies in the Home
8. Robocop Comes to Life
9. When Your TV Becomes Filled with Danger
10. Robots in the Sky
11. The Rise of the Insect Robots
12. Robots Doing What We Can Do
13. Communing with Robots and Craving for Immortality
14. When a Robot Made the World Stand Still
15. Robots on TV
16. Cinematic Robots and the World of Hollywood
17. From NASA to DARPA
18. When Artificial Intelligence Begins to Flex its Muscles
19. Chipped Forever?
20. The Rise of the Cyborgs
21. From the White House to COVID-19
22. Conclusions
Further Reading
Index