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Runaway Science

Runaway Science

True Stories of Raging Robots and Hi-Tech Horrors

by Nick Redfern
Paperback
Publication Date: 11/04/2023

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Will computers come to dominate man? Will advanced technology, robots and artificial intelligence enhance or destroy our future ... and thereby changing us forever!?! Learn about the history, the menace and opportunities of technology--as well as possible futures--in this one-of-a-kind book!

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 ...

  • Robocops and robots in the police force
  • Robots replacing people in the workplace
  • The high tech of ancient times
  • Clones, androids, modified humans, cyborgs, designer babies, and half-human robots
  • CIA plots to control our minds
  • The sentient internet
  • Monitoring our every move with microchip implants
  • The threat of unfathomable alien intelligence and technology
  • The singularity of uncontrollable and irreversible supplanting of human intelligence with technological intelligence
  • Science fiction and science fact--and how science fiction foreshadowed the future
  • Clandestine technological dangers and government mind-control plots
  • Robotic limbs, androids and half-humans
  • The prospect of uploading our minds into computers to ensure immortality
  • Whether robots will rise up and cause humans to become extinct
  • And much, much more.

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!

ISBN:
9781578598014
9781578598014
Category:
Popular beliefs & controversial knowledge
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
11-04-2023
Language:
English
Publisher:
Visible Ink Press
Country of origin:
United States
Dimensions (mm):
228.6x152.4x12.7mm
Weight:
0.41kg
Nick Redfern

Nick Redfern is the author of more than sixty books, including The NASA Conspiracies, For Nobody's Eyes Only, The Real Men in Black, Keep Out! and Top Secret Alien Abduction Files. He has been on many television shows, including those on Travel Channel, History, SyFy and National Geographic and is a regular guest on Coast to Coast AM.

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