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The terrifying new role of technology in a world at
'I love my robot lawn mowers, my laptop, wifi, Google, Facetime, Whatsapp and the possibility of drone postal deliveries and more... Yet worries nag about being overwhelmed by an artificial intelligence revolution whose ethical and moral parameters are less clear than its rampant profiteering from
Will the workplace of the future be overrun by machines and robots? Are the new frontiers of artificial intelligence (AI) on the cusp of dethroning us in efficiency, intelligence and innovative potential? Automation and AI will augment our human world and potential. The winners of the future of
Emily Witt is single and in her thirties. Having experienced the familiar disappointments that come with online dating and one-night stands, Witt decides to find her own path. The result is an open-minded, honest account of the contemporary pursuit of connection and pleasure - open, forgiving and
Features 'The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction', 'The Task of the Translator' and 'Theses on the Philosophy of History', as well as essays on Kafka, storytelling, Baudelaire, Brecht's epic theatre, and
THE RISE OF THE ROBOTS for the masses. How to survive in a world of virtual
The wit and wisdom of Benjamin Disraeli, British statesman and twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom - with a new foreword by Lord
The third timeless, amazing and amusing volume of Isaac Asimov's robot stories. Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics have since been programmed into real computers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and used as the outline for a legal robotic charter in
The must-read book for anyone concerned about the present and the
Drone Warfare is the first comprehensive analysis of one of the fastest growing--and most secretive--fronts in global conflict: the rise of robot warfare. In 2000, the Pentagon had fewer than fifty aerial drones; ten years later, it had a fleet of nearly 7,500, and the US Air Force now trains more
The Nobel Prize-winning economist and bestselling author of Globalization and Its Discontents explains why saving Europe may mean abandoning the Euro. Can the Euro be saved? Should it be? Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz dismantles the prevailing consensus around what ails Europe -
The challenges to humanity posed by the digital future, the first detailed examination of the unprecedented form of power called 'surveillance capitalism,' and the quest by powerful corporations to predict and control us.The heady optimism of the Internet's early days is gone. Technologies that
From the author of the Scott and Bailey series, Quiet Acts of Violence is a novel about family and betrayal, injustice and poverty, the ties that bind and those that break
A warm, witty and wise debut about the ups and downs of life as a TV
A brand new book from the Sunday Times and internationally bestselling author of The Silk Roads | 'Masterly mapping out of a new world order' – Evening Standard | Revised and updated edition | The New Silk Roads takes a fresh look at the relationships being formed along the length and breadth of the
Three scenarios for future approaches to peace and conflict diplomacy, explored through the lens of regional perspectives and security
A euphoric coming-of-age story about friendship in 80s and 90s New
The 21st century offers a dizzying array of new technological developments: robots smart enough to take white collar jobs, social media tools that manage our most important relationships, ordinary objects that track, record, analyze and share every detail of our daily lives, and biomedical
The classic novel of King Arthur.A beautiful paperback edition of The Once and Future King, White's masterful retelling of the Arthurian legend.T.H. White's masterful retelling of the Arthurian legend is an abiding classic. Here all five volumes that make up the story are published together in a
Set in a London of the near future, its three principal characters, Handel, Picasso and Sappho, separately flee the city and find themselves on the same train, drawn to one another through the curious agency of a book. This book features a question and a quest: How shall I
Benjamin Zephaniah, who has travelled the world for his art and his humanitarianism, now tells the one story that encompasses it all: the story of his life. In the early 1980s when punks and Rastas were on the streets protesting about unemployment, homelessness and the National Front, Benjamin's
A bold exploration of modern psychedelic culture, its history, and future - Examines 3 modern psy-culture architects: chemist Alexander 'Sasha' Shulgin, mycologist-philosopher Terence McKenna, and visionary artist Alex Grey - Investigates the use of microdosing in extreme sports, the psy-trance
'The best and most beautiful edition of the Autobiography].'--J. H. Plumb, New York Review of Books 'Among the many editions available-read Yale's. Its text is the most reliable (the Franklin papers are at Yale) and its supplementary material is uniformly useful.'--Jonathan Yardley, Washington