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  • How to Think About Robots
  • Written by: Kate Darling
  • Narrated by: Hillary Huber
  • Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (2 ratings)

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The New Breed

Written by: Kate Darling
Narrated by: Hillary Huber
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A bold, optimistic exploration of the relationship between robots and humans based on our history with animals, from a renowned MIT researcher.

The robots are here. They make our cars; they deliver fast food; they mine the sea floor. And in the near-future, their presence will increasingly enter our homes and workplaces - making human-robot interaction a frequent everyday occurrence. What will this future look like? What will define the relationship between humans and robots?

Here Kate Darling, a world-renowned expert in robot ethics, shows that in order to understand the new robot world, we must first move beyond the idea that this technology will be something like us. Instead, she argues, we should look to our relationship with animals. Just as we have harnessed the power of animals to aid us in war and work, so, too, will robots supplement - rather than replace - our own skills and abilities.

A deeply original analysis of our technological future and the ethical dilemmas that await us, The New Breed explains how the treatment of machines can reveal a new understanding of our own history, our own systems and how we relate - not just to non-humans, but also to each other.
©2021 Kate Darling (P)2021 Penguin Audio
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"A must read for anyone interested in the emerging ethics of robotics." (Irene M. Pepperberg)

"Endless ink has been spilled on AI and our robot future. Just when it seems there's nothing left to be said, along comes Kate Darling's book. For the first time, it seems we're having the conversation we ought to be having." (Tim O'Reilly)

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A completely new and powerful perspective of human robot relationship

It’s an amazing thought, so provoking analogies and one tends to agree with Kate Darling on most of the occasions. AI driven future (which is not very far away) is going to bring in many changes in our lives, work styles, environment but more importantly our own relationships with fellow humans and robots both. This book takes you to a Multi Directional universe where we need to unlearn more than what we need to learn. A wonderful book.

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