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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Favro, Terri.     Subjects     Robots in literature.     Robots in motion pictures.     Artificial intelligence in literature.     Technology -- Social aspects.     Robots -- Technological innovations.     Artificial intelligence -- Technological innovations.     Science -- Technological innovations.     Robotics.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Favro, Terri.       by title:      Generation robot : a...       by call number:      809.38762 F277g     Search the Web     Favro, Terri.     Robots in literature.     Robots in motion pictures.     Artificial intelligence in literature.     Technology -- Social aspects.     Robots -- Technological innovations.     Artificial intelligence -- Technological innovations.     Science -- Technological innovations.     Robotics.       MARC Display

Generation robot : a century of science fiction, fact, and speculation / Terri Favro. by Favro, Terri. Skyhorse Publishing, 2018. Call #: 809.38762 F277g Subjects Robots in literature.   Robots in motion pictures.   Artificial intelligence in literature.   Technology -- Social aspects.   Robots -- Technological innovations.   Artificial intelligence -- Technological innovations.   Science -- Technological innovations.   Robotics. ISBN:  9781510723108 (hc.) Description:  xx, 231 p. ; 24 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-231). Contents:  Introduction: Why robots? -- Isaac's kids (1950) -- Monolith (1968) -- A tramp in the AI winter (1985) -- Fun and games with thinking machines (2018) -- Hitching a ride in a driverless car (2025) -- Waking up the house (2030) -- The good robot (2040) -- Sex and the singularity (2050). Summary:  "Generation Robot covers a century of science fiction, fact and, speculation--from the 1950 publication of Isaac Asimov's seminal robot masterpiece, I, Robot, to the 2050 Singularity when artificial and human intelligence are predicted to merge. Beginning with a childhood informed by pop-culture robots in movies, in comic books, and on TV in the 1960s to adulthood where the possibilities of self-driving cars and virtual reality are daily conversation, Terri Favro offers a unique perspective on how our relationship with robotics and futuristic technologies has shifted over time. Peppered with pop-culture fun-facts about Superman's kryptonite, the human-machine relationships in the cult TV show Firefly, and the sexual and moral implications of the film Ex Machina, Generation Robot explores how the techno-triumphs and resulting anxieties of reality bleed into the fantasies of our collective culture. Clever and accessible, Generation Robot isn't just for the serious, scientific reader--it's for everyone interested in robotics and technology since their science-fiction origins. By looking back at the future she once imagined, analyzing the plugged-in present, and speculating on what is on the horizon, Terri Favro allows readers the chance to consider what was, what is, and what could be."--Amazon.com. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Woodlawn Public Library Adult Nonfiction 809.38762 F277g Adult books Adult Display 4 Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Nonfiction 809.38762 F277g Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Nonfiction 809.38762 F277g Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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