Since I wrote the article, The Rise and Rise of Robots, a landmark book, The Age of Em, has appeared, giving a probable but horrific scenario imposed by robots on humans. The book comes in the wake of a spate of presentations on the true nature of machine intelligence and on ways to protect humans from it. These outstanding analyses have made observers pause in their all-out support for robots and review the relentless march of robots on Earth!
Professor Robin Hanson, Associate Professor of Economics at George Mason and a Research Associate at theFuture of Humanity Institute of Oxford University has ignited an explosion of ideas on the future of robots. His book, The Age of Em - Work, Love and Life when Robots Rule the Earth (Oxford University Press) has painted a probable but horrific scenario with robots dominating humans.It has received critical reviews in the Press.
First, let us understand what he means by the word em. It....
