This is a list of some books on artificial intelligence and robotics that I recommend. For more information click on one of the links below. (** Books that especially influenced me.)
Artificial Intelligence/Robotics
• Stuart Armstrong ~ Smarter Than Us: The Rise of Machine Intelligence
• James Barrat ~ Our Final Invention: Artificial Intelligence and the End of the …
• Blackford & Broderick ~ Intelligence Unbound: The Future of Uploaded …
• Marshall Brain ~ The Second Intelligent Species: How Humans Will Become as …
• Nick Bostrom ~ Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies
• Rodney Brooks ~ Flesh and Machines: How Robots Will Change Us
• Ted Chu ~ Human Purpose and Transhuman Potential: A Cosmic Vision of Our …
• Katherine Hayles ~ How We Became Posthuman: Virtual Bodies in Cybernetics …
• Ray Kurzweil ~ The Age of Spiritual Machines: When Computers Exceed Human …**
• Menzel & D’Aluisio ~ Robo Sapiens: Evolution of a New Species
• Marvin Minsky ~ The Society of Mind
• Hans Moravec ~ Robot: Mere Machine to Transcendent Mind**
• Paul & Cox ~ Beyond Humanity: CyberEvolution and Future Minds**
• Martine Rothblatt ~ Virtually Human: The Promise—and the Peril of Digital …
• Charles Rubin ~ Eclipse of Man: Human Extinction and the Meaning of Progress,
• Ilia Stambler ~ A History of Life-Extensionism in the Twentieth Century
• Keith Wiley ~ A Taxonomy and Metaphysics of Mind-Uploading
• Sam Williams ~ Arguing A.I.: The Battle for Twenty-first-Century Science
• George Zarkadakis ~ In Our Own Image: Savior or Destroyer? The History and Future of …
Why no mention of Zarkadakis’ In Our Own Image?
The answer is that I wasn’t aware of it. While I haven’t read it, a brief perusing of the work on amazon causes me to recommend it. Thanks for pointing it out to me. JGM
As life becomes complicated and people more insincere, robots might someday be our only friends.