Automation & Robotics

From Wharton professor and author of the popular One Useful Thing Substack newsletter Ethan Mollick comes the definitive playbook for working, learning, and living in the new age of AI....

How will artificial intelligence affect crime, war, justice, jobs, society, and our very sense of being human? The rise of AI has the potential to transform our future more than any other technology....

Deepak Chopra invites us to transcend our limitations and explore a relationship with AI that elevates collective consciousness and personal evolution at the same time.

A leading artificial intelligence researcher lays out a new approach to AI that will enable us to coexist successfully with increasingly intelligent machines....

For over three decades, Ray Kurzweil has been one of the most respected and provocative advocates of the role of technology in our future. In his classic The Age of Spiritual Machines, he argued that computers would soon rival the full range of human intelligence at its best....

Under the aegis of machine learning in our data-driven machine age, computers are programming themselves and solving an extraordinary range of problems....

AI—including generative AI—is radically transforming business. Are you ready? Accenture technology leaders Paul Daugherty and Jim Wilson provide crucial insights and advice to help you meet the challenge.

George Zarkadakis explores one of humankind's oldest love-hate relationships: our ties with artificial intelligence, or AI....

How life and the economy became a black box—a collection of systems no one understands, producing outcomes no one likes.

Long dismissed as a technology of the distant future, artificial intelligence was a project consigned to the fringes of the scientific community. Then two researchers changed everything....

This is the first reference book on intelligent automation (IA). Also called hyperautomation, it is one of the most recent trends in the field of artificial intelligence. IA is a cutting-edge combination of methods and technologies....

Shannon Vallor makes a wide-ranging, prophetic, and philosophical case for what AI could be: a way to reclaim our human potential for moral and intellectual growth, rather than lose ourselves in mirrors of the past.

From an Oxford economist, a visionary account of how technology will transform the world of work, and what we should do about it....

Robots may one day rule the world, but what is a robot-ruled Earth like? Many think the first truly smart robots will be brain emulations, or ems....

Two leaders in the field offer a compelling analysis of the current state of the art and reveal the steps we must take to achieve a truly robust artificial intelligence....

The director of MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory provides an exciting introduction to the true potential of AI.

Paperless Builders is more than just a technology manual; it is a roadmap for innovation. Through engaging narratives and practical insights, Shanbari shares stories from his own digital transformation journey, offering listeners a unique blend of inspiration and actionable advice.

A military expert reveals how science fiction is fast becoming reality on the battlefield....

The fruit of the long history of John Brockman's profound engagement with the most important scientific minds who have been thinking about AI, Possible Minds is an ideal introduction to the landscape of crucial issues AI presents....

As we approach a great turning point in history when technology is poised to redefine what it means to be human, The Fourth Age offers fascinating insight into AI, robotics, and their extraordinary implications for our species....

Think how commonplace it is now for people to ask Siri for the weather forecast, deploy Roomba to clean their homes, or summon Alexa to turn on the lights. But the reality is, these first-generation "smart" products aren't very smart - yet....

What to Expect When You're Expecting Robots offers a vision for how robots can survive in the real world and how they will change our relationship to technology....

As lives offline and online merge, it's easy to forget how we got here. Rise of the Machines reclaims the story of cybernetics, a control theory of man and machine....

What does it mean to be a human in a world that is increasingly built by and for machines? Technology columnist Kevin Roose lays out a hopeful, pragmatic vision of how people can succeed in the machine age....

An innovative trend combining technology with economics is unraveling behemoth industries that have long dominated business and society. Size and scale have become a liability....