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Machines of Loving Grace by John Markoff

January 24, 2020 by octothorp Leave a Comment

I’m kind of convinced that this book was meta-non-fiction. It follows the history of artificial intelligence and the various ways that machines interact with humans, ostensibly with an eye to the future of the relationship humanity will have with robots once they tiptoe closer to sentience. That sounds like a good book. This is not that book. This book, I’m pretty sure, may have been the first full length book put to press written by an automaton. It would explain a lot – why the […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: #please do not read this, John Markoff, NOPE, zero stars

octothorp's CBR12 Review No:11 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: #please do not read this, John Markoff, NOPE, zero stars ·
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