The Robots Are Coming: You Can't Hide Or Run

By A.J. Merton Walkley

The current state of robotics technology has almost gotten out of control. This includes machines that will be given the authority to decide when to kill you as well as totally organic bots that are grown like farm animals. Some of these machines are totally self-protecting and cannot be turned off. The history of robots is briefly covered, as well as current uses, ethical considerations and social impact. The fact that your neighbor is joyfully accepting a multitude of small steps that will usher in a techno-tyranny is driven home. Internet based total tracking technology, coupled with electronic mind reading and other creepy developments, will soon allow locating and weeding out of misfits. While everyone is watching Reality TV, SWAT-bot teams may be coming for people who disagree with government policies, the unemployed or those who are otherwise counter productive. Although the tone is somewhat tongue in cheek, the subject matter is as serious as a heart attack. This book closes with a short fictional account describing how a series of small mishaps could cause humans to lose control of the Internet. The stage has been set. If you don't get up to date with the Convergence of Technology now, it will soon be too late. Indeed, it may already be too late.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1453632689
• ISBN13: 9781453632680
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: CreateSpace
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.6" x 6.0"