Book description
For readers of The Second Machine Age or The Soul of an Octopus, a bold, exciting exploration of how building diverse kinds of relationships with robotsāinspired by how we interact with animalsācould be the key to making our future with robot technology work
There has been a lot of inkā¦
Why read it?
1 author picked The New Breed as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Our relationships with living beings like plants and animals may influence the way we treat other sorts of lifeāor ālifeāāwe encounter in the future, including the artificial life we create. Itās probably prudent to consider what those relationships should look like, now, before we begin engaging with AI or aliens lacking a clear sense of how to behave toward them.
From Colin's list on The best books for thinking differently about relationships.
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