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.

Written for professionals, students, technologists, and all curious minds, this book demystifies complex AI concepts while offering actionable strategies for navigating rapid AI advancements.

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....

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

AI Agents—like Jarvis in Iron Man or Samantha in Her—are revolutionizing business and society. These intelligent systems can execute actions, learn from experience, and automate workflows with minimal supervision. Yet, behind the excitement lies a crucial gap between promise and reality.

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.

The AI revolution is reshaping every sector. Whether you’re exploring generative AI for personal growth, seeking insightful AI audiobooks, or aiming to leverage AI for career success, this essential guide equips you to stay competitive and thrive.

Astrophysicist J. Craig Wheeler, former president of the American Astronomical Society, takes a critical look at the technological advances shaping our future

A true story of innovation, centered on a scrappy team of engineers - far from the Silicon Valley limelight - and their quest to achieve a surprisingly difficult technological feat: building a robot that can lay bricks....

Employment Is Dead ventures into unexplored territories to reveal how innovations can transform work into more democratic, human-centric, and empowering work experiences.

Christopher Mims goes deep, far, and wide to uncover how a single product, from creation to delivery, weaves its way from a factory on the other side of the world to our doorstep. Mims asks us to consider the system’s vulnerability and its resilience....

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....

Northeastern University president Joseph Aoun proposes a way to educate the next generation of college students to invent, to create, and to discover - to fill needs in society that even the most sophisticated AI agent cannot....

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....

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....

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

Drawing on years of research and up-to-the-minute trends, Brynjolfsson and McAfee identify the best strategies for survival and offer a new path to prosperity.

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

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.

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.

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....