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The New Breed

What Our History with Animals Reveals about Our Future with Robots

Kate Darling

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Chapter Overview

Description

The New Breed (2021) offers new insights into the ongoing debate surrounding robots and artificial intelligence. Instead of looking at robots as a human replacement or threat, the author sees a more accurate comparison in the long relationship we’ve had with autonomous animals, which have helped us feel better and get work done.

Who Should Listen

  • Popular science enthusiasts
  • Panicking futurists
  • Technophobes

About the Authors

Kate Darling works as a researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab. With a focus on ethics, law, and economics, she’s interested in how technology converges with society and the challenges lawmakers and the public will face in the future.