Robots That Kill: Deadly Machines and Their Precursors in Myth, Folklore, Literature, Popular Culture and Reality

This book describes real-world killer robots using a blend of perspectives. Overviews of technologies, such as autonomy and artificial intelligence, demonstrate how science enables these robots to be effective killers. Incisive analyses of social controversies swirling around the design and use of killer robots reveal that science, alone, will not govern their future. Among those disputes is whether fully-autonomous, robotic weapons should be banned. Examinations of killers from the golem to Frankenstein's monster reveal that artificially-created beings like them are precursors of real 21st century killer robots. This book laces the death and destruction caused by all these killers with science and humor. The seamless combination of these elements produces a deeper and richer understanding of the robots around us.

Author: Judith A. Markowitz
Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
Published: 04/17/2019
Pages: 247
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.90h x 7.00w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9781476668130
ISBN10: 1476668132
BISAC Categories:
- Performing Arts | Film | General
- Literary Criticism | General
- Social Science | General

About the Author
Judith A. Markowitz has run a Chicago consulting firm for forty years. She has published well over one hundred articles and book chapters, numerous technical reports, and six books.