THE AGE OF EM - WORK, LOVE, AND LIFE WHEN ROBOTS RULE THE EARTH

ROBOTS MAY ONE DAY RULE THE WORLD, BUT WHAT IS A ROBOT-RULED EARTH LIKE?

MANY THINK THE FIRST TRULY SMART ROBOTS WILL BE BRAIN EMULATIONS OR EMS. SCAN A HUMAN BRAIN, THEN RUN A MODEL WITH THE SAME CONNECTIONS ON A FAST COMPUTER, AND YOU HAVE A ROBOT BRAIN, BUT RECOGNIZABLY HUMAN.

TRAIN AN EM TO DO SOME JOB AND COPY IT A MILLION TIMES: AN ARMY OF WORKERS IS AT YOUR DISPOSAL. WHEN THEY CAN BE MADE CHEAPLY, WITHIN PERHAPS A CENTURY, EMS WILL DISPLACE HUMANS IN MOST JOBS. IN THIS NEW ECONOMIC ERA, THE WORLD ECONOMY MAY DOUBLE IN SIZE EVERY FEW WEEKS.

THIS BOOK SHOWS YOU JUST HOW STRANGE YOUR DESCENDANTS MAY BE, THOUGH EMS ARE NO STRANGER THAN WE WOULD APPEAR TO OUR ANCESTORS. TO MOST EMS, IT SEEMS GOOD TO BE AN EM.