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Virtually Human
by Martine Rothblatt • 2014
Software copies of human minds will outlive bodies and demand citizenship. They're almost here.
3.51
182
Virtually Human Summary
Virtually Human 92%
Software copies of human minds will outlive bodies and demand citizenship. They're almost here.
by Martine Rothblatt 2014
3.51
182 ratings
Void Star
by Zachary Mason • 2017
A translator's perfect memory makes her a target in a near-future city of favelas and rogue AI.
3.67
3k+
Void Star Summary
Void Star 90%
A translator's perfect memory makes her a target in a near-future city of favelas and rogue AI.
by Zachary Mason 2017
3.67
3k+ ratings
The Singularity Is Near
by Ray Kurzweil • 2005
Progress doubles, then doubles again. Sometime around 2045, human biology becomes optional.
3.93
13k+
The Singularity Is Near Summary
The Singularity Is Near 89%
Progress doubles, then doubles again. Sometime around 2045, human biology becomes optional.
by Ray Kurzweil 2005
3.93
13k+ ratings
Reality+
by David J. Chalmers • 2022
Virtual worlds are real, not illusions. A simulated life can be meaningful. Yours may be one.
3.72
1k+
Reality+ Summary
Reality+ 89%
Virtual worlds are real, not illusions. A simulated life can be meaningful. Yours may be one.
by David J. Chalmers 2022
3.72
1k+ ratings
Black Mirror and Philosophy
by David Kyle Johnson • 2019
Every Black Mirror episode is a philosophical thought experiment hiding inside a dystopian thriller.
4.09
161
Black Mirror and Philosophy Summary
Black Mirror and Philosophy 89%
Every Black Mirror episode is a philosophical thought experiment hiding inside a dystopian thriller.
by David Kyle Johnson 2019
4.09
161 ratings
The Inner History of Devices
by Sherry Turkle • 2008
Your devices are confidants, not just tools. What they reveal about the self you're becoming.
3.83
81
The Inner History of Devices Summary
The Inner History of Devices 89%
Your devices are confidants, not just tools. What they reveal about the self you're becoming.
by Sherry Turkle 2008
3.83
81 ratings
The Singularity Is Nearer
by Ray Kurzweil • 2024
AI surpasses humans by 2029. The plan is not to compete but to merge.
3.89
5k+
The Singularity Is Nearer Summary
The Singularity Is Nearer 89%
AI surpasses humans by 2029. The plan is not to compete but to merge.
by Ray Kurzweil 2024
3.89
5k+ ratings
Estéticas liminales
by Valentina Tanni • 2023
What if vaporwave, creepypasta wikis, and liminal spaces are the real heart of contemporary art?
4.32
428
Estéticas liminales Summary
Estéticas liminales 88%
What if vaporwave, creepypasta wikis, and liminal spaces are the real heart of contemporary art?
by Valentina Tanni 2023
4.32
428 ratings
Alone Together
by Sherry Turkle • 2011
Robots comfort the elderly, screens raise children. What we lose when machines mediate intimacy.
3.62
6k+
Alone Together Summary
Alone Together 88%
Robots comfort the elderly, screens raise children. What we lose when machines mediate intimacy.
by Sherry Turkle 2011
3.62
6k+ ratings
Gods and Robots
by Adrienne Mayor • 2018
Ancient Greeks imagined robots, AI, and the ethics we still wrestle with, long before the tech.
3.73
718
Gods and Robots Summary
Gods and Robots 88%
Ancient Greeks imagined robots, AI, and the ethics we still wrestle with, long before the tech.
by Adrienne Mayor 2018
3.73
718 ratings
What to Think About Machines That Think
by John Brockman • 2015
The real threat isn't machines that outthink us. It's handing control to machines that can't think.
3.37
571
What to Think About Machines That Think Summary
What to Think About Machines That Think 88%
The real threat isn't machines that outthink us. It's handing control to machines that can't think.
by John Brockman 2015
3.37
571 ratings
Visions
by Michio Kaku • 2011
When quantum physics, computing, and genetics converge, the 21st century truly begins.
4.03
2k+
Visions Summary
Visions 88%
When quantum physics, computing, and genetics converge, the 21st century truly begins.
by Michio Kaku 2011
4.03
2k+ ratings
You Are Not a Gadget
by Jaron Lanier • 2010
The internet reduces people to data points. The people who built it call that wisdom.
3.57
6k+
You Are Not a Gadget Summary
You Are Not a Gadget 88%
The internet reduces people to data points. The people who built it call that wisdom.
by Jaron Lanier 2010
3.57
6k+ ratings
The Age of Spiritual Machines
by Ray Kurzweil • 1998
Exponential growth puts thinking machines in our future; the only question is what we become after.
3.89
5k+
The Age of Spiritual Machines Summary
The Age of Spiritual Machines 88%
Exponential growth puts thinking machines in our future; the only question is what we become after.
by Ray Kurzweil 1998
3.89
5k+ ratings
Being Digital
by Nicholas Negroponte • 1995
Why your TV, newspaper, and phone are about to merge into one seamless stream of bits.
3.80
2k+
Being Digital Summary
Being Digital 88%
Why your TV, newspaper, and phone are about to merge into one seamless stream of bits.
by Nicholas Negroponte 1995
3.80
2k+ ratings
God, Human, Animal, Machine
by Meghan O'Gieblyn • 2021
We swapped God for AI. A former fundamentalist finds the old religion hiding in our machines.
4.23
4k+
God, Human, Animal, Machine Summary
God, Human, Animal, Machine 88%
We swapped God for AI. A former fundamentalist finds the old religion hiding in our machines.
by Meghan O'Gieblyn 2021
4.23
4k+ ratings
The Right to Oblivion
by Lowry Pressly • 2024
Privacy isn't about controlling your data. It's about keeping whole regions of life unrecordable.
4.01
254
The Right to Oblivion Summary
The Right to Oblivion 88%
Privacy isn't about controlling your data. It's about keeping whole regions of life unrecordable.
by Lowry Pressly 2024
4.01
254 ratings
Virtual Society
by Herman Narula • 2022
Virtual worlds built civilization. The metaverse will fix what it broke: making us feel we matter.
3.40
288
Virtual Society Summary
Virtual Society 88%
Virtual worlds built civilization. The metaverse will fix what it broke: making us feel we matter.
by Herman Narula 2022
3.40
288 ratings
Born Digital
by John Palfrey • 2008
When childhood happens online, identity is public, privacy erodes, and creativity becomes remix.
3.62
1k+
Born Digital Summary
Born Digital 88%
When childhood happens online, identity is public, privacy erodes, and creativity becomes remix.
by John Palfrey 2008
3.62
1k+ ratings
Possible Minds
by John Brockman • 2019
Twenty-five thinkers on AI's biggest risks and the one design question that matters most.
3.77
837
Possible Minds Summary
Possible Minds 88%
Twenty-five thinkers on AI's biggest risks and the one design question that matters most.
by John Brockman 2019
3.77
837 ratings
Accelerando
by Charles Stross • 2005
He gives away ideas that trigger the singularity, while an AI cat engineers his family's fate.
3.87
22k+
Accelerando Summary
Accelerando 88%
He gives away ideas that trigger the singularity, while an AI cat engineers his family's fate.
by Charles Stross 2005
3.87
22k+ ratings
The Anarchist In The Library
by Siva Vaidhyanathan • 2004
The web set free-sharing anarchists against control-hungry oligarchs, and neither side is winning.
3.50
175
The Anarchist In The Library Summary
The Anarchist In The Library 88%
The web set free-sharing anarchists against control-hungry oligarchs, and neither side is winning.
by Siva Vaidhyanathan 2004
3.50
175 ratings
Deep Utopia
by Nick Bostrom • 2024
Machines solve every problem. What's left for us to do, and does it matter?
3.61
867
Deep Utopia Summary
Deep Utopia 88%
Machines solve every problem. What's left for us to do, and does it matter?
by Nick Bostrom 2024
3.61
867 ratings
Digimodernism
by Alan Kirby • 2009
The internet did not just add screens. It ended postmodernism and installed a new cultural logic.
3.49
78
Digimodernism Summary
Digimodernism 88%
The internet did not just add screens. It ended postmodernism and installed a new cultural logic.
by Alan Kirby 2009
3.49
78 ratings
The Inevitable
by Kevin Kelly • 2016
Twelve forces are bending civilization in one direction, and we have just left the gate.
3.89
12k+
The Inevitable Summary
The Inevitable 88%
Twelve forces are bending civilization in one direction, and we have just left the gate.
by Kevin Kelly 2016
3.89
12k+ ratings
The Mind’s I
by Douglas R. Hofstadter • 1981
Borges, Turing, a headless mystic: the anthology where the self dissolves one essay at a time.
4.15
6k+
The Mind’s I Summary
The Mind’s I 87%
Borges, Turing, a headless mystic: the anthology where the self dissolves one essay at a time.
by Douglas R. Hofstadter 1981
4.15
6k+ ratings
Westworld and Philosophy
by Richard Greene • 2018
Westworld turns consequence-free violence into philosophy's sharpest questions about your own mind.
3.81
21
Westworld and Philosophy Summary
Westworld and Philosophy 87%
Westworld turns consequence-free violence into philosophy's sharpest questions about your own mind.
by Richard Greene 2018
3.81
21 ratings
The Simulation Hypothesis
by Rizwan Virk • 2019
Video game history, quantum physics, and mysticism converge on one answer: we live in a simulation.
3.74
1k+
The Simulation Hypothesis Summary
The Simulation Hypothesis 87%
Video game history, quantum physics, and mysticism converge on one answer: we live in a simulation.
by Rizwan Virk 2019
3.74
1k+ ratings
Luminous
by Silvia Park • 2025
A dying girl in Seoul rescues a robot boy who has already lived too many lives.
3.63
3k+
Luminous Summary
Luminous 87%
A dying girl in Seoul rescues a robot boy who has already lived too many lives.
by Silvia Park 2025
3.63
3k+ ratings
The Internet of Us
by Michael Patrick Lynch • 2016
Why the age of unlimited data is making it harder, not easier, to agree on what counts as evidence.
3.50
545
The Internet of Us Summary
The Internet of Us 87%
Why the age of unlimited data is making it harder, not easier, to agree on what counts as evidence.
by Michael Patrick Lynch 2016
3.50
545 ratings
The Book of Elsewhere
by Keanu Reeves • 2024
He cannot die, but the parts his captors cut from him are learning to live.
3.30
10k+
The Book of Elsewhere Summary
The Book of Elsewhere 87%
He cannot die, but the parts his captors cut from him are learning to live.
by Keanu Reeves 2024
3.30
10k+ ratings
The Metaverse
by Matthew Ball • 2022
A trillion-dollar 3D internet is forming on technical foundations that barely exist.
3.79
2k+
The Metaverse Summary
The Metaverse 87%
A trillion-dollar 3D internet is forming on technical foundations that barely exist.
by Matthew Ball 2022
3.79
2k+ ratings
Tech Agnostic
by Greg Epstein • 2024
Technology sold you a faith: saints, sacraments, apocalypse. The humanist case for walking away.
3.49
156
Tech Agnostic Summary
Tech Agnostic 87%
Technology sold you a faith: saints, sacraments, apocalypse. The humanist case for walking away.
by Greg Epstein 2024
3.49
156 ratings
AI Ethics
by Mark Coeckelbergh • 2020
Your phone, your hospital, your job: AI is already there. The ethics have barely begun.
3.63
903
AI Ethics Summary
AI Ethics 87%
Your phone, your hospital, your job: AI is already there. The ethics have barely begun.
by Mark Coeckelbergh 2020
3.63
903 ratings
Loop
by Kōji Suzuki • 1998
A cloned man enters a dying virtual Earth to stop its cancer from spreading into reality.
3.51
5k+
Loop Summary
Loop 87%
A cloned man enters a dying virtual Earth to stop its cancer from spreading into reality.
by Kōji Suzuki 1998
3.51
5k+ ratings
El final del metaverso
by Julio Rojas • 2022
A simulation fixer falls for a digital woman; the next update will erase her.
3.83
306
El final del metaverso Summary
El final del metaverso 87%
A simulation fixer falls for a digital woman; the next update will erase her.
by Julio Rojas 2022
3.83
306 ratings
Heavens on Earth
by Michael Shermer • 2018
The scientific case against the afterlife, immortality, and utopia, and why the real heaven is here.
3.88
626
Heavens on Earth Summary
Heavens on Earth 87%
The scientific case against the afterlife, immortality, and utopia, and why the real heaven is here.
by Michael Shermer 2018
3.88
626 ratings
How to Create a Mind
by Ray Kurzweil • 2012
The brain runs on 300 million pattern recognizers. Copy that hierarchy, and human-level AI is next.
3.96
8k+
How to Create a Mind Summary
How to Create a Mind 87%
The brain runs on 300 million pattern recognizers. Copy that hierarchy, and human-level AI is next.
by Ray Kurzweil 2012
3.96
8k+ ratings
Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Power
by Rajiv Malhotra • 2021
Two nations race to own AI. The prize: your job, your mind, and the global pecking order.
4.28
217
Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Power Summary
Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Power 87%
Two nations race to own AI. The prize: your job, your mind, and the global pecking order.
by Rajiv Malhotra 2021
4.28
217 ratings
Stoic Philosophy and the Control Problem of AI Technology
by Edward H. Spence • 2021
We're building superintelligence without a control plan. Stoicism has one.
4.50
2
Stoic Philosophy and the Control Problem of AI Technology Summary
Stoic Philosophy and the Control Problem of AI Technology 87%
We're building superintelligence without a control plan. Stoicism has one.
by Edward H. Spence 2021
4.50
2 ratings
Context
by Cory Doctorow • 2011
Copyright law failed creators. The internet didn't; the platforms that locked it down did.
3.66
372
Context Summary
Context 87%
Copyright law failed creators. The internet didn't; the platforms that locked it down did.
by Cory Doctorow 2011
3.66
372 ratings
Hacking Darwin
by Jamie Metzl • 2019
Humans are taking control of evolution; the tools to design our children are already here.
3.97
4k+
Hacking Darwin Summary
Hacking Darwin 87%
Humans are taking control of evolution; the tools to design our children are already here.
by Jamie Metzl 2019
3.97
4k+ ratings
Lurking
by Joanne McNeil • 2020
Quiet observers were the heart of the early web. Then the internet turned them into data.
3.75
889
Lurking Summary
Lurking 87%
Quiet observers were the heart of the early web. Then the internet turned them into data.
by Joanne McNeil 2020
3.75
889 ratings
AI 2041
by Kai-Fu Lee • 2021
Ten stories set in 2041 where AI heals, wages war, and makes truth unprovable.
3.83
6k+
AI 2041 Summary
AI 2041 87%
Ten stories set in 2041 where AI heals, wages war, and makes truth unprovable.
by Kai-Fu Lee 2021
3.83
6k+ ratings
Life in Code
by Ellen Ullman • 2017
Programming is obsession, not logic, and the people who built the internet mistrust human beings.
3.96
1k+
Life in Code Summary
Life in Code 87%
Programming is obsession, not logic, and the people who built the internet mistrust human beings.
by Ellen Ullman 2017
3.96
1k+ ratings
Artificial Intelligence
by Margaret A. Boden • 2018
What AI can do, what it can't, and why the difference is philosophy more than code.
3.29
388
Artificial Intelligence Summary
Artificial Intelligence 87%
What AI can do, what it can't, and why the difference is philosophy more than code.
by Margaret A. Boden 2018
3.29
388 ratings
Life 3.0
by Max Tegmark • 2017
Superintelligence is coming. The problem isn't building it; it's making sure it wants what we want.
3.99
28k+
Life 3.0 Summary
Life 3.0 87%
Superintelligence is coming. The problem isn't building it; it's making sure it wants what we want.
by Max Tegmark 2017
3.99
28k+ ratings
Creativity Code
by Marcus du Sautoy • 2019
AI paints, composes, writes. But can a machine truly be creative? A mathematician investigates.
3.94
2k+
Creativity Code Summary
Creativity Code 87%
AI paints, composes, writes. But can a machine truly be creative? A mathematician investigates.
by Marcus du Sautoy 2019
3.94
2k+ ratings
12 Bytes
by Jeanette Winterson • 2021
AI has a history: female, literary, and older than electricity. A novelist connects the dots.
3.90
2k+
12 Bytes Summary
12 Bytes 87%
AI has a history: female, literary, and older than electricity. A novelist connects the dots.
by Jeanette Winterson 2021
3.90
2k+ ratings
2084
by John C. Lennox • 2020
Silicon won't make us gods. A mathematician traces the transhumanist dream back to Eden.
3.93
2k+
2084 Summary
2084 87%
Silicon won't make us gods. A mathematician traces the transhumanist dream back to Eden.
by John C. Lennox 2020
3.93
2k+ ratings
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