Heart of the Machine, Richard Yonck
Heart of the Machine, Richard Yonck
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Heart of the Machine
Our Future in a World of Artificial Emotional Intelligence

Author: Richard Yonck

Narrator: Robertson Dean

Unabridged: 10 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/14/2017


Synopsis

Imagine a robotic stuffed animal that can read and respond to a child's emotional state or a commercial that can change based on a customer's facial expression. Heart of the Machine explores the next giant step in the relationship between humans and technology: the ability of computers to recognize, respond to, and even replicate emotions. Computers have long been integral to our lives, and their advances continue at an exponential rate. Many believe that artificial intelligence equal or superior to human intelligence will happen in the not-too-distance future. Futurist Richard Yonck argues that emotion, the first, most basic, and most natural form of communication, is at the heart of how we will soon work with and use computers.

Instilling emotions into computers is the next leap in our centuries-old obsession with creating machines that replicate humans. But for every benefit this progress may bring to our lives, there is a possible pitfall. Emotion recognition could lead to advanced surveillance, and the same technology that can manipulate our feelings could become a method of mass control. Heart of the Machine is an exploration of the new and inevitable ways in which mankind and technology will interact.

About Richard Yonck

Richard Yonck is a futurist, author, and speaker with Intelligent Future Consulting based in Seattle. An award-winning author on developing trends and technologies, he has written features and cover stories for numerous publications and websites, and is the computing and artificial intelligence contributing editor for the long-running Futurist magazine. He has been published in Scientific American, World Future Review, Fast Company, Wired, Psychology Today, H+ magazine, American Cinematographer, Mensa Bulletin, and the Seattle Times. He lives in Seattle.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Maryam

Honestly this book doesn't have anything new to give. First few chapters are about the history of AI and generally machines/computers. So more historical facts. After that the writer brings lots of examples from movies/ Sci-Fi books to get to the point that what happens in the future and what kind of......more

Goodreads review by Meg

While this book was interesting, it was somewhat repetitive and provided far too many definitions for commonly understood terms while not explaining well more complicated concepts. Also, it kind of creeped me out.......more