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Index
Cover
About A Human’s Guide to the Future
Title page
Dedication
Contents
Introduction: Life May Be Closer to Fantasy Than We Think
Part I: Befriend a robot
1. A Robot was one of my first friends: A Lifelong Fascination Begins
2. The four laws of robotics: What Was Asimov on About Anyway?
3. A Spark of inspiration: my Life-Changing Close Shave
4. Anthropomorphism: A Big Word for an Everyday Human Habit
5. But will we have coffee together?: Can Robots Ever Really Be Our Friends?
Part II: Imagine artificial intelligence
6. Rise and fall: The Rollercoaster of AI Advancements
7. If ai is a monkey, big data is a cupcake: From Digit Recognition to Human-Level Intuition
8. Does ai now want your job?: It Found Your Cat in a Photo so Now It’s Time to Adapt
9. To humanity or not to humanity?: That Is the Question
Part III: Become cyborg and bionic
10. We run on batteries and electricity: Our Extraordinary Human Body and Brain
11. Built by nature: Applying Natural Biology to Human Technology
12. Is technological telekinesis really possible?: I Wanted to Build a Mind-Controlled Wheelchair
13. Hacking our senses: Seeing Is No Longer Believing
14. Immortal jellyfish and the bionic revolution: Bionics Without Metal, Gears or Electronics
15. Becoming superhuman: how Riley Drove a Car With His Eyes
Part IV: Envisage extended realities
16. Like parallel dimensions: Virtuality and Reality Are Intertwining
17. Creating the portal: Making the Unreal Real
18. Virtually facing your fears: VR in Phobia Therapy
19. Building our virtual worlds: Life-Improving Possibilities of Extended Reality
20. So pack your virtual bags for the matrix? Choosing the Virtual World Over Real Life
Part V: Dream of humans in the cloud
21. The dream and the great convergence: Can We Preserve the Memory of Loved Ones?
22. The legacy of you: Creating Virtual Jordan
23. The uncanny valley: Yes, Virtual You May Be Even Creepier Than the Real You
24. Humans in the cloud: Making Interactive Avatars of Real People
Conclusion: Our Lucky Speck of Stardust and Moment in Time
Acknowledgements
Index
About Dr Jordan Nguyen
Copyright
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