Welcome to SCIENCE FRIDAY.įLATOW: Nice to have - this was a really fun book to read, and.įLATOW: Yes, it was a fun - it was a page-turner for me, at least for me, because I like science fiction, and you have created a world where everything that has a computer chip, right, decides to attack humanity. Wilson is the author of the new book 'Robopocalypse' and also the nonfiction book 'How to Survive a Robot Uprising.' And he's a contributing editor to Popular Mechanics. You can tweet us, Let me introduce my guest.

What would happen if they turned to attack us?ĭo you have fears of technology? Do you love it? Are you reading 'Robopocalypse'? Give us a call. Some day, you might have a robot do your chores, fight your wars. My next guest says we'd better get used to thinking about futuristic technology. That's for you to find out, unless you feel complacent. I'm not going to give away the final conclusion of the book. 'Robopocalypse' is set in the near future, when robots get so intelligent that they have a mind of their own, they band together to destroy humankind. Well, a new science fiction book takes these fears to the extreme. What would happen if all those computer-controlled devices decided not to be peaceful but to rise up together and rebel? Tiny computer chip brains are embedded in all of our machines, from your cell phone to your coffee maker, your car to your cable. You see, just about everything around us is really a little robot. President BARACK OBAMA: You might not know this, but one my responsibilities as commander-in-chief is to keep an eye on robots, and I'm pleased to report that the robots you manufacture here seem peaceful.įLATOW: But what if they were not. Speaking at Carnegie Mellon University, he quipped. President Obama launched today the National Robotics Initiative aimed at spurring interest in next-generation robotics. IRA FLATOW, host: This is SCIENCE FRIDAY.

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