Books

This page lists some of the most important an influential books about the coming robot revolution.

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Contents

1 Martin Ford – Rise of the Robots
2 Erick Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee – Race against the Machine
3 Erick Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee – The Second Machine Age
4 Jerry Kaplan – Humans need not Apply
5 Thomas Davenport and Julia Kirby – Only Humans Need Apply
6 Richard and Daniel Susskind – The Future of the Professions
7 Rise and Fall of American Growth – Robert Gordon
8 The Industries of the Future – Alec Ross
9 Kevin Kelly – The Inevitable
10 Jim Mellon – Fast Forward
11 Yuval Noah Harari – Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
12 Thomas Rid – Rise of the Machines
13 Margaret Boden – AI: Its Nature and Future
14 Luke Dormehl – Thinking Machines

Martin Ford – Rise of the Robots

The Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of Mass Unemployment

Erick Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee – Race against the Machine

Race Against the Machine: How the Digital Revolution is Accelerating Innovation, Driving Productivity, and Irreversibly Transforming Employment and the Economy

Erick Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee – The Second Machine Age

The Second Machine Age - Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies

Jerry Kaplan – Humans need not Apply

Humans Need Not Apply: A Guide to Wealth and Work in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Thomas Davenport and Julia Kirby – Only Humans Need Apply

Only Humans Need Apply: Winners and Losers in the Age of Smart Machines

Richard and Daniel Susskind – The Future of the Professions

The Future of the Professions: How Technology Will Transform the Work of Human Experts

Rise and Fall of American Growth – Robert Gordon

The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The U.S. Standard of Living since the Civil War (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World)

The Industries of the Future – Alec Ross

Kevin Kelly – The Inevitable

The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future

Jim Mellon – Fast Forward

Fast Forward: The Technologies and Companies Shaping Our Future

Yuval Noah Harari – Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow

Thomas Rid – Rise of the Machines

Rise of the Machines: the lost history of cybernetics

Margaret Boden – AI: Its Nature and Future

Luke Dormehl – Thinking Machines

Thinking Machines: The inside story of Artificial Intelligence and our race to build the future

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