Is the day coming when humans are redundant and robots control our destiny? Are we heading for a catastrophe of our own making?

A New Statesman Book of the Year, 2017, chosen by Michael Brooks.

The development of thinking machines is an adventure as bold and ambitious as any that humans have attempted. And the truth is that Artificial Intelligence is already an indispensable part of our daily lives. Without it, Google wouldn’t have answers and your smartphone would just be a phone.

But how will AI change society by 2050? Will it destroy jobs? Or even pose an existential threat?

Android Dreams is a lively exploration of how AI will transform our societies, economies and selves. From robot criminals to cyber healthcare, and a sky full of empty planes, Toby Walsh’s predictions about AI are guaranteed to surprise you.

Toby Walsh is Professor of Artificial Intelligence at the University of New South Wales and one of the world’s leading researchers in Artificial Intelligence. He has been elected a fellow of the Association for the Advancement of AI for his contributions to the field, and has won the prestigious Humboldt research award. He has previously held research positions in England, Scotland, France, Germany, Italy, Ireland and Sweden, and has spent his life dreaming about and researching machines that might think.