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Talking to Robots by David Ewing Duncan Summary & Review
Talking to Robots pairs speculative fiction with grounded reporting to test how close robots really are to reshaping work, relationships, elder care,…
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David Ewing Duncan
"Science journalist pairing speculative fiction with grounded reporting on robots and AI"
David Ewing Duncan is an American science journalist and author who has spent decades reporting on the frontiers of biotechnology, genetics, and artificial intelligence for outlets including The Atlantic, Wired, The New York Times, and NPR. He is the founder of the Center for Life Science Policy at UC Berkeley and has written several books examining how emerging technology reshapes everyday life, including Talking to Robots, which pairs speculative short fiction with on-the-ground reporting to explore how robots and AI might enter work, relationships, caregiving, medicine, parenting, and warfare. His work is known for balancing narrative imagination with grounded interviews, pressing researchers on how close their claims really are to reality.
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Talking to Robots by David Ewing Duncan Summary & Review
Talking to Robots pairs speculative fiction with grounded reporting to test how close robots really are to reshaping work, relationships, elder care, medicine, parenting, and warfare.