by Michio Kaku
First published 2011
In the year 2100, our world will be unrecognizable. Driven by breakthroughs in nanotech, robotics, and computer science, humanity will achieve technological feats once confined to science fiction. Kaku guides us through mind-bending innovations - from hover cars to teleportation, from android butlers to mind-controlled prosthetics. Yet, these advances come with risks: job automation, privacy concerns, and the existential threat of superintelligent AI. Can we harness the power of science to build a brighter future, or will technology's dark side consume us all?
Genres: science, non-fiction, physics, technology, 21st-century, artificial-intelligence, computer-science, academic
Vibes: informative, speculative, thought-provoking
Tropes: speculative-future
Period: 2100
336 pages · Hardcover · Allen Lane