Dreaming of Robots: An Interview About Robots with Bruce Sterling

Marcus, Aaron

doi:10.1007/978-1-4471-6744-0_19

Aaron Marcus⁴

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In past times, not only today, human beings have dreamed of “human-machine” hybrids, which, or who, could help, hurt, collaborate with, and/or challenge us.

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Marcus, A. (2015). Dreaming of Robots: An Interview About Robots with Bruce Sterling. In: HCI and User-Experience Design. Human–Computer Interaction Series. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-6744-0_19

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