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Our Robots, Ourselves: Robotics and the Myths of Autonomy by David A. Mindell

juliethomasaustin's review against another edition

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4.0

At times a little dry because of the subject matter, but overall fascinating exploration of the relationship between humans and robots. It altered my opinions on driverless cars for sure.

robinlm's review

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3.0

This book was fine, but pretty limited in scope. I would say 50% (maybe more?) was about automation in aviation. Another 30-40% was about undersea robotics, with a smidgen of space and other automation.

I certainly learned about the myths of autonomy and the realities of what autonomous robots/vehicles can and can't do (spoiler alert: even with our tiny brains, we're a lot better at navigating through human-based spaces than self-driving cars, etc.).
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