{"product_id":"9780692926116","title":"Eliza's Children","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat would happen if robots became self-aware? \u003ci\u003eEliza's Children\u003c\/i\u003e may have the answer to that question.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMIT graduate Gordon Wysmann remembers when Eliza, the first computer program simulating natural communication between a machine and a human, was created. That was in 1964. Despite the advances in technology and his experience, Gordon refuses to conduct research that could lead to something greater than Eliza-he knows the consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe young programmers on his team don't.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn their efforts to create a social network that will top all existing ones, the young developers begin to communicate with bots that escaped as the result of a major hack. They start to cross lines that may spell danger not only for themselves but also human civilization. Have these young upstarts done what Gordon has always feared-and that he now can't stop? Have they triggered a technological growth they can no longer control-and that now controls them?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten by a computer engineer with more than thirty years of experience, \u003ci\u003eEliza's Children\u003c\/i\u003e is a realistic tale that imagines what could happen in the event of a singularity-and if artificial intelligence takes over.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccording to author Joe Zeigler, it's not a question of \u003ci\u003eif\u003c\/i\u003e...but rather of \u003ci\u003ewhen\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arrakis Publishing, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49807741812976,"sku":"9780692926116","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780692926116","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}