The Age of Em: Work, Love, and Life when Robots Rule the Earth
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The Age of Em: Work, Love, and Life when Robots Rule the Earth is a speculative nonfiction book that explores a future society dominated by brain-emulation-based robots and examines how this transformation would reshape economics, work, and human relationships.
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gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Age of Em: Work, Love, and Life when Robots Rule the Earth Context triple: [Robin Hanson, publication, The Age of Em: Work, Love, and Life when Robots Rule the Earth]
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A.
The Singularity Is Near
The Singularity Is Near is a futurist book by Ray Kurzweil that predicts the imminent rise of superintelligent machines and explores the profound technological, social, and philosophical implications of this transformation.
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B.
The Age of Spiritual Machines
The Age of Spiritual Machines is a futurist book by Ray Kurzweil that predicts the evolution of artificial intelligence and its profound impact on human society and consciousness.
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C.
Novacene: The Coming Age of Hyperintelligence
Novacene: The Coming Age of Hyperintelligence is a speculative non-fiction book by James Lovelock that explores a future epoch dominated by superintelligent, self-evolving technologies and their relationship with humanity and the Earth.
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D.
I, Robot
I, Robot is a seminal science fiction short story collection by Isaac Asimov that explores the ethical and logical implications of advanced robotics and the famous Three Laws of Robotics.
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The Age of Intelligent Machines
The Age of Intelligent Machines is a 1990 book by futurist Ray Kurzweil that explores the history, current state, and future implications of artificial intelligence and computing.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Age of Em: Work, Love, and Life when Robots Rule the Earth Target entity description: The Age of Em: Work, Love, and Life when Robots Rule the Earth is a speculative nonfiction book that explores a future society dominated by brain-emulation-based robots and examines how this transformation would reshape economics, work, and human relationships.
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A.
The Singularity Is Near
The Singularity Is Near is a futurist book by Ray Kurzweil that predicts the imminent rise of superintelligent machines and explores the profound technological, social, and philosophical implications of this transformation.
-
B.
The Age of Spiritual Machines
The Age of Spiritual Machines is a futurist book by Ray Kurzweil that predicts the evolution of artificial intelligence and its profound impact on human society and consciousness.
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C.
Novacene: The Coming Age of Hyperintelligence
Novacene: The Coming Age of Hyperintelligence is a speculative non-fiction book by James Lovelock that explores a future epoch dominated by superintelligent, self-evolving technologies and their relationship with humanity and the Earth.
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D.
I, Robot
I, Robot is a seminal science fiction short story collection by Isaac Asimov that explores the ethical and logical implications of advanced robotics and the famous Three Laws of Robotics.
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E.
The Age of Intelligent Machines
The Age of Intelligent Machines is a 1990 book by futurist Ray Kurzweil that explores the history, current state, and future implications of artificial intelligence and computing.
- F. None of above. chosen
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book
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nonfiction book ⓘ speculative nonfiction book ⓘ |
| approach |
scenario analysis
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social science extrapolation ⓘ |
| author | Robin Hanson ⓘ |
| basedOn | assumption that whole brain emulation becomes feasible before superhuman AI design ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| discusses |
city design optimized for ems
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copying and forking of minds ⓘ family and mating patterns among ems ⓘ identity and continuity of consciousness in ems ⓘ inequality in an em economy ⓘ population growth of ems ⓘ |
| examines |
how brain emulation could transform human relationships
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how brain emulation could transform labor markets ⓘ how brain emulation could transform the economy ⓘ political institutions in an em-based world ⓘ psychology of emulated minds ⓘ social structures in an em-based society ⓘ urban structure in an em-based world ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
emulated human brains
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robot workers based on brain emulations ⓘ |
| genre |
futurology
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science and technology ⓘ social science ⓘ |
| hasSubtitle |
The Age of Em: Work, Love, and Life when Robots Rule the Earth
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surface form:
Work, Love, and Life when Robots Rule the Earth
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| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic | society dominated by brain-emulation-based robots ⓘ |
| mediaType |
ebook
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print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed quantitative speculation about a future em society
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systematic use of existing social science to analyze a hypothetical future ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2016 ⓘ |
| publisher | Oxford University Press ⓘ |
| relatedField |
AI economics
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whole brain emulation ⓘ |
| structure | divided into sections on physics, economics, and social life of ems ⓘ |
| subject |
artificial intelligence
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brain emulation ⓘ economics ⓘ future of work ⓘ future societies ⓘ social change ⓘ technology and society ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
readers interested in economics of automation
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readers interested in the future of technology ⓘ |
| timePerspective | medium-term future after brain emulation becomes feasible ⓘ |
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