I bought a novel, Robopocalypse (2011) by Daniel H. Wilson, at an airport bookstore for a fast, time-killing read and while I wasn’t totally disappointed with it, it left me once again tackling the question about this ‘robocalypse’ that everyone is fearful about.
As for the book itself…
It’s about robots taking over the world.
A good airport novel, and even though it was the only sci-fi book in the airport newsstand it was worth the buy. The story discusses the conceivable dangers of artificial intelligence and explores different perspectives and analyses on the topic, ultimately concluding that there are risks associated with AI. Is it convincing enough to ramp up a fear of artificial intelligence destroying humankind? Maybe. While the story creates a plausible situation for this to occur, it is the antagonist that lets this plausibility down...
https://kandiliotis.com/the-robocaust/
