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24 alternatives to Rise of the Machines

A Cybernetic History 1st Edition

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Rise of the Machines launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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The Second Machine Age▲66
Work, progress, and prosperity in a time of brilliant techno
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
2
Hackers▲75
Heroes of the computer revolution
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
3
Rise of the Robots▲67
Technology and the threat of a jobless future
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
4
Race Against The Machine▲66
How the digital revolution is accelerating innovation!
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
5
What to Think About Machines That Think: ▲74
Today's leading thinkers on the age of machine intelligence
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
6
The Soul of A New Machine▲62
Inside look at the computer industry transition
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
7
Surviving AI▲59
The promise and peril of artificial intelligence
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
8
The Master Switch▲71
: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
9
The Age of Spiritual Machines▲57
AI and achieving the singularity
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
10
Machines of Loving Grace▲54
The Quest for Common Ground Between Humans and Robots
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
11
Dark Territory▲69
The Secret History of Cyber War
2016 · fredkaplan.info · its alternatives →
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Pressed for Time: The Acceleration of Life in Digital Capitalism▲56
How machines effect humans in our hyperconnected world
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
13
The Supermen▲66
Seymour Cray + technical wizards behind the supercomputer
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
14
The Real World of Technology ▲62
The complex relationship between technology and society
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
15
Sapiens▲185
A brief history of humankind
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
16
Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies▲71
What happens when machines surpass humans in intelligence?
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
17
What the Dormouse Said▲55
How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
18
The Upstarts▲78
How the companies of Silicon Valley are changing the world
2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
19
Diamond Age▲81
Confucian Law, Neo-Victorian values and nano-technology
2015 · amazon.co.uk · its alternatives →
20
Technopoly▲61
The surrender of culture to technology
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The second machine age▲6
Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Techno
2015 · amazon.fr · its alternatives →
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The Elements of Computing Systems▲71
Building a modern computer from first principles
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
23
The Innovators▲10
Chronological history of computer tech and key people
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
24
Tools for Thought▲69
The history and future of mind-expanding technology
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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