George Zarkadakis is a well-connected science writer, playwright and novelist with a PhD in Artificial Intelligence. He has worked for organisations including the European Commission and the British Council, Silicon Graphicsand the European Bioinformatics Institute; appeared on the History Channel; written for publications such as Aeon digital magazine and the Washington Post; and been knighted by the French government for his services to science communication.
Zarkadakis is an exciting and original thinker in the field of Artificial Intelligence and has written a book that is timely and important. Jim Al-Khalili PhD OBE, author of Paradox A mindful and historical look at the hope, hype and reality of artificial consciousness -- Stuart Hameroff, co-author of Consciousness and the Universe Fascinating [and] rich...interweaves sci-fi visions with explorations of the philosophy, technology and deep history of artificial super-intelligence -- Steve Cave Financial Times A fantastic journey into the cultural origins of artificial intelligence (AI), in philosophy, neuroscience and the history of computing Le Temps George Zarkadakis knows AI. Unlike a lot of the people writing and thinking about it, he has real cultural breadth, too. -- Ed Lake, Deputy Editor, Aeon Magazine