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I'm a very experienced professional robotics engineer. I'm halfway through this book . . .
I decided to buy this book after going to a presentation by the author. The presentation was well done, incredibly informative, useful, etc. Thinking his book would be the same, I bought it . . .
The book is written more as an elongated science paper, heavy on references, proofs, verbose elitist vocabulary, and theoretical math, and not meant as a light read. From a scientific point of view that's fine, but reading science papers can be incredibly dull and boring.
The author mentions early in his book that his religion was a strong influence in this book, but he doesn't make further mention of religion afterwards. (good or bad, depending on your own beliefs)
One particular chapter was heavy on math and equations, which personally I found absolutely useless and confusing. I can't see how any of it was practical/useful other than as a thought experiment. I recommend just skipping that part.
The author proposes his own and summarizes others ideas towards the ethics issues. Many of these ideas are clearly well thought out, thought provoking, and has changed/furthered my thinking on these subjects. As such is has been worth my time reading. *However*, these ideas are buried in long useless paragraphs. I feel like I'm sifting through trash to find hard to see gold and gems. I recommend the author use highlighting, italics, bullet points, and summary pages at the end of chapters to bring home the best ideas. Also, find more entertaining and less verbose ways of explaining concepts.
I'll update this after finishing the book.
- Paperback: 278 pages
- Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (May 29, 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1420085948
- ISBN-13: 978-1420085945
- Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 0.6 x 9.1 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
- Customer Reviews: 1 customer review
- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,415,269 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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