James R. Simpson is Affiliate Professor and Senior Fellow, Thomas S. Foley Institute for Public Policy and Public Service, Washington State University, Professor Emeritus, University of Florida, and Professor Emeritus, Ryukoku University, in Japan. His specialty as an international economist includes training and a career as a scientist in techniques and technologies that fit in robotics and artificial intelligence. He has focused on long-term projections of technological change as part of living and working abroad and has engaged in extensive consulting with organizations such as The World Bank. Publications include over 375 articles, monographs and software, and nine books. One of those, that has many hallmarks of the topics in this book, "Is Today's Food Situation Good for Japan? Warning from an American Researcher," was awarded Best Book of the Year by the Japanese Agricultural Journalists Association.

Introduction

Let the Game Begin

The Reality: Robot and Humanoid Robot Numbers Growing Fast

Endowment of Robots and Humanoids With Feelings

Transhumanists' View on a Posthuman Condition

Beneficial and Moral Consequences of Artificial Intelligence

The Connection Between Humanoid Robots, Humanoids, and Superintelligence

The Public's Rights Versus the Plutocracy, Technocracy, and Government

A Legal Procedure to Protect Humankind

"Sorry, Your Job is Lost to Artificial Intelligence"

The Future of Jobs

The Role of Human Rights in Public Policy

The Way Forward

Building Blocks for Humanoids

Part 1: The Path to Humanoid Robot and Humanoid Development

Part 2: Creating Humanoids as Living Organisms

Glossary

Index