The Driver in the Driverless Car Audiobook by Vivek Wadhwa, Alex Salkever
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Title: The Driver in the Driverless Car Subtitle: How Our Technology Choices Will Create the Future Author: Vivek Wadhwa, Alex Salkever Narrator: Julie Eickhoff Format: Unabridged Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins Language: English Release date: 02-27-17 Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 51 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology

Publisher's Summary: Technology is advancing faster than ever - but for better or for worse? On the one hand, astonishing technological developments from personalized genomics to self-driving cars to drones to artificial intelligence could make our lives healthier, safer, and easier. On the other hand, these very same technologies could raise the specter of a frightening and alienating future - eugenics, a jobless economy, complete loss of privacy, and an ever-worsening spiral of economic inequality. How can we make appropriate decisions about whether and how to adopt new technologies? Vivek Wadhwa and Alex Salkever propose that we ask three questions: They subject a host of new and potential technologies to these questions, but ultimately it is up to the listener to make the final decision.

Members Reviews: No fresh view, tepid performance The author recaps whats been discussed in the tech and other related fields in a rather uninspiring way. Those who have read a couple of books about these topics will quickly realize this book is a simple summary of latest research, projections and reflections. For those who are not familiar with these topics, this book can be a starting point, but not a good one, though. Worse, the narrator sounds like, ironically, a robot or voice software. It was a torture for me to finish up this poorly performed audiobook.

A peak into the near future One of the best books that I have read, by far. It explains technology in plain simple english. It covers almost all future technologies, their current state and future prospects. It also warns us about their potential dangers and how to minimise them. Each and every statement made in this book, comes from a verifiable source. Also, I like the way moore's law has been explained w.r.t each technology. A MUST READ FOR EVERYONE.

• Sourabh Shankar

Just right Just right. Smart, courageous, concise. The insights on education were thoughtful and the musings on our driverless future were very accurate.

NOT about driverless cars

1. Most of the book talks about everything but autonomous/driverless cars.
2. The book is a collection of interesting facts, but very few deep insights. It rarely connects the dots, leaving the listener to say "So what?".

Great easily digestible intro to the future Heard of "this AI thing", know that there is such a thing as cars who drive themselves but not quite sure what that means, and curious on whether solar energy really can replace oil and gas? Vivek gives a great intro to all of this and more, balances his tech optimism and hopes of utopia with realism and the occasional dystopic scenario. If you're been to Singularity University, heard Vivek's talks a number of times, and dabbled in these topics for a while this book might not be for you - but if you're just getting started, jump in head first and enjoy!