{"version":"1.0","type":"link","provider_name":"Hardcover","provider_url":"https://hardcover.app","cache_age":86400,"title":"Bots: The Origin of New Species","url":"https://hardcover.app/books/bots","description":"Bots is the story of cyberspace\u0026#39;s first indigenous species. These bots - mere strings of code - are now poised to change our lives. They are as close to us as the nearest computer. They live autonomously on the Net as stand-ins for our drives and desires. They collect things for us. They correct things for us. They do what we want them to do. They do what we don\u0026#39;t want them to do.\n\nAndrew Leonard recounts the saga of these software robots in all its quirkiness: from the trials and tribulations of artificial intelligence to the hilarious lifestyles of the first bots and the havoc they set in motion.","author_name":"Andrew Leonard","author_url":"https://hardcover.app/authors/andrew-leonard","thumbnail_url":"https://assets.hardcover.app/external_data/463203/ccbac0d7c03a885b2d12bdbd5788ae79bd831d4f.jpeg","thumbnail_width":315,"thumbnail_height":500}