The villainous Anomaly, a human/machine hybrid created by CyborgÕs father, has activated a device that threatens all reality! But before Cyborg can save the world, heÕll have to save himself and his friends from a bizarre alternate reality. In the streets of a Detroit overrun by mechanical men, only a parallel version of Beast Boy is immune to the mecha-human virus that turns everyone else into a monstrous hybrid. And even Anomaly, whoÕs seemingly responsible for all the chaos, doesnÕt know where they are or how to escape! A familiar figure offers the key to reclaiming the ravaged divergent reality from chaos and returning Cyborg and his compatriots home, but to succeed, theyÕll have to defeat not only the deadly threat of the Metal Men, but also the parallel worldÕs Cyborg, who has an agenda all his own! Cyborg Vol. 3: Singularity collects issues #14-20 of the thrilling series by animation writer John Semper Jr. (Spider-Man: The Animated Series) and artists Will Conrad (Nightwing), Allan Jefferson (Arrow) and others!

Cyborg is a member of the Justice League. He is one of EarthÕs greatest heroes. But is Cyborg really who he thinks he is? Find out in CYBORG VOL. 1: THE IMITATION OF LIFE, a part of DC Rebirth! When a shocking discovery about his own origin makes Victor Stone question everything he thought he knew about his identity and his humanity, it seems Cyborg might be more machine than man after all. But if thatÕs the case, which side will Cyborg take when a mysterious cybernetic entity decides to start a war between man and machines? Now, the people Victor Stone cares about the most are caught up in the crossfire, and the choices he makes may mean the difference between the survival of mankind and an artificially intelligent future. Can Cyborg display the heart of a hero...or will he be torn in two by his dual nature? Cyborg is reborn for DC REBIRTH in this great new starting point graphic novel, thanks to animation writer John Semper, Jr. (Spider-Man: The Animated Series) and artists including Paul Pelletier (AQUAMAN), Will Conrad (NIGHTWING), Timothy Green II (RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS) and more! Collects CYBORG #1-5 and CYBORG: REBIRTH #1.

CYBORG VOL. 2: DANGER IN DETROIT is a thrilling series by animation writer John Semper Jr. (Spider-Man: The Animated Series) and artists Will Conrad (NIGHTWING) and Paul Pelletier (AQUAMAN). Cyborg is the Justice LeagueÍs most high-tech hero, but can he withstand an attack by another of his brilliant fatherÍs creations? Captured by those he thought he could trust, Cyborg discovers a covert plot to use alien technology to start a world war. And when he winds up imprisoned in the heart of S.T.A.R. Labs, an unorthodox escape plan brings him face-to-face with Anomaly, a human-machine hybrid created by CyborgÍs father Silas years before Vic Stone became Cyborg! Only the now-missing Silas Stone holds the answers to the puzzle Anomaly presents, but before Cyborg can rescue his father, heÍll first have to free the city of Detroit from the villainy of the bizarre Lord of the Rats! Rocketing from the pages of DC REBIRTH: JUSTICE LEAGUE, CYBORG VOL. 2 collects issues #6-13.

CYBORG—PROPERTY OF THE STATE! With his cybernetic tech continuing to evolve, Victor Stone may not know exactly what he is anymore, but he knows that he’s a hero. But ever since Vic helped to repel the alien invasion force called the Technosapiens, the U.S. government has been keeping a close eye on cybernetic enhancements. And that means they’re keeping a close eye on Cyborg. Now, a new piece of legislation called the Cybernetic Regulation Act has made Vic himself the property of the United States! And if the government gets their hands on him, they can use his technology to reverse-engineer the ultimate weapon…at the cost of Victor’s life. But Victor has a plan to find out what’s behind this sudden interest in cyber-enhanced individuals. It involves Shazam and Vic’s friends in the Justice League and putting himself right in his enemy’s clutches! Writers David F. Walker (NIGHTHAWK) and Marv Wolfman (NEW TEEN TITANS) and artists Felipe Watanabe (TEEN TITANS), Daniel HDR (SMALLVILLE SEASON 11) and Júlio Ferreira (BATWING) continue the solo adventures of the Justice League’s most high-tech hero! Collects CYBORG #7-12 and a special preview of CYBORG: REBIRTH #1.

In a technologically suppressed future, information demands to be free in the debut novel from Hugo Award-winning author Charlie Stross. In the twenty-first century, life as we know it changed. Faster-than-light travel was perfected, and the Eschaton, a superhuman artificial intelligence, was born. Four hundred years later, the far-flung colonies that arose as a result of these events—scattered over three thousand years of time and a thousand parsecs of space—are beginning to rediscover their origins. The New Republic is one such colony. It has existed for centuries in self-imposed isolation, rejecting all but the most basic technology. Now, under attack by a devastating information plague, the colony must reach out to Earth for help. A battle fleet is dispatched, streaking across the stars to the rescue. But things are not what they seem—secret agendas and ulterior motives abound, both aboard the ship and on the ground. And watching over it all is the Eschaton, which has its own very definite ideas about the outcome...

This volume brings together academics from evolutionary biology, literary theory, robotics, digital culture, anthropology, sociology, and environmental studies to consider the impact of robotics and AI on society. By bringing these perspectives together in one book, readers gain a sense of the complex scientific, social, and ideological contexts within which AI and robotics research is unfolding, as well as the illusory suppositions and distorted claims being mobilized by the industry in the name of bettering humanity’s future. Discussions about AI and robotics have been shaped by computer science and engineering, steered by corporate and military interests, forged by transhumanist philosophy and libertarian politics, animated by fiction, and hyped by the media. From fiction passing as science to the illusion of AI autonomy to the business of ethics to the automation of war, this collection recognizes the inevitable entanglement of humanity and technology, while exposing the problematic assumptions and myths driving the field in order to better assess its risks and potential.

These days, the idea of the cyborg is less the stuff of science fiction and more a reality, as we are all, in one way or another, constantly connected, extended, wired, and dispersed in and through technology. One wonders where the individual, the person, the human, and the body are—or, alternatively, where they stop. These are the kinds of questions Hélène Mialet explores in this fascinating volume, as she focuses on a man who is permanently attached to assemblages of machines, devices, and collectivities of people: Stephen Hawking. Drawing on an extensive and in-depth series of interviews with Hawking, his assistants and colleagues, physicists, engineers, writers, journalists, archivists, and artists, Mialet reconstructs the human, material, and machine-based networks that enable Hawking to live and work. She reveals how Hawking—who is often portrayed as the most singular, individual, rational, and bodiless of all—is in fact not only incorporated, materialized, and distributed in a complex nexus of machines and human beings like everyone else, but even more so. Each chapter focuses on a description of the functioning and coordination of different elements or media that create his presence, agency, identity, and competencies. Attentive to Hawking’s daily activities, including his lecturing and scientific writing, Mialet’s ethnographic analysis powerfully reassesses the notion of scientific genius and its associations with human singularity. This book will fascinate anyone interested in Stephen Hawking or an extraordinary life in science.