THE FOURTH TRANSFORMATION How Augmented Reality & Artificial Intelligence Will Change Everything

The gravitas and urgency in Jeffrey Kafer's narration are not unwarranted in this arresting look at where digital intelligence will take us in the very near future. Kafer's voice, deeply resonant and able to convey a wide range of vocal attitudes, is a solid vehicle for delivering the jaw-dropping changes the authors examine, based on interviews with hundreds of experts. With the move from desk computers to smartphones preceding it, the fourth transformation involves technology that permits communication between the outside world and our clothes, our cars, and even where we direct our eyes and minds. Artificial intelligence and augmented reality will go beyond touch screens and flight simulators to allow us to interface with complex machines and environments, our own bodies, and, really, any world we decide we want to create for ourselves. T.W. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine [Published: FEBRUARY 2018]