, ▁stating ▁that ▁his ▁child ▁playing ▁hors y ▁with ▁his ▁wife ▁could ▁not ▁be ▁" render ed ▁in ▁code ... ▁Their ▁beauty ▁was ▁bod ily , ▁in ▁the ▁most ▁prof ound ▁sense , ▁in ▁the ▁s add est ▁and ▁most ▁wonderful ▁sense ." ▁The ▁book ▁also ▁exam ines ▁exist ential ▁risk ▁from ▁artificial ▁general ▁intelligence , ▁the ▁fear ▁that ▁super int ellig ent ▁machines ▁will ▁destroy ▁the ▁human ▁race . ▁An ▁o vers impl ified ▁example ▁would ▁be ▁a ▁machine ▁that ▁is ▁asked ▁to ▁eliminate ▁human ▁cancer , ▁and ▁does ▁so ▁by ▁elimin ating ▁all ▁humans . ▁In ▁the ▁book ' s ▁conclusion , ▁O ' Con nell ▁decl ines ▁to ▁offer ▁any ▁predictions ▁about ▁whether ▁the ▁hopes ▁or ▁fear s ▁of ▁the ▁trans human ists ▁will ▁come ▁to ▁pass , ▁instead ▁stating : ▁" I ▁have ▁seen ▁the ▁present , ▁and ▁the ▁present ▁is ▁strange ▁enough ▁to ▁be ▁getting ▁along ▁with : ▁filled ▁with ▁strange ▁people , ▁strange ▁ideas , ▁strange ▁machines ." ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁ ▁Category : 2 0 1 7 ▁non - f iction ▁books ▁Category : F ut uro log y ▁books <0x0A> </s> ▁Ast ol at ▁is ▁a ▁her itage - list ed ▁villa ▁at ▁ 9 6 ▁K ad um ba ▁Street , ▁Y er ong a , ▁City ▁of ▁Br is b ane , ▁Queensland , ▁Australia . ▁It ▁was ▁built ▁from ▁ ▁to ▁. ▁It ▁was ▁added ▁to ▁the ▁Queensland ▁Heritage ▁Register ▁on ▁ 2 5 ▁August ▁ 2 0 0 0