Science fiction has long anticipated the rise of machine intelligence: Today, a new generation of self:learning computers is reshaping every aspect of our lives: Incomprehensible amounts of data are being collected, interpreted, and fed back to us in a tsunami of apps, smart devices, and targeted advertisements: Virtually every industry on earth is feeling this transformation, from job automation to medical diagnostics, from elections to battlefield weapons: Do You Trust This Computer explores the promises and perils of this developing era: Will A:I: usher in an age of unprecedented potential, or prove to be our final invention