Best-selling author Byron Reese discusses his book "The Fourth Age" and smart robots, conscious computers and the future of humanity. We are now on the doorstep of a fourth change brought about by two technologies: AI and robotics. The Fourth Age provides extraordinary look at how we got to this point, and how we should plan for implications we’ll soon all be facing: machine consciousness, widespread automation, and artificial intelligence. Byron is the CEO and publisher of Gigaom, an industry-leading technology research company, and an award-winning author, speaker and futurist. You've seen him in places like the New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, and NPR. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest? DigitalTransformationPodcast.net/guest Do you want to be a sponsor? DigitalTransformationPodcast.net/sponsor