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Judith A. Markowitz

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Chicago, IL, The United States

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I was raised in Chicago got degrees in computer science (focus AI) and linguistics. Those two areas have helped me write articles and books. In the past few years, I've been writing books about robots and their ancestors, like Frankenstein and Pinocchio.
I call them "robot-precursors" because they give us insight into how we think about robots and what we want robots to be like. My most recent book is Robots That Kill - it looks at killer robots and robot-precursors in mythology, literature, comics, manga & anime, TV and other media.
Now, I'm writing Robots That Love. It is a sister book to Robots That Kill

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I’ve worked as a consultant in speech and language technology for more than thirty years during which time I ...more

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	The Gay Detective Novel: Lesbian and Gay Main Characters and Themes in Mystery Fiction 4.33 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Robots That Kill: Deadly Machines and Their Precursors in Myth, Folklore, Literature, Popular Culture and Reality 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Robots That Talk and Listen: Technology and Social Impact it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Using Speech Recognition: A Guide for Application Developers it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1995 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Where Humans Meet Machines: Innovative Solutions for Knotty Natural-Language Problems by Amy Neustein (Editor), Judith A. Markowitz (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Wired for Speech: How Voice Activates and Advances the Human-Computer Relationship (The MIT Press)

by Clifford Nass

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Tinderbox: The Untold Story of the Up Stairs Lounge Fire and the Rise of Gay Liberation

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