“Are technologically created artifacts things or persons? In this brutally honest and timely book, James Boyle demonstrates how questions that had once been considered science fiction are now a very real and urgent matter.”
David J. Gunkel, Northern Illinois University; author of The Machine Question, Robot Rights, and Person, Thing, Robot
“Deeply thoughtful and witty as hell, Boyle's exploration of the 'line' is an absolute must-read in our budding era of machine intelligence.”
Kate Darling, research scientist, MIT; author of The New Breed
“James Boyle has been thinking about artificial intelligence and personhood for as long as anyone in the academy. The Line is a must-read—the culmination of Boyle's meticulous research and characteristically insightful analysis on a critical issue of our time.”
Ryan Calo, Lane Powell and D. Wayne Gittinger Professor of Law, University of Washington; cofounder, We, Robot
“James Boyle has always seen through the technology to the values we must hold as humans. That gift is just what understanding the emerging technologies of AI will require, and what this book gives. Beautifully clear, intellectually compelling, this book is the best way of thinking through the line that divides us from it, or from them. Can we hold the line? Should we? Much depends on the answers.”
Lawrence Lessig, Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership, Harvard Law School