Barry Dainton is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Liverpool. He specializes in metaphysics and philosophy of mind, and is also interested in the philosophical implications of advances in science and technology, and is one of the Co-Directors of the Olaf Stapledon Centre for Speculative Futures. His previous publications include Stream of Consciousness (2nd edition, 2006), The Phenomenal Self (2008), Time and Space (2nd edition, 2010) and Self (2014).

Will Slocombe is a Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Liverpool. He is interested in science fiction and futures work, especially representations of Artificial Intelligence, and has published various articles and chapters on this and related areas, including new media narratology, computer games, and contemporary literature and theory. He is one of the Co-Directors of the Olaf Stapledon Centre for Speculative Futures.

Attila Tanyi holds a PhD (Central European University, Hungary) and is currently a professor of philosophy in the Department of Philosophy at UiT: The Arctic University of Norway. He specializes in moral and political philosophy but his work stretches over disciplinary boundaries. He regularly collaborates with philosophers whose specializations are very different from his own, as well as with nonphilosophers with an interest in philosophical problems. His work has appeared in numerous journals and has edited several volumes of special issues.

Discusses the philosophical aspects connected with Artificial Intelligence

Makes use of speculative and science fiction literature like I. Asimov, S. Lem, A. Leckie, I. M. Banks and M. Wells

Enables readers to see how fictional worlds and imagined futures may impact reality