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In an entertaining and engaging fashion, Gods and Robots, takes you through various Greek and Roman myths involving the divine technologists and inventors of classical antiquity (with brief forays into similar stories in other cultures).  In the oft-told and widespread stoires of divine and semi-divine beings like Talus, Prometheus, Heaphestus, Pygmalion, and others, these figures are portrayed as creators of artificial life.  Interestly, as Mayor convincingly demonstrates, many of their inventions are engineered, rather than conjured by acts of divine power (or magic, as some would call it). 

The ultimate purpose of the book is deploy classical traditions about beings that "are made, not born" -- that is to say, artificial life - to  reflect on our contemporary engagement with AI and the questions it raises about being human.

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