Byron Reese is the CEO and publisher of Gigaom, an industry-leading technology research company. An award-winning author and speaker, as well as futurist, he holds a number of technology patents and hosts two podcasts about artificial intelligence. His newest book, The Fourth Age: Smart Robots, Conscious Computers, and the Future of Humanity, tackles the issues of artificial intelligence, robots, automation, and the future of work. He and his work have been featured in hundreds of news outlets, including New York Times, Washington Post, Entrepreneur Magazine, USA Today, Reader’s Digest, NPR, and the LA Times Magazine.