Luis de Miranda,PhD (University of Edinburgh), is a philosopher and historian of ideas who has carried out research into anthrobotics, digital cultures and how technology is enmeshed with our everyday life. He is the author of several fiction as well as non-fiction books, for example L'Art d'etre libres au temps des automates ('The Art of Freedom in the Time of Automata'). He works on AI and digital humanities at OErebro University, Sweden.