Sentience and the next chapter of intelligence. The design here is about the future and what will it be, that's why there is a body (a robot body) like if it's in a zero gravity, it's asleep 'for now', and it's in the center of a faceless figure. This encapsulate that technology for now is in a sleep state and soon it will wake up and get sentient, and the only thing that it will mimic is humans because they are the first sentients.
The background to make it highlight just the center and slowly fade in, since the next chapter of intelligence isn't completely known and mapped out yet. This book fills in the blank to and gives a well structured ideas and knowledge.