Who's Afraid of AI?: Fear and Promise in the Age of Thinking Machines
Apr 2019 · The Experiment + ORM
Ebook
129
Pages
family_home
Eligible
info
About this ebook
A penetrating guide to artificial intelligence: what it is, what it does, and how it will change our lives At a breathtaking pace, artificial intelligence is getting better and faster at making complex decisions. AI can already identify malignant tumors on CT scans, give legal advice, out-bluff the best poker players in the world, and, with ever-increasing skill, drive our cars.
In Who's Afraid of AI?, award-winning author Thomas Ramge expertly explains how machines are learning to learn, and he questions what today's explosion of AI capability could mean for tomorrow:
In Who's Afraid of AI?, award-winning author Thomas Ramge expertly explains how machines are learning to learn, and he questions what today's explosion of AI capability could mean for tomorrow:
- Is it ethical to allow robots—endlessly patient—to replace human caregivers in providing comfort and companionship to the elderly?
- Since AI feeds on big data, can we prevent its misuse by corporations or the government?
- Will AI ever be capable of runaway self-improvement? And if "the singularity" does arrive, with AI's intelligence exponentially outpacing our own, what will become of us when, in many ways, we're obsolete?
A penetrating guide to artificial intelligence: what it is, what it does, and how it will change our lives At a breathtaking pace, artificial intelligence is getting better and faster at making complex decisions. AI can already identify malignant tumors on CT scans, give legal advice, out-bluff t...
Discover more
About the author
Thomas Ramge, author of The Global Economy as You’ve Never Seen It, writes regularly for The Economist and is the technology correspondent of the German business magazine brand eins. He’s the author of 12 nonfiction books, for which he’s received numerous awards including the 2018 getAbstract International Book Award. He lives in Berlin.
Thomas Ramge, author of The Global Economy as You’ve Never Seen It, writes regularly for The Economist and is the technology correspondent of the German business magazine brand eins. He’s the author of 12 nonfiction books, for which he’s received numerous awards including the 2018 getAbstract Int...
Rate this ebook
Tell us what you think.
Reading information
Smartphones and tablets
Install the Google Play Books app for Android and iPad/iPhone. It syncs automatically with your account and allows you to read online or offline wherever you are.
Laptops and computers
You can listen to audiobooks purchased on Google Play using your computer's web browser.
eReaders and other devices
To read on e-ink devices like Kobo eReaders, you'll need to download a file and transfer it to your device. Follow the detailed Help Center instructions to transfer the files to supported eReaders.
