Our Final Invention Artificial Intelligence and the End of the Human Era

Name: Our Final Invention Artificial Intelligence and the End of the Human Era
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ISBN: 9780312622374

ISBN-10: 0312622376

ISBN-13: 9780312622374

Edition: 2013

Authors: James Barrat

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The promises Artificial Intelligence holds for our future are often described in utopian terms-intelligent, helpful robots, enhanced brain function, even the development of life-extending technologies. But there's another, rarely discussed and far darker possibility. Our Final Invention argues that we may be racing towards our own extinction, as military, academic, and corporate advances in artificial intelligence lead to an unlable new life form, one that's smarter and more powerful than we can imagine.This isn't science fiction, but it is actually far closer than most of us realize. Bringing AI experts together in a thoroughly accessible way to reveal the dark side of the optimistic…

Book details

List price: $26.99
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication date: 10/1/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



The Busy Child



The Two-Minute Problem



Looking into the Future



The Hard Way



Programs that Write Programs



Four Basic Drives



The Intelligence Explosion



The Point of No Return



The Law of Accelerating Returns



The Singularitarian



A Hard Takeoff



The Last Complication



Unknowable by Nature



The End of the Human Era



The Cyber Ecosystem



AGI 2.0


Notes


Index