In Our Own Image: Will artificial intelligence save or destroy us?

In Our Own Image: Will artificial intelligence save or destroy us?
ISBN-10
1473501431
ISBN-13
9781473501430
Series
In Our Own Image
Category
Science
Pages
384
Language
English
Published
2015-03-05
Publisher
Random House
Author
George Zarkadakis

Description

'TIMELY AND IMPORTANT' JIM AL-KHALILI In Our Own Image by Dr George Zarkadakis explores one of humankind’s oldest love–hate relationships – our ties with Artificial Intelligence or AI. Zarkadakis traces AI’s origins in ancient myth, through literary classics such as Frankenstein, to today’s sci-fi blockbusters, arguing that a fascination with AI is hardwired into the human psyche. He explains AI’s history, technology and potential; its manifestations in intelligent machines; its connections to neurology and consciousness, as well as – perhaps most tellingly – what AI reveals about us as human beings. In Our Own Image argues that we are on the brink of a fourth industrial revolution – poised to enter the age of Artificial Intelligence as science fiction becomes science fact. Ultimately, Zarkadakis observes, the fate of AI has profound implications for the future of science and humanity itself...

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