Who's Afraid of Ai?: Fear and Promise in the Age of Thinking Machines

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:

• 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?

Author: Thomas Ramge
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Experiment
Published: 04/16/2019
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 6.90h x 5.00w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781615195503