What to Think About Machines That Think: Today's Leading Thinkers on the Age of Machine Intelligence

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John Brockman

What to Think About Machines That Think

Today's Leading Thinkers on the Age of Machine Intelligence

John Brockman

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Harper Collins
21 September 2015

Mathematics & Sciences; Impact of science & technology on society; Ethical & social aspects of computing; Artificial intelligence

Series: Edge Question Series

As the world becomes ever more dominated by technology, John Brockman's latest addition to the acclaimed and bestselling Edge Question Series asks more than 175 leading scientists, philosophers, and artists: What do you think about machines that think?

The development of artificial intelligence has been a source of fascination and anxiety ever since Alan Turing formalized the concept in 1950. Today, Stephen Hawking believes that AI could spell the end of the human race. At the very least, its development raises complicated moral issues with powerful real-world implications-for us and for our machines.

In this volume, recording artist Brian Eno proposes that we're already part of an AI: global civilization, or what TED curator Chris Anderson elsewhere calls the hive mind. And author Pamela McCorduck considers what drives us to pursue AI in the first place.

On the existential threat posed by superintelligent machines, Steven Pinker questions the likelihood of a robot uprising. Douglas Coupland traces discomfort with human-programmed AI to deeper fears about what constitutes humanness. Martin Rees predicts the end of organic thinking, while Daniel C. Dennett explains why he believes the Singularity might be an urban legend.

Provocative, enriching, and accessible, What to Think About Machines That Think may just be a practical guide to the not-so-distant future.

By: John Brockman
Imprint: Harper Collins
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 135mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 401g
ISBN: 9780062425652
ISBN 10: 006242565X
Series: Edge Question Series
Pages: 528
Publication Date: 21 September 2015
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

The publisher of the online science salon Edge.org, John Brockman is the editor of The Universe, This Explains Everything, This Will Make You Smarter, and other volumes. He is the founder of the literary agency Brockman, Inc., and lives in New York City.