Artificial Intelligence: What Everyone Needs to Know®

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Jerry Kaplan (Fellow, The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics, Fellow, The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics, Stanford University)

Artificial Intelligence

What Everyone Needs to Know®

Jerry Kaplan (Fellow, The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics, Fellow, The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics, Stanford University)

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Oxford University Press Inc
25 January 2016

Philosophy of science; Popular science; Artificial intelligence; Human-computer interaction

Series: What Everyone Needs To Know®

Over the coming decades, Artificial Intelligence will profoundly impact the way we live, work, wage war, play, seek a mate, educate our young, and care for our elderly. It is likely to greatly increase our aggregate wealth, but it will also upend our labor markets, reshuffle our social order, and strain our private and public institutions. Eventually it may alter how we see our place in the universe, as machines pursue goals independent of their creators and outperform us in domains previously believed to be the sole dominion of humans. Whether we regard them as conscious or unwitting, revere them as a new form of life or dismiss them as mere clever appliances, is beside the point. They are likely to play an increasingly critical and intimate role in many aspects of our lives.

The emergence of systems capable of independent reasoning and action raises serious questions about just whose interests they are permitted to serve, and what limits our society should place on their creation and use. Deep ethical questions that have bedeviled philosophers for ages will suddenly arrive on the steps of our courthouses. Can a machine be held accountable for its actions? Should intelligent systems enjoy independent rights and responsibilities, or are they simple property? Who should be held responsible when a self-driving car kills a pedestrian? Can your personal robot hold your place in line, or be compelled to testify against you? If it turns out to be possible to upload your mind into a machine, is that still you? The answers may surprise you.

By: Jerry Kaplan (Fellow The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics Fellow The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics Stanford University)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 217mm, Width: 147mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 386g
ISBN: 9780190602383
ISBN 10: 0190602384
Series: What Everyone Needs To Know®
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 25 January 2016
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Chapter 1: Defining Artificial Intelligence Chapter 2: The Intellectual History of Artificial Intelligence Chapter 3: Frontiers of Artificial Intelligence Chapter 4: Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence Chapter 5: Artificial Intelligence and the Law Chapter 6: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Human Labor Chapter 7: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Social Equity Chapter 8: Possible Future Impacts of Artificial Intelligence

"Jerry Kaplan is a serial entrepreneur, Artificial Intelligence expert, technical innovator, bestselling author, and futurist, and is best known for his key role in defining the tablet computer industry as founder of GO Corporation in 1987. He is the author of Humans Need Not Apply: A Guide to Wealth and Work in the Age of Artificial Intelligence and Startup: A Silicon Valley Adventure. Kaplan holds a BA in History and Philosophy of Science from the University of Chicago (1972), and a PhD in Computer and Information Science (specializing in Artificial Intelligence) from the University of Pennsylvania (1979). He is currently a visiting lecturer at Stanford University, teaching a course entitled ""History, Philosophy, Ethics, and Social Impact of Artificial Intelligence"" in the Computer Science Department, and is a Fellow at The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics, of the Stanford Law School."

Reviews for Artificial Intelligence: What Everyone Needs to Know®

I found this to be well worth reading; it covers serious matters from an intelligent point of view and leaves one with much food for thought. Peter Tyers, Concatenation