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S'està carregant… The Technological Singularityde Murray Shanahan
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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. I liked this book even though I was familiar with the topic. I would recommend it to anyone interested in learning more about the singularity. I would have appreciated a higher level of detail though and more counter-arguments (which the author admits to leaving out), speculations or short-story examples. ( ) Shanahan's book is more of birds eye view on the upcoming AI wave and yet quite informative . I like this fact instead of the whole prediction game as of when AI will become self aware aka " Ray Kurzweil futurism " ; we rather tackle the problem at a philosophical level .The book does get slightly technical around full brain simulation AI in the middle but overall is well suited for the layman. Overall the subject is very pertinent given that we are already seen the first disruptive wave of AI in self driving cars to robo-lawyers posing a threat to current socio-economic models ; the next wave be it 20 years from now will change humanity as we know it from Trans-humans to AI bots given human rights ! Nevertheless all current economic / financial models will be redundant once a super intelligent singularity becomes self aware , whether it leads to a dystopia or utopia is anyones guess for now . A relatively simple ("foundational") and very well-written treatment of the idea that artificial general intelligence will advance first to the human-equivalent level (possibly starting with the approach of whole brain emulation, which could constitute a kind of mind uploading) and then to levels of exponentially self-improving superintelligence, perhaps accompanied by the advent of transhumanism. New to me was the notion that transhumanism could be a necessary strategy for trying to keep up with superintelligent AI, in case the latter should become hostile to humanity. The book says far too little, I think, about the fact that the development of these technologies so far (smartphones, the internet-of-things concept, cloud computing, etc) has involved a wholesale and relentless obliteration of personal privacy, and that this trend shows no signs of changing. Would an uploaded mind be afforded any privacy at all? Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
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"The idea that human history is approaching a 'singularity'--that ordinary humans will someday be overtaken by artificially intelligent machines or cognitively enhanced biological intelligence, or both--has moved from the realm of science fiction to serious debate. Some singularity theorists predict that if the field of artificial intelligence (AI) continues to develop at its current dizzying rate, the singularity could come about in the middle of the present century. Murray Shanahan offers an introduction to the idea of the singularity and considers the ramifications of such a potentially seismic event. Shanahan's aim is not to make predictions but rather to investigate a range of scenarios. Whether we believe that singularity is near or far, likely or impossible, apocalypse or utopia, the very idea raises crucial philosophical and pragmatic questions, forcing us to think seriously about what we want as a species. Shanahan describes technological advances in AI, both biologically inspired and engineered from scratch. Once human-level AI--theoretically possible, but difficult to accomplish--has been achieved, he explains, the transition to superintelligent AI could be very rapid. Shanahan considers what the existence of superintelligent machines could mean for such matters as personhood, responsibility, rights, and identity. Some superhuman AI agents might be created to benefit humankind; some might go rogue. (Is Siri the template, or HAL?) The singularity presents both an existential threat to humanity and an existential opportunity for humanity to transcend its limitations. Shanahan makes it clear that we need to imagine both possibilities if we want to bring about the better outcome"--MIT CogNet. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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