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Smarter Than Us: The Rise of Machine Intelligence Kindle Edition

by Stuart Armstrong (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
What happens when machines become smarter than humans? Forget lumbering Terminators. The power of artificial intelligence (AI) lies in its potential for superior intelligence, not physical strength or laser guns. Humans steer the future not because we’re the strongest or fastest species, but because of our cognitive advances; and once AI systems surpass us on this front, we’ll be handing them the steering wheel.

What promises—and perils—does smarter-than-human AI present? Can we instruct AI systems to steer the future as we desire? What goals should we program into them? Stuart Armstrong’s new book navigates these questions with clarity and wit.

Though an understanding of the problem is only beginning to spread, researchers from fields ranging from philosophy to computer science to economics are working together to conceive and test solutions. Are we up to the challenge?

A mathematician by training, Armstrong is a Research Fellow at the Future of Humanity Institute (FHI) at Oxford University. His research focuses on formal decision theory, the risks and possibilities of AI, the long term potential for intelligent life (and the difficulties of predicting this), and anthropic (self-locating) probability.
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    I spend most of my time at Oxford University's Future of Humanity Institute, trying to ensure that humanity survives and thrives, that our common future is filled with flourishing, joy, and adventure.

    But I also love generating ideas, characters, situations, and even, sometimes, melding them together into full consistent stories. I tend to see the story as revealing the character of the protagonist, rather than them having a pre-defined character with which to face the events.

    I've always been fascinated by the old myths and the ancient gods, and regularly imagine what they would do, faced with a world as radically different as our own - with still some faint traces of the old order. What would Mars think of all the wars he had to choose from? Would Loki get along with the other trickster gods like Coyote? (This is Loki, so, no). But, more importantly than that, how would they adapt to becoming insignificant, and, more woundingly, to their ethics and commandments becoming ignored?

    Trailers for my book here:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAl-Cw2pzB4

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ROz4gFkDlE

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