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List Price: $15.95 Price: $6.51 You Save: $9.44 (59%) "We are doomed" - By Theodore D. Sternberg (Fremont, CA United States)
There are three pieces to this book:
1. Superhuman machine intelligence is coming.
2. It's potentially catastrophic for humanity.
3. We might be able to tame it.
"Superintelligence" is not human-level artificial intelligence as in meeting the Turing Test. It's what comes after that. Once we build a machine as smart as a human, that machine writes software to improve itself, which enables it to further improve itself -- but faster, then faster and faster. The equal-to-human stage proves brief as the technology charges ahead into superhuman territory.
Before long, the thing is way smarter than any human, and it parlays its superhuman skill at programming into superhuman skill at everything else, including strategic thinking, practical psychology and propaganda. It can start innocuously enough as a device that only thinks, but using its superhuman strategic skills it persuades humans to give it control over physical ... full review(422) -
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"Fantastic Book: Horrendous Kindle Conversion" - By Ashwin Kapur
This is the best introductory review to Artificial Intelligence on the market. It's very well written and organized. There are other books that are better for focusing on one particular aspect of AI, but as a general book this is the best I've seen. If you are looking for a really good introductory textbook to AI that does not completely dumb things down, buy this book.
Most of the negative comments about this book come from people stating that it's not a big enough update from the prior edition. While it's true that the entire field of AI has not been completely updated since the last edition, it's also not the case that this book comes out with new editions with the frequency of some Calculus or Economics textbooks where new editions seem to come out purely to ensure students can't buy a used book ... full review(201) -
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Price: $18.99 "This is a great book even for a non-specialist" - By Amazon Customer
This is a great book even for a non-specialist. Through apt examples and clear illustrations, every concept is conveyed without loosing its meaning. Beautifully laid out with starting with how AI impacts our every day life, although many of us would not have seen it as "AI". A must read. I bought it for myself, but I think a 8th grader can understand what is in the book. Would highly recommend.(9) -
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List Price: $17.99 Price: $5.76 You Save: $12.23 (68%) "An Important Treatment of the Risks from Advanced AI" - By Jeff D.
"Our Final Invention" is a fascinating and well-written look at the risks posed by artificial super-intelligence. As other reviewers have pointed out, this book offers a relatively pessimistic take on the subject, but there is a lot of value in that perspective. There are plenty of other books, by Ray Kurzweil and others, that offer the optimistic viewpoint.
The danger highlighted by the book is that an intelligent machine would turn its energies toward building even better versions of itself--creating an accelerating feedback loop that could culminate in a machine THOUSANDS of times more intelligent than any human. Once such an intelligence "escaped from its box" there would be no way to protect ourselves.
This book focuses entirely on the long term risk of super-intelligence and does not touch at all on the near term consequences of less advanced and more specialized AI. For example, millions of routine ... full review(338) -
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List Price: $16.95 Price: $13.38 You Save: $3.57 (21%) "Artificial Intelligence probably isn't Skynet, but it probably will affect your life" - By fitzalling (Austin,Texas)
This is a useful overview of the current state of artificial intelligence. The author has clearly been swimming in these waters during his academic studies and professional career. I came away with the sense that his thoughts and observations were based on close personal experience and careful analysis. If the area interests you, I think that you'll find that Dr. Kaplan is an experienced guide.
What are some of the major areas that the book examines? He examines the definition of artificial intelligence, considers its intellectual history and explores the frontiers of robotics, computer vision and speech recognition. As he looks at the philosophy of AI, he explains his position on whether computers can think, have free will, possess consciousness, and have feelings. He doesn't think they do and deems it unlikely that they will.
The author also examines the effect of AI on law, human labor (basically ... full review(22) -
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List Price: $44.99 Price: $24.00 You Save: $20.99 (47%) "I decided on this book because of all the other good reviews. I have since picked up a few ..." - By Michael E
I'm a senior undergraduate student in electrical and computer engineering, and decided to make use of machine learning for my senior design project. Having had some experience in python (but not much with matplotlib or scipy), I decided on this book because of all the other good reviews. I have since picked up a few other books related to machine learning, but none can even compare to this. It's stellar! In three weeks I have managed to give myself a comprehensive crash course in classification algorithms using Python which is enough to give me a rolling start on my design project. I am about half way through the book, and apart from very few minor errors (to be expected in a first edition book), I cannot find any faults in it. It's a great resource for someone who wants to learn about machine learning but doesn't know where to start. ... full review(119) -
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Price: $24.99 "Excellent" - By John Pane (Australia)
One of the great attributes of this book is that it presents the material is a way that is very easy to comprehend, if you are confused by the mathematics of other texts, get this!(39) -
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List Price: $19.95 Price: $17.17 You Save: $2.78 (14%) "Excellent History Book!" - By Brig Young (Moscow, Idaho USA)
This book is very old but covers the foundations of GOFAI rather thoroughly. The great thing about this book is that it gives you perspective on how far we have come since the first baby steps of AI. Ultimately reading this book led me to the Soar project so I have to say it was worth every cent. This is an excellent book but consider it a history book, it is way too out of date to be of immediate use in learning practical techniques. ..
Having said that, if you are learning AI, you should read this first.(32) -
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Humans Need Not Apply: A Guide to Wealth and Work in the Age of Artificial Intelligenceby Jerry Kaplan- In Stock.
List Price: $17.00 Price: $13.89 You Save: $3.11 (18%) "We live in interesting times" - By Colditz, J.B. (Pennsylvania)
This was an eye-opening book. It focuses new developments in artificial intelligence under the lenses of ethics and economics. As someone who develops automation software and language-processing algorithms on social media, I only wish that the author would have gone more in-depth with the implications of how computers/algorithms are already contributing to the social network banter and online comment threads that many of us assume are humans at keyboards (much of this content is already automated). Perhaps that's another book in the making, and Id love to read more about how algorithms (i.e., bots) influence interpersonal communications. Please respond with future reading recommendations if you have them!
Overall, it was a great read! I'd recommend it to anyone who is interested in how technology will influence our economy and culture in years to come. You might not come away with a clear idea of viable career options, but you ... full review(80) -
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List Price: $18.00 Price: $11.18 You Save: $6.82 (38%) "Count me a baptised Kurzweilian" - By Tyler Renelle (Boston, MA)
Wonderful read, very clear. Kurzweil has achieved confidence and articulation since earlier books, which were fantastic but a bit scattered and self-exploring. This was solid thought-provocation right in the kisser, especially his "everything is hierarchical patterns" grand unification theory. This stuff will change ya!
Some find his work overly optimistic / simplistic, thinking that reduces his credibility. Nay, the guy has very real acumen - OCR, Dragon Speak, now Google. His is applied science, implementing his hypotheses directly - the proof is in the pudding. Other criticisms are that this book doesn't illuminate AI implementation ("the title makes grand claims"). Well for that you'll need a text book friends, paperback won't cut it. This book is "Start here. History, core theories, inspiration, grand unification". If you're inspired, make "Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach" your next read.(299) -
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List Price: $26.95 Price: $18.57 You Save: $8.38 (31%) "Excellent Introduction" - By Cameron
A very easy to read simplistic introduction to the field of Artificial Intelligence. The book covers a comprehensive variety of styles/approaches to artificial life and computational problem solving including optimization, data mining, agents,evolutionary system and so on. The content does not enter into particularly highly detailed examples (no maths/programming) of these principals, however the descriptions are thorough enough (in plain english) for any introductory readers, or those without prior knowledge to fully grasp the concepts being discussed.
I would recommend this book to anyone interested in expanding their knowledge of the overall field of Artificially Intelligence, or for someone looking to get an idea of whats out there before diving into more complicated books.(28) -
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Price: $24.99 "Five Stars" - By Marcelo G. Martinez
I love Jeff Heaton books. They are very clear to understand(9) -
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Price: $14.99 "Interesting intro to the subject of AI for someone who knows little to nothing about the field." - By Amazon Customer
Good overview of the history, present progress, and possible future of artificial intelligence. Argues for the intelligent development and deployment of AI. Heed the warnings, but consider the great potential benefits as well.(55) -
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"There is a lot of fiction about artificial intelligence and this book gives a lot of good information on what artificial intelli" - By The Expert Selection
Very interesting! There is a lot of fiction about artificial intelligence and this book gives a lot of good information on what artificial intelligence actually is. As a new advancement in technology AI can be very beneficial for operating more efficiently and making things easier. Their is a lot of choice with AI and over time I know there will be even more advancements so it is very useful to learn about now!(7) -
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List Price: $97.95 Price: $83.00 You Save: $14.95 (15%) "Hernan" - By Hernan D. Merlino (Buenos Aires, Capital Federal Argentina)
Very Good book, it's a complete review to all alternatives to build an AI Engine for Games.
If you need a robust introduction to AI and Games this book it's a good start point.(20)
