Machines That Think: The Future of Artificial Intelligence

Machines That Think: The Future of Artificial Intelligence

by Toby Walsh
Machines That Think: The Future of Artificial Intelligence

Machines That Think: The Future of Artificial Intelligence

by Toby Walsh

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Overview

How will Artificial Intelligence (AI) impact our lives? Toby Walsh, one of the leading AI researchers in the world, takes a critical look at the many ways in which "thinking machines" will change our world.Based on a deep understanding of the technology, Walsh describes where Artificial Intelligence is today, and where it will take us.-Will automation take away most of our jobs?-Is a "technological singularity" near?-What is the chance that robots will take over?-How do we best prepare for this future?The author concludes that, if we plan well, AI could be our greatest legacy, the last invention human beings will ever need to make.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781633883758
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Publication date: 02/20/2018
Pages: 336
Sales rank: 1,100,779
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Toby Walsh is one of the world's leading experts in artificial intelligence (AI). Professor Walsh's research focuses on how computers can interact with humans to optimize decision-making for the common good. He is also a passionate advocate for limits to ensure AI is used to improve, not take, lives. In 2015, Professor Walsh was one of the people behind an open letter calling for a ban on autonomous weapons or "killer robots" that was signed by more than 3000 AI researchers and high-profile scientists, entrepreneurs, and intellectuals. He was subsequently invited by Human Rights Watch to talk at the United Nations in both New York and Geneva. Professor Walsh is a Fellow of the Australia Academy of Science and of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, and was recently awarded the 2016 NSW Premier's Prize for Excellence in Engineering and Information and Communications Technologies.

Walsh has been interviewed several hundred times, appearing on NPR (US), BBC (UK), CCTV (China), CNN (US), RT (Russia), and in publications including the Guardian, New York Times, Washington Post, and New Scientist. He also regularly writes for outlets like American Scientist, New Scientist, and Conversation.

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Table of Contents

Prologue 1

Part I AI's Past

1 The AI Dream 17

2 Measuring AI 61

Part II AI's Present

3 The State of AI Today 85

4 The Limits of AI 125

5 The Impact of AI 186

Part III AI's Future

6 Technological Change 255

7 Ten Predictions 272

Epilogue 291

Notes 295

Bibliography 317

About the Author 331

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