The sentient machine
Subtitle: the coming age of artificial intelligence
By: Amir Husain
Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.
Publisher: Scribner
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9781501144677
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Social aspects; Forecasting; Human-computer interaction; Artificial intelligence
Description: "Whether it is self-driving cars, advancements in search engine technology, or the latest in voice-recognition software, AI, or artificial "machine" intelligence, is playing an ever-greater role in our daily lives. Yet the discussion around these recent advancements is largely polarized; some experts think that machines will solve most of humanity's problems, while others argue that AI's progression will lead us down a dark, dystopian path that renders mankind irrelevant.  Regardless of what one believes, the idea that we might bring forth intelligent creation can be intrinsically frightening.  But what if this moment reveals humanity's ultimate purpose?  What if AI is our greatest creation?  Amir Husain, a brilliant inventor and computer scientist, argues that we are on the cusp of writing our greatest creation myth with AI.  In the near-term, AI technology will advance many critical fields, including cybersecurity, finance, energy, military applications, and healthcare.  In the future, this explosion of intelligence has the potential to reshape our entire existence.  In [this book], Husain addresses broad existential questions surrounding the coming of AI: Why are we valuable?  What can we create in this world?  How are we intelligent?  What constitutes progress for us?  And how might we fail to progress?  Drawing on thinkers from Descartes to Turing, Husain responds to these questions with a dazzling yet realistic look at the future and provides an inspiring vision of the great changes now nearly upon us"--Dust jacket flap.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-203) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue :; title: a boy's discovery -- -- Part one.; title: What is AI?. -- Part two.; title: Today and tomorrow.; title: The emerging internet of things --; title: Healthcare --; title: Security in the cyber age --; title: Warfare and AI --; title: Financial markets --; title: Cognitive spaces --; title: Mind hacking -- -- Part three.; title: The future.; title: The missing block... --; title: Decoupling work and purpose --; title: The pursuit of knowledge --; title: Genesis AI -- -- Epilogue :; title: and what of humanity?.