The technological singularity
By: Murray Shanahan
Series: The MIT Press essential knowledge series
Publisher: MIT Press; The MIT Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass.
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9780262527804
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Forecasting; Social aspects; Conscious automata; Brain; Computer simulation; Psychological aspects; Technology; Artificial intelligence
First sentence: In recent years the idea that human history is approaching a "singularity" thanks to increasingly rapid technological advance has moved from the realm of science fiction into the sphere of serious debate.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Routes to artificial intelligence; title: Whole brain emulation; title: Engineering AI; title: Superintelligence; title: AI and consciousness; title: The impact of AI; title: Heaven or hell.