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The Technological Singularity (MIT Press Essential Knowledge series)

The Technological Singularity (MIT Press Essential Knowledge series)

The Technological Singularity (MIT Press Essential Knowledge series)
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The Technological Singularity (MIT Press Essential Knowledge series) Paperback - 2015 - 1st Edition

by Shanahan, Murray

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  • Title The Technological Singularity (MIT Press Essential Knowledge series)
  • Author Shanahan, Murray
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher The MIT Press
  • Publication date 2015-08-07
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # mon0003624138
  • ISBN 9780262527804 / 0262527804
  • Weight 0.6 lbs (0.27 kg)
  • Dimensions 7 x 5.1 x 0.8 in (17.78 x 12.95 x 2.03 cm)
  • Size 0.9000 6.9000 5.0000
  • Age range 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Category Computers - General Information
  • Library of Congress subjects Technology - Social aspects, Conscious automata
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2015000997
  • Dewey Decimal Code 006.3
  • Quantity available 1
  • Bookseller catalogues Book

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From the publisher

What it would mean if ordinary human intelligence were enhanced--or overtaken--by artificial intelligence?

The idea that human history is approaching a "singularity"--that ordinary humans will someday be overtaken by artificially intelligent machines or cognitively enhanced biological intelligence, or both--has moved from the realm of science fiction to serious debate. Some singularity theorists predict that if the field of artificial intelligence (AI) continues to develop at its current dizzying rate, the singularity could come about in the middle of the present century. Murray Shanahan offers an introduction to the idea of the singularity and considers the ramifications of such a potentially seismic event.

Shanahan's aim is not to make predictions but rather to investigate a range of scenarios. Whether we believe that singularity is near or far, likely or impossible, apocalypse or utopia, the very idea raises crucial philosophical and pragmatic questions, forcing us to think seriously about what we want as a species.

Shanahan describes technological advances in AI, both biologically inspired and engineered from scratch. Once human-level AI--theoretically possible, but difficult to accomplish--has been achieved, he explains, the transition to superintelligent AI could be very rapid. Shanahan considers what the existence of superintelligent machines could mean for such matters as personhood, responsibility, rights, and identity. Some superhuman AI agents might be created to benefit humankind; some might go rogue. (Is Siri the template, or HAL?) The singularity presents both an existential threat to humanity and an existential opportunity for humanity to transcend its limitations. Shanahan makes it clear that we need to imagine both possibilities if we want to bring about the better outcome.

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Citations

  • Library Journal, 09/01/2015, Page 137

About the author

Murray Shanahan is Professor of Cognitive Robotics in the Department of Computing at Imperial College London. He is the author of Solving the Frame Problem (MIT Press) and Embodiment and the Inner Life.

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