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    Who's Afraid of AI?: Fear and Promise in the Age of Thinking Machines
    Who's Afraid of AI?: Fear and Promise in the Age of Thinking Machines
    Who's Afraid of AI?: Fear and Promise in the Age of Thinking Machines
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    Who's Afraid of AI?: Fear and Promise in the Age of Thinking Machines

    Written by Thomas Ramge

    Narrated by Tom Parks

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    A penetrating guide to artificial intelligence: what it is, what it does, and how it will change our lives

    At a breathtaking pace, artificial intelligence is getting better and faster at making complex decisions. AI can already identify malignant tumors on CT scans, give legal advice, out-bluff the best poker players in the world, and, with ever-increasing skill, drive our cars.

    In Who’s Afraid of AI?, award-winning author Thomas Ramge expertly explains how machines are learning to learn, and he questions what today’s explosion of AI capability could mean for tomorrow:

    • Is it ethical to allow robots—endlessly patient—to replace human caregivers in providing comfort and companionship to the elderly?
    • Since AI feeds on big data, can we prevent its misuse by corporations or the government?
    • Will AI ever be capable of runaway self-improvement? And if “the singularity” does arrive, with AI’s intelligence exponentially outpacing our own, what will become of us when, in many ways, we’re obsolete?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateApr 16, 2019
    ISBN9781721306831
    Who's Afraid of AI?: Fear and Promise in the Age of Thinking Machines
    Author

    Thomas Ramge

    Thomas Ramge is the technology correspondent of the business magazine brand eins and writes for The Economist.

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      Thanks for the eye opening. I’m blessed to be alive in a time as this.
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      Un buen libro para entender y animarse a entender mejor.