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This book is both amazing and rather challenging.
Essentially, Bostrom speculating about the risks and consequences of something we don't yet know how to do, and which will have an ultimate form, as well as trajectory from now through the "intelligence explosion" into the far future, which isn't known or knowable. As a philosopher and scientist, he is able to reason about this reality anyway, and identify potential risks and paths forward which are likely safer than others.
Unfortunately, my under ...more
Essentially, Bostrom speculating about the risks and consequences of something we don't yet know how to do, and which will have an ultimate form, as well as trajectory from now through the "intelligence explosion" into the far future, which isn't known or knowable. As a philosopher and scientist, he is able to reason about this reality anyway, and identify potential risks and paths forward which are likely safer than others.
Unfortunately, my under ...more
Bostrom's introduction into the problematics of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) is a very good first stop for newcomers to the topic. The material focuses mostly on existential risk factors and mitigation strategies. The book gives also some basic historical context and the barest minimum background on the more technical side of the AGI research, architecture etc.
Recommended for general audience as this is an essential topic and the books is overall very competent.
That being said... I was ...more
Recommended for general audience as this is an essential topic and the books is overall very competent.
That being said... I was ...more
I'd give it 4 stars because the topic is fascinating, but the book is quite verbose and some chapters hard to get through. Also, don't expect any definite answers to the questions posed. But I guess that's the nature of imagining the future, especially on a thing as potentially important as AI.
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