Let s the 10 days of reading by the river begin :)
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Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence | 
Let s the 10 days of reading by the river begin :)
so-soI don‘t know what to make of this one - while it encourages optimism, it appears to engage in a lot of idealistic thinking rather than engage with the challenges of our lived realities.
pickThis one was dense and intense! Although some of the topics have already been conveyed via SF shows over the last ten years, the book tends to address comprehensively some of the AI controversies and concerns.
Such complex questions raised on so many levels: how do we define consciousness, the future of human life with AI scenarios, AI reaching and exceeding human potential, superintelligence conquering the universe... food for thought.
pickThis is a very interesting and thought-provoking book.
The author has written a compelling challenge analysis of the choices facing us as we create ever more powerful A.I. super-computers; will they usher in a new era – or will they replace us?
This is a tale about our own future with A.I.
The book does not offer all the answers but makes the reader think.
It's highly engaging and possibly the best book on A.I. out there right now.
so-soMax Tegmark is professor of physics at MIT and president of the Future of Life Institute (which aims to keep AI beneficial). Published in 2017, this is a ‘big idea‘ book that focuses on the positives of AI and where it can take us rather than on the risks and dangers (although it does consider them) but it was too broad in scope for me and I struggled with some of the physics (especially the cosmology) and how white and male the AI field is.
pick#booked2020 #LiveandLearn This was a fascinating book about AI today and in the future. It focused on the need for philosophical discussion on how to keep AI beneficial. There‘s a great prologue with a fictionalized story showing just how AI could literally rule the world, and it seemed totally plausible! Both fascinating and terrifying at the same time! Some high level thinking here, but presented with the average reader in mind.
A great book week!
#bookfitnesschallenge week 2 totals
Books=7
Workouts = 4 = goal met
#BFC
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pickIt was a great read. It shatters all the typical media perception of Artificial intelligence as some kind of terminator scenario whereas in reality AI is more of a step by step , algorithm and goal based. There are some parts in this book which felt like I'm reading a sci fi rather than a non fiction . I really loved it !
Ok, I'm new so let's do this #readingfavorites thing.
1. Ebook definitely, I have all my books with me all the time.
2. On a train, in the ssh-be-very-quiet-section, going far.
3. Coffee.
4. Multiple. A novel, some nonfiction, one of them audio for workouts and cleaning.
5. All the time. Stuff that needs brain power in the day, lighter stuff after six.
#TBRtemptation post 4! Just released. How will the rise of AI affect crime, war, jobs, justice, society, and being human? The MIT professor looks at questions like: how can automation produce prosperity; what career advice should we give today's kids; what about an arms race in lethal autonomous weapons. Here is the full-range of viewpoints on this issue. Sub-topics include: consciousness, intelligence, and meaning. #blameLitsy #blameMrBook 😎
