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The Most Human Human: What Artificial Intelligence Teaches Us About Being Alive

Autor Brian Christian
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 7 iun 2012
The Most Human Humanby Brian Christian is a mind-blowing piece of reportage that will appeal to readers of Jon Ronson'sThe Psychopath Test, and an inspiring riposte to John Gray's classicStraw Dogs- a book that will change your whole understanding of what being human actually means...

AI is on the brink of a new dawn. And so are we. . .

Telling the difference between humans and computers used to be easy. But artificial intelligence is now so advanced that it is capable of behaving, and even thinking, in ways that have long been considered exclusive to humankind. The time has come to rethink what being human actually means...

InThe Most Human HumanBrian Christian meets the world's leading artificial intelligences, finds out what they're capable of - and what makes us unique. The result is a funny, shocking, inspiring, deeply humane and intelligent book that reaches into every aspect of our lives.

'Tremendously entertaining' ****Metro

'Excellent ... a fascinating explanation of what it means to be human'Financial Times

'Remarkable. A philosophical joyride. The day that a machine creates work of such wit and originality, we should all be very worried'The Times

'An epic tour of philosophical, linguistic and scientific discovery. We stop off in places as far-flung as existential anxiety, predictive text and Gary Kasparov's defeat by Deep Blue' ****Time Out

'Lively, thought-stirring, entertaining, invaluable ... compelling insights'John Gray,New Statesman

At the age of twenty-six, Brian Christian has lectured at the LSE, Royal Academy, Bristol Festival of Ideas, Microsoft and Google, been interviewed onThe Daily Show, BBC and in theParis Review, profiled in theGuardian, featured inThe New York Times, theNew Yorkerand on the front cover ofAtlantic, and has made numerous appearances at universities and in online videos speaking on his subject. He holds a dual degree from Brown University in computer science and philosophy, and an MFA in poetry.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780241956052
ISBN-10: 0241956056
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Notă biografică

At26 years old, Brian Christian is not only a universally lauded author, but has lectured at theLSE,Royal Academy,MicrosoftandGoogle, been interviewed onThe Daily Show,BBCandParis Review, profiled in theGuardianMagazine,New York Times, theNew Yorker, and on the front cover ofAtlantic, and has made countless appearances atuniversitiesand inonlinevideos, speaking on his subject. He holds a dual degree from Brown University in computer science and philosophy, and an MFA in poetry. Unsurprisingly, this is his first book, but the first of many...

Recenzii

Tremendously entertaining ****
Excellent ... a fascinating explanation of what it means to be human
Remarkable. A philosophical joyride. The day that a machine creates work of such wit and originality, we should all be very worried
An epic tour of philosophical, linguistic and scientific discovery. We stop off in places as far-flung as existential anxiety, predictive text and Gary Kasparov's defeat by Deep Blue. A lively, personable read and an overpowering affirmation of our species ****
Lively, thought-stirring, entertaining, invaluable ... compelling insights
Dense with ideas, terrific. One of the rare successful literary offspring ofGödel, Escher, Bach, where art and science meet an engaged mind and the friction produces real fire
Fast-paced, witty, and thoroughly winning ... investigates the nature of human interactions, the meaning of language, and the essence of what sets us apart from machines ... fabulous
An irreverent picaresque ... What Christian learns along the way is that if machines win the imitation game as often as they do, it's not because they're getting better at acting human; it's because we're getting worse ... An authentic son of Frost, he learns by going where he has to go, and in doing so proves that both he and his book deserve their title
Immensely ambitious and bold, intellectually provocative, while at the same time entertaining and witty - a delightful book about how to live a meaningful, thriving life
Such an important book ... Brian Christian takes on this very weighty task, and somehow makes it fun
An eye-opening inquest into human imagination, thought, conversation, love and deception
Absorbing ... Christian cleverly suggests that the Turing Test not only tells us how smart computers are but also teaches us about ourselves. ... covers a great deal of ground with admirable clarity but with a lightness of touch ... has a real knack for summing up key ideas by applying them to real-life situations
Strange, fertile and sometimes beautiful ... takes both the deep limitations and halting progress of artificial intelligence as an occasion for thinking about the most human activity
Entertaining and informative