| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xii, 364 pages : Illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Note |
"This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [337]-347) and index. |
| Contents |
Prelude: The tale of the Omega Team -- Welcome to the most important conversation of our time. A brief history of complexity ; The three stages of life ; Controversies ; Misconceptions ; The road ahead -- Matter turns intelligent. What is intelligence? ; What is memory? ; What is computation? ; What is learning? -- The near future: breakthroughs, bugs, laws, weapons and jobs. Breakthroughs ; Bugs vs. robust AI ; Laws ; Weapons ; Jobs and wages ; Human-level intelligence? -- Intelligence explosion?. Totalitarianism ; Prometheus takes over the world ; Slow takeoff and multiple scenarios ; Cyborgs and uploads ; What will actually happen? -- Aftermath: the next 10,000 years. Libertarian utopia ; Benevolent dictator ; Egalitarian utopia ; Gatekeeper ; Protector God ; Enslaved God ; Conquerors ; Descendants ; Zookeeper ; 1984 ; Reversion ; Self-destruction ; What do you want? -- Our cosmic endowment: the next billion years and beyond. Making the most of your resources ; Gaining resources through cosmic settlement ; Cosmic hierarchies ; Outlook -- Goals. Physics: the origin of goals ; Biology: the evolution of goals ; Psychology: the pursuit of and rebellion against goals ; Engineering: outsourcing goals ; Friendly AI: aligning goals ; Ethics: choosing goals ; Ultimate goals? -- Consciousness. Who ares? ; What is consciousness? ; What's the problem? ; Is consciousness beyond science? ; Experimental clues about consciousness ; Theories of consciousness ; Controversies of consciousness ; How might AI consciousness feel? ; Meaning -- Epilogue: The tale of the FLI Team. |
| Summary |
An MIT professor of physics and co-founder of the Future of Life Institute explores key questions related to a near-future world of increasing digital autonomy, exploring the likeliness of suprahuman intelligence, the role of A.I. in replacing human jobs and how legal systems might handle autonomous issues. |
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Artificial intelligence -- Philosophy.
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Artificial intelligence -- Social aspects.
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Automation -- Social aspects.
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Artificial intelligence -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Automation -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Technological forecasting.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Robotics.
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SCIENCE / Experiments & Projects.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Inventions.
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Automata.
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| Added Title |
Life three point zero |
| Other Form: |
Online version: Tegmark, Max, author. Life 3.0 New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2017 9781101946602 (DLC) 2017022912 |
| ISBN |
9781101946596 (hardcover) |
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1101946598 (hardcover) |
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