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Author Webb, Amy, 1974- author.

Title The Big Nine : how the tech titans and their thinking machines could warp humanity / Amy Webb.

Publication Info. New York : PublicAffairs, 2020.
©2019

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 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  006.3 WEBB    Check Shelf
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Edition First trade paperback edition.
Description 324 pages ; 24 cm
Summary In this book, Amy Webb reveals the pervasive, invisible ways in which the foundations of AI - the people working on the system, their motivations, the technology itself - is broken. Within our lifetimes, AI will, by design, begin to behave unpredictably, thinking and acting in ways which defy human logic. The big nine corporations may be inadvertently building and enabling vast arrays of intelligent systems that don't share our motivations, desires, or hopes for the future of humanity.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-277) and index.
Contents Part I. Ghosts in the machine. Introduction : before it's too late ; Mind and machine : a very brief history of AI -- The insular world of AI's tribes -- A thousand paper cuts : AI's unintended consequences -- Part II. Our futures. From here to artificial superintelligence : the warning signs ; Thriving in the third age of computing : the optimistic scenario ; Learning to live with millions of paper cuts : the pragmatic scenario ; The Réngōng Zhìnéng Dynasty : the catastrophic scenario -- Part III. Solving the problems. Pebbles and boulders : how to fix AI's future.
Note "Originally published in hardcover and ebook by PublicAffairs in March 2019"--Title page verso
Subject Artificial intelligence -- Social aspects.
Artificial intelligence -- Economic aspects.
Internet industry -- Social aspects.
Social responsibility of business.
Artificial intelligence -- Economic aspects. (OCoLC)fst00817256
Artificial intelligence -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst00817279
Social responsibility of business. (OCoLC)fst01122851
Added Title Big 9
ISBN 154177373X (trade paperback)
9781541773738 (trade paperback)
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