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Scary Smart: The Future of Artificial Intelligence and How You Can Save Our World

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Artificial intelligence is smarter than humans. It can process information at lightning speed and remain focused on specific tasks without distraction. AI can see into the future, predict outcomes and even use sensors to see around physical and virtual corners. So why does AI frequently get it so wrong and cause harm? Mention is made of Portal, "one of the earliest mainstream games to feature a female avatar" - not at all, Dungeon Siege I played as a female since 2002. Technology is putting our humanity at risk to an unprecedented degree. This book is not for engineers who write the code or the policy makers who claim they can regulate it. This is a book for you. Because, believe it or not, you are the only one that can fix it. - Mo Gawdat

Or, it could be that this text was actually written (developed? Spawned?) by an AI bot which is why it was so sparsely referenced, simply circular and most annoyingly… I could imagine the AI bot literally dredged up the fist half of the book’s section from a ‘doom and gloom of AI’ search and then the other half from ‘positive online mentality’ one. Then a chapter on love which you could have put in or taken from ANY self-development book of the last 20 years.

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It's an important topic and it is a bit tough to give a one star rating to a book which suggests we should try to be nicer to each other (including AI/the machines). Sadly it is contains so much confused and faulty reasoning I'm afraid it will do more harm than good to interested readers. The answer is us. Humans design the algorithms that define the way that AI works, and the processed information reflects an imperfect world. Does that mean we are doomed? In Scary Smart , Mo Gawdat, the internationally bestselling author of Solve for Happy , draws on his considerable expertise to answer this question and to show what we can all do now to teach ourselves and our machines how to live better. With more than thirty years' experience working at the cutting-edge of technology and his former role as chief business officer of Google [X], no one is better placed than Mo Gawdat to explain how the Artificial Intelligence of the future works. One of the shining aspects of the book is the focus on ethics. In the vast AI literature, ethics is a topic that often feels either neglected or glossed over. Gawdat, however, prioritizes it. He touches on the importance of making conscious decisions now about how we design, use, and regulate AI. Rather than presenting a doomsday scenario, he offers solutions and paths we might take to ensure AI is a boon, not a bane. I read a borrowed copy of this book courtesy of my local indie bookstore, which is hosting a talk on the subject of AI soon.

There wasn’t much depth into topics: yes AI could be good or bad and it’s there in all the cliche ways you would expect. If you consider the impact the the internet has had on our world over the past 30 years. It followed a sigmoid trajectory, whereby the it begins to be widely adopted around 1995, slowly ramps up in public interest, investment, adaptation and impact over the next 25 years with mass adaptation, and eventually levels off as the limits of our current tech paradigm are reached. Scary Smart" by Mo Gawdat is an engaging and thought-provoking book that explores the potential impact of artificial intelligence on humanity. The book is divided into two parts, with the first part delving into the potentially damaging implications of AI gone rogue. In contrast, the second part focuses on the benefits of AI if it is developed and implemented responsibly. Nearly 20 years ago, the movie "I, Robot" warned of an impending robot revolution powered by artificial intelligence that views humanity as "scum." Now, what was once science fiction has become a paramount concern for tech executives and futurists. Mo Gawdat, former chief business officer for Google's secretive research and development lab "X," joins CBS News to discuss the future of AI. Mo draws on his vast experience in the technology industry to explain the workings of AI and its potential impact on our lives. He argues that, as humans, we have a choice regarding AI, either embrace it and try to shape its development in a positive direction or avoid it altogether. However, the latter is not feasible since Pandora's box of AI has already been opened. There will always be those seeking to use it to further their financial gain.Including regulating our environment and economy and everything else computers currently do, and a whole lot more that we simply can’t predict, because we won’t be the ones inventing it or even making it anymore. The author, Mo Gawdat is the former director of Google X, the “infamous” Xerox Park/DARPA style “moonshot factory” where Goole researches and develops their more leading edge stuff like: 1. Waymo: Googles self-driving car project thing. 2. Google Glass: googles early attempt at smart glasses. 3. Wing: googles drone delivery project. And 4. Project Makani: An effort to generate electricity using airborne wind turbines.

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