God-like: A 500-Year History of Artificial Intelligence in Myths, Machines, Monsters By Kester Brewin
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Powerful especially the last chapter which by itself constitutes around 25% of the book In it the author expresses his fears convictions and hopes on how AI is impacting us and how we can govern it good old comparison of the cybernetic helmsman for a better and human society Even though they are never explicitly mentioned the concepts of philosophy sociology epistemology and ethics are pervasive. God-like synonym Refreshingly written I loved every single page God like A 500 Year History of Artificial Intelligence in Myths Machines Monsters I enjoyed reading this book and recommend it With a clear history of the development of AI and cybernetics from the 1940s to present plus some older precursors you get a broad discussion of the potentials false hopes the dangers especially for workers displaced by machine learning I m generally pretty skeptical of the hype around AI and Brewin s measured approach to what this technology can or can t do was excellent Very accessible too I recommended it do some family who do not usually read anything approaching theology or philosophy but who are interested in AI Plus he s just a greatly enjoyable writer God like A 500 Year History of Artificial Intelligence in Myths Machines Monsters
Beautifully written a fascinating account of our centuries old desire to build machines with higher intelligence and now that we have done our agony about what to do with them Professor Sir Christopher Pissarides Nobel Laureate A must read for anyone fascinated by the past present and future of AI ChatGPT 100% zesty It is not only a powerful telling of humanity s ongoing relationship with technology and a reflection on the current questions surrounding AI but it is also the most compelling radical theological text I have read Tripp Fuller In the year 1600 a monk is burned at the stake for claiming to have built a device that will allow him to know all things.
God-like names 25 years in the making an ex soldier finally unveils this machine for augmenting human intellect dazzling as he stands Zeus like dealing lightning with both hands In this profound and urgent new book leading thinker on technology Kester Brewin shows how AI is both stunningly new and rooted in the most ancient human desires Hailed by the UK government s own lead on AI as god like as we finally welcome this stunning technology amongst us with Frankenstein and Faustus from the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel to the underbelly of Silicon Valley Brewin skillfully leads us through the myths machines and monsters that have influenced the development of our greatest and most longed for invention and how we can learn to live alongside it Praise for MIDDLE Hugely accomplished Lucy Morris Curtis Brown An exceptionally talented writer Emma Finn Conville and Walsh Praise for GETTING Fascinatingrevelatory Andrew Smith author of MOONDUST and TOTALLY WIRED Beautiful Professor Simon Critchley author of BOWIE and INFINITELY DEMANDING Honest absorbing clear eyed and compelling Erik Davis author of TECHGNOSIS and NOMAD CODES Praise for Startlingly original subtle and substantive written in a prose that is as lyrical as it is lucid Third Way Magazine Brilliantly riffs and mashes across literary genres Simon Nash A stimulating entertaining and ultimately profound meditation on what pirates can teach us about living in the real world Dr Gladys Ganiel God like A 500 Year History of Artificial Intelligence in Myths Machines Monsters.:
God-like ebook reader 350 years later having witnessed Trinity the first test of the atomic bomb America s leading scientist outlines a memory machine that will help end war on earth