by Tim Weinhold | Nov 30, 2019 | Book Review
“What if we succeed?” Specifically, what happens if we, the AI scientists of the world, succeed in building ever-smarter, ever-more-capable machines, eventually rivaling or surpassing the intelligence of humans? Will the world be better off, or worse? That’s the...
by Tim Weinhold | Oct 28, 2019 | Book Review
THE ETHICAL ALGORITHM: The Science of Socially Aware Algorithm Design By Michael Kearns and Aaron Roth and A HUMAN ALGORITHM: How Artificial Intelligence is Redefining Who We Are By Flynn Coleman Two buttoned-down AI scientists and a ‘can’t we all just get along?’...
by Tim Weinhold | Sep 27, 2019 | Book Review
Brad Smith, president of Microsoft, has written an important book, maybe even a watershed book. He did so with the help of Carol Ann Browne, the company’s senior director of communications. Leaders in both tech and government will be talking about the book, and...
by Tim Weinhold | Sep 1, 2019 | Book Review
What does it mean to be human? Or, put more narrowly in light of the advances of AI and neuroscience, should we think of humans as simply a complex form of biochemical computer? Is the human mind, including its sense of self-consciousness, really nothing more than the...
by Tim Weinhold | Jul 16, 2019 | Book Review
It turns out that schizophrenia is not just a medical condition, it’s also an apt way to think about Eric Topol’s new book, DEEP MEDICINE: How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Healthcare Human Again. Schizophrenia, after all, is characterized by inconsistent and...
by Tim Weinhold | Apr 10, 2019 | Book Review
In The Big Nine, Amy Webb visits the AI-driven near-future world to which nine tech titans — and two governments — are together giving birth. More precisely, Webb projects three future scenarios for how AI development is likely to play out. Only one — and clearly the...
