The Age of AI
And Our Human Future

AI is an interesting topic that I read a bit about in the popular press and interact with on a daily basis with social media, maps, and the semi-autonomous driving on my Tesla. Some 10 years ago or so, I programmed my own neural networks to model a karst aquifer (it didn't work). Perhaps it's my pre......more

As with a number of other reviewers, I didn't find this book particularly insightful or informative. It read like a 200 page long Gartner paper. Things may happen this year, next year, sometime, never. Somebody should setup a committee to discuss the possibility of making a plan to think about doing......more

The wily veteran diplomat Henry Kissinger joins forces with two pioneers in the field of Information Technology, Eric Schmidt, and Daniel Huttenlocher, in deliberating and dissecting a future in which Artificial Intelligence will play not just a key role, but constitute an inevitable and integral wa......more

This was a very accessible introduction to the dilemmas of AI. For a short book, it is also quite comprehensive. The best thing that can be said about this book is that it is perhaps less intellectually challenging and more concise than alternatives. That is not a bad thing, especially if one wishes......more

Besides the - constant - need - to - use - hyphens, I really enjoyed reading this book. Coming from a technical background of machine learning, I am pretty much aware of some of the issues presented here but the thoughts and issues, especially regarding security, are very well organized and provide......more