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Machines That Think

Everything You Need to Know About the Coming Age of Artificial Intelligence

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Machines That Think explores how artificial intelligence helps us understand human intelligence, machines that compose music and write stories - and asks if AI is really a threat.

Sometime in the future, the intelligence of machines will exceed that of human brain power. So are we on the edge of an AI-pocalypse, with superintelligent devices superseding humanity, as predicted by Stephen Hawking? Or will this herald a kind of utopia, with machines doing a far better job at complex tasks than us?

You might not realise it, but you interact with AIs every day. They route your phone calls, approve your credit card transactions and help your doctor interpret results. Driverless cars will soon be on the roads, with decision-making computers in charge. But how do machines actually think and learn?

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pros: covers generally interesting topics around AI.
cons: mostly opinion based, and narrator is an over-actor

Book is generally interesting

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Great book that blows away all the misconceptions of AI spread by the media and those stupid Hollywood movies of the apocalyptic end of mankind by superinteligent machines, what nonsense!

Insightful.

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... far too repetitive. There were numerous editors listed but they didn't seem to me to have had nearly enough impact.

Interesting but ...

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