The digital ape : how to live (in peace) with smart machines / Nigel Shadbolt and Roger Hampson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shadbolt, Nigel, 1956- author.

Hampson, Roger, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Artificial intelligence--Philosophy.

Artificial intelligence.

Artificial intelligence--Social aspects.

Automation--Social aspects.

Automation.

Artificial intelligence--Moral and ethical aspects.

Physical Description:

354 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, ©2019.

Summary:

The smart-machines revolution is reshaping our lives and our societies, but we are not about to be elbowed aside by a rebel army of super-intelligent robots of our own creation. We were using tools before we became Homo Sapiens, and will continue to build and master them, no matter how complicated they become. How we exercise that control - in our private lives, in employment, in politics - and make the best of the wonderful opportunities will determine our collective future well-being. The Digital Ape outlines how our choices and the use and adaptation of the tools we've created can lead to opportunities for the environment (both built and natural), health, and our security. Drawing on historical precendent and technical know-how, world-renowned experts Nigel Shadbolt and Roger Hampson offer a vision of the future that is exciting, rather than nerve-wracking, to contemplate. -- back cover.

Contents:

Contents ; Chapter 1 : Biology and technology

Chapter 2 : Our hyper-complex habitat

3. The digital ape emerges

Chapter 4 : Social machines

Chapter 5 : Artificial and natural intelligtence

Chapter 6 : New companions

Chapter 7 : Big beasts

Chapter 8 : The challenge of data

Chapter 9 : Augmented wisdom?

Afterword

Chapter references

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Originally published in Great Britain in 2018 by Scribe 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0190932988

9780190932985

OCLC:

1050132307