The fall of the human empire : memoirs of a robot / Charles-Edouard Bouée.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bouée, Charles-Edouard, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Artificial intelligence.

Robots.

Physical Description:

xiv, 114 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Business, 2020.

Summary:

Machines that are smarter than people? A utopian dream of science-fiction novelists and Hollywood screenwriters perhaps, but one which technological progress is turning into reality. Two trends are coming together: exponential growth in the processing power of supercomputers, and new software which can copy the way neurons in the human brain work and give machines the ability to learn. Smart systems will soon be commonplace in homes, businesses, factories, administrations, hospitals and the armed forces. How autonomous will they be? How free to make decisions? What place will human beings still have in a world controlled by robots? After the atom bomb, is artificial intelligence the second lethal weapon capable of destroying mankind, its inventor? The Fall of the Human Empire traces the little-known history of artificial intelligence from the standpoint of a robot called Lucy. She - or it? - recounts her adventures and reveals the mysteries of her long journey with humans, and provides a thought-provoking storyline of what developments in A.I. may mean for both humans and robots.

Contents:

Dartmouth College, 1956 : the dream of a few men

Dartmouth College, 2006 : the end of winter

2016 : the revelation

2026 : the golden age

2038 : singularity

Epilogue: 2040.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781472970039

1472970039

OCLC:

1091686975