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2084 : artificial intelligence and the future of humanity / John C. Lennox.
Van Pelt Library BL265.I54 L46 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lennox, John C., 1943- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Orwell, George, 1903-1950. Nineteen eighty-four.
- Orwell, George.
- Nineteen eighty-four (Orwell, George).
- Information technology--Religious aspects.
- Information technology.
- Artificial intelligence--Religious aspects.
- Artificial intelligence.
- Forecasting--Religious aspects.
- Forecasting.
- Eschatology.
- Physical Description:
- 239 pages ; 19 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Grand Rapids : Zondervan, [2020]
- Summary:
- What will the year 2084 hold for you--for your friends, for your family, and for our society? Are we doomed to the grim dystopia imagined in George Orwell's 1984? In 2084, scientist and philosopher John Lennox will introduce you to a kaleidoscope of ideas: the key developments in technological enhancement, bioengineering, and, in particular, artificial intelligence. You will discover the current capacity of AI, its advantages and disadvantages, the facts and the fiction, as well as potential future implications. The questions posed by AI are open to all of us. And they demand answers. From back cover.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Mapping Out the Territory p. 11
- Chapter 2 First Big Question: Where Do We Come From? p. 29
- Chapter 3 Second Big Question: Where Are We Going? p. 43
- Chapter 4 Narrow Artificial Intelligence: The Future Is Bright? p. 53
- Chapter 5 Narrow AI: Perhaps the Future Is Not So Bright After All? p. 63
- Chapter 6 Upgrading Humans p. 83
- Chapter 7 Artificial General Intelligence: The Future Is Dark? p. 95
- Chapter 8 The Genesis Files: What Is a Human Being? p. 113
- Chapter 9 The Origin of the Human Moral Sense p. 135
- Chapter 10 The True Homo Deus p. 157
- Chapter 11 Future Shock: The Return of the Man Who Is God p. 173
- Chapter 12 Homo Deus in the Book of Revelation p. 197
- Chapter 13 The Time of the End p. 215.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographic references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9780310109563
- 0310109566
- OCLC:
- 1139922184
- Publisher Number:
- 99985017389
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