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The Resource In our own image : savior or destroyer? : the history and future of artificial intelligence, George Zarkadakis, (electronic resource eBook)

In our own image : savior or destroyer? : the history and future of artificial intelligence, George Zarkadakis, (electronic resource eBook)

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  • "Zarkadakis explores one of humankind's oldest love-hate relationships--our ties with artificial intelligence, or AI. He traces AI's origins in ancient myth, through literary classics like Frankenstein to today's sci-fi blockbusters, arguing that a fascination with AI is hardwired into the human psyche. The narrative delves into AI's history, technology, and potential; its manifestations in intelligent machines; its connections to neurology and consciousness, and finally--perhaps most tellingly--what AI reveals about us as human beings. In Our Own Image argues that we are on the brink of a fourth industrial revolution--as science fiction becomes science fact, the world is poised to enter the Age of Artificial Intelligence. Ultimately, as Zarkadakis observes, the fate of AI has profound implications for the future of science and humanity itself."--Jacket
  • Exploring the history and future, as well as the societal and ethical implications, of Artificial Intelligence (AI), the author, who has a PhD in AI, explains its history, technology and potential; its manifestations in intelligent machines; its connections to neurology and conscious; and what AI reveals about us human beings
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eng
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1 online resource.
Contents
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Dreaming of electric sheep. The birth of the modern mind
  • Life in the bush of ghosts
  • The mechanical Turk
  • Loving the alien
  • Prometheus unbound
  • The return of the gods
  • Part II. The mind problem. A blueprint for a universe
  • Minds without bodies
  • La Résistance
  • Peering into the mind
  • The cybernetic brain
  • Part III. Ada in Wonderland. 'All Cretans are liars'
  • The program
  • From Bletchley Park to Google campus
  • Machines that think
  • Darwin at the edge of chaos
  • Epilogue : the future of humanity
  • Timeline : a brief history of artificial intelligence
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9781681771076
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http://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=210&titleID=2597662
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In our own image : savior or destroyer? : the history and future of artificial intelligence
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In our own image
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savior or destroyer? : the history and future of artificial intelligence
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George Zarkadakis
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Language
eng
Summary
  • "Zarkadakis explores one of humankind's oldest love-hate relationships--our ties with artificial intelligence, or AI. He traces AI's origins in ancient myth, through literary classics like Frankenstein to today's sci-fi blockbusters, arguing that a fascination with AI is hardwired into the human psyche. The narrative delves into AI's history, technology, and potential; its manifestations in intelligent machines; its connections to neurology and consciousness, and finally--perhaps most tellingly--what AI reveals about us as human beings. In Our Own Image argues that we are on the brink of a fourth industrial revolution--as science fiction becomes science fact, the world is poised to enter the Age of Artificial Intelligence. Ultimately, as Zarkadakis observes, the fate of AI has profound implications for the future of science and humanity itself."--Jacket
  • Exploring the history and future, as well as the societal and ethical implications, of Artificial Intelligence (AI), the author, who has a PhD in AI, explains its history, technology and potential; its manifestations in intelligent machines; its connections to neurology and conscious; and what AI reveals about us human beings
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1964-
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Zarkadakēs, Giōrgos
Index
index present
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Q334.7
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non fiction
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  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
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  • Artificial intelligence
  • Computers and civilization
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Machine theory
  • Human-computer interaction
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In our own image : savior or destroyer? : the history and future of artificial intelligence, George Zarkadakis, (electronic resource eBook)
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http://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=210&titleID=2597662
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 322-347) and index
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Contents
Introduction -- Part I. Dreaming of electric sheep. The birth of the modern mind -- Life in the bush of ghosts -- The mechanical Turk -- Loving the alien -- Prometheus unbound -- The return of the gods -- Part II. The mind problem. A blueprint for a universe -- Minds without bodies -- La Résistance -- Peering into the mind -- The cybernetic brain -- Part III. Ada in Wonderland. 'All Cretans are liars' -- The program -- From Bletchley Park to Google campus -- Machines that think -- Darwin at the edge of chaos -- Epilogue : the future of humanity -- Timeline : a brief history of artificial intelligence
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1 online resource.
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9781681771076
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In our own image : savior or destroyer? : the history and future of artificial intelligence, George Zarkadakis, (electronic resource eBook)
Link
http://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=210&titleID=2597662
Publication
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unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 322-347) and index
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online resource
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multicolored
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Contents
Introduction -- Part I. Dreaming of electric sheep. The birth of the modern mind -- Life in the bush of ghosts -- The mechanical Turk -- Loving the alien -- Prometheus unbound -- The return of the gods -- Part II. The mind problem. A blueprint for a universe -- Minds without bodies -- La Résistance -- Peering into the mind -- The cybernetic brain -- Part III. Ada in Wonderland. 'All Cretans are liars' -- The program -- From Bletchley Park to Google campus -- Machines that think -- Darwin at the edge of chaos -- Epilogue : the future of humanity -- Timeline : a brief history of artificial intelligence
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1 online resource.
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9781681771076
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unknown
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rdamedia
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  • Requires Adobe Digital Editions or Amazon Kindle

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