{"product_id":"possible-minds-twenty-five-ways-of-looking-at-ai-paperback","title":"Possible Minds: Twenty-Five Ways of Looking at AI - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Brockman\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eScience world luminary John Brockman assembles twenty-five of the most important scientific minds, people who have been thinking about the field artificial intelligence for most of their careers, for an unparalleled round-table examination about mind, thinking, intelligence and what it means to be human.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Artificial intelligence is today's story--the story behind all other stories. It is the Second Coming and the Apocalypse at the same time: Good AI versus evil AI.\"\u003c\/i\u003e --John Brockman \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMore than sixty years ago, mathematician-philosopher Norbert Wiener published a book on the place of machines in society that ended with a warning: \"we shall never receive the right answers to our questions unless we ask the right questions.... The hour is very late, and the choice of good and evil knocks at our door.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the wake of advances in unsupervised, self-improving machine learning, a small but influential community of thinkers is considering Wiener's words again. In \u003ci\u003ePossible Minds\u003c\/i\u003e, John Brockman gathers their disparate visions of where AI might be taking us. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe fruit of the long history of Brockman's profound engagement with the most important scientific minds who have been thinking about AI--from Alison Gopnik and David Deutsch to Frank Wilczek and Stephen Wolfram\u003ci\u003e--Possible Minds\u003c\/i\u003e is an ideal introduction to the landscape of crucial issues AI presents. The collision between opposing perspectives is salutary and exhilarating; some of these figures, such as computer scientist Stuart Russell, Skype co-founder Jaan Tallinn, and physicist Max Tegmark, are deeply concerned with the threat of AI, including the existential one, while others, notably robotics entrepreneur Rodney Brooks, philosopher Daniel Dennett, and bestselling author Steven Pinker, have a very different view. Serious, searching and authoritative, \u003ci\u003ePossible Minds \u003c\/i\u003elays out the intellectual landscape of one of the most important topics of our time.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Brockman\u003c\/b\u003e is a cultural impresario whose career has encompassed the avant-garde art world, science, books, software, and the Internet. The founder and publisher of the online salon \u003ci\u003eEdge\u003c\/i\u003e (www.edge.org), he is the editor of the Edge Question book series, which includes \u003ci\u003eThis Idea is Brilliant, Know This, This Idea Must Die, This Explains Everything, This Will Make You Smarter, \u003c\/i\u003e and other volumes. Among his books as author are \u003ci\u003eThe Third Culture \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBy the Late John Brockman.\u003c\/i\u003e He is the founder of the international literary and software agency Brockman, Inc. and lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.6 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 18, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47453269360818,"sku":"9780525558019","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/cad1edb1d94b683b04708ab77b45eb45.webp?v=1778825579","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/possible-minds-twenty-five-ways-of-looking-at-ai-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}