Subject:
New AI book for the layperson
Author:
anonymous
Date:
21.03.2003
DIGITAL SOUL - Intelligent Machines and Human Values, by Thomas M. Georges, Westview Press, 2003, 285 pp., Hardcover
Synopsis: Creating intelligent machines that we cannot completely control, and then putting them in charge of critical aspects of our lives, poses risks whose consequences we may not have the luxury of contemplating afterward. Digital Soul examines seldom-discussed moral, ethical, and religious questions raised by intelligent machines that will be able to think and feel. Can machines be conscious? Could they have emotions? Will they demand civil rights? Should we worry that super-intelligent machines might take over the world? Dr. Georges writes clearly for a general but scientifically curious audience, particularly those interested in machine intelligence, morality, ethics, cognitive science, science policy, religion, the philosophy of science, and mankind’s future.
Chapters:
1. Artificial intelligence--that's the fake kind, right?
2. What makes computers so smart?
3. What do you mean, smarter than us?
4. Machines who think
5. Let the android do it
6. What is intelligence?
7. What is consciousness?
8. Can computers have emotions?
9. Can your PC become neurotic?
10. The moral mind
11. Moral problems with intelligent artifacts
12. The moral machine
13. Global network to global mind
14. Will machines take over?
15. Why not just pull the plug?
16. Cultures in collision
17. Beyond human dignity
18. Extinction or immortality?
19. The enemy within
20. Electronic democracy
21. Rethinking the covenant between science and society
22. What about God?
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For more information, please visit: http://www.perseusbooksgroup.com/digitalsoul/
Digital Soul is now available at Amazon.com or your favorite book dealer.
To request a review or evaluation copy, please phone Trish Goodrich at Westview Press (USA):
(720) 562-3292 or e-mail: [email protected]
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