Human Compatible: AI and the Problem of Control by Stuart Russell
Creating superior intelligence would be the biggest event in human history. Unfortunately, according to the world's pre-eminent AI expert, it could also be the last.
In this groundbreaking book on the biggest question facing humanity, Stuart Russell explains why he has come to consider his own discipline an existential threat to his own species, and lays out how we can change course before it's too late.
There is no one better placed to assess the promise and perils of the dominant technology of the future than Russell, who has spent decades at the forefront of AI research. Through brilliant analogies and crisp, lucid prose, he explains how AI actually works, how it has an enormous capacity to improve our lives - but why we must ensure that we never lose control of machines more powerful than we are. Here Russell shows how we can avert the worst threats by reshaping the foundations of AI to guarantee that machines pursue our objectives, not theirs.
Profound, urgent and visionary, Human Compatible is the one book everyone needs to read to understand a future that is coming sooner than we think.
Format: Hardback | 320 pages
Dimensions: 24.1 x 16 x 2.9 | 648g
Publication Date: 08 Oct 2019
Publisher: Penguin Random House UK
Imprint: Allen Lane
Publication City/Country: London, United Kingdom
Language: English
Illustrations note: illustrations
Edition Number: 2
ISBN10: 0241335205
ISBN13: 9780241335208
Condition: Good
A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including very, very minor scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket is included and in (minor scuff marks along the edges, and a smudge of discolouring on the fore-edge of the dust jacket on the front cover, and a small patch of discolouring on the bottom of the back cover). The majority of pages are undamaged with no creasing or tearing, no pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text and no writing in margins. There is very, very minor discolouring which is barely visible. No missing pages.