Metazoa by Peter Godfrey-Smith 2020
Organisms with a nervous system have consciousness. Hmmm. Peter Godfrey-Smith, he of octopus fame,...
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Category: TSR BOOKS
Towards a code of ethics for artificial intelligence by Paula Boddington 2017
AI ethics remains a big unsolved problem. The more that one thinks about AI ethics, the more one...
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Algorithms are not enough by Herbert Roitblat 2020
We still don’t understand general intelligence. Roitblat notes that both humans and machines...
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The AGI revolution by Ben Goertzel 2016
Artificial general intelligence is on the way and we ought to think about it carefully. This book...
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Artificial intelligence: the practical legal issues by John Buyers 2018
The law and AI are out of sync. There are some areas of the law which more or less address...
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The glass cage by Nicholas Carr 2015
Increasing automation will lead to a world of profound ennui. Automation is so seductive. It will...
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The sociological imagination by C Wright Mills 1959
The worries of a sociologist 60 years ago are pertinent today. Back in 1959, C. Wright Mills...
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Head hand heart by David Goodhart 2020
Craft and care fight back against a world currently dominated by the cognitive. Goodhart...
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The new long life by Andrew Scott and Lynda Gratton 2020
Multistage lives will make you think harder about you lead yours. We are all living longer and...
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Army of none by Paul Scharre 2018
Chances are, fully autonomous weaponry will become widespread. It’s a loathsome thought but fully...
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Responsible artificial intelligence by Virginia Dignum 2019
A worthy introduction to the vexed question of AI ethics. Dignum’s book lists the areas we need to...
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A world without work by Daniel Susskind 2020
A shocking but entirely plausible vision of the future. Historically, new technology has replaced...
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The precipice by Toby Ord 2020
Artificial general intelligence is our greatest existential risk. Ord’s book provides a taxonomy...
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Future politics by Jamie Susskind 2018
Begins to explore the future of society in a pan-tech world. We are only just beginning to think...
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The promise of artificial intelligence by Brian Cantwell Smith 2019
Today’s AI is still only scratching the surface of general intelligence. Superficially, Cantwell...
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The self delusion by Tom Oliver 2020
An impassioned appeal for a more connected world. Oliver thinks we are way out of kilter because...
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Artificial intelligence by Yorick Wilks 2019
AI for beginners There tends to be two types of book on AI. One type tells you how it works, which...
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How we learn by Stanislas Dehaene 2020
A must for machine learners and educationalists alike. In an age when the digital world is...
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Architects of intelligence by Martin Ford 2018
Deep learning versus the rest: the future of AGI. This is an excellent set of interviews with 23...
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The book of why by Judea Pearl and Dana Mackenzie 2019
A brilliant explanation of how and why AI needs to incorporate causation. What is the difference...
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