Machines that Think

ARE WE ON THE EDGE OF AN AI-POCALYPSE? Sometime in the future the intelligence of machines will exceed that of human brain power. Will this herald an AI-pocalypse, with superintelligent devices superseding humanity, as predicted by Stephen Hawking? Or a kind of Utopia, with machines doing a far better job at complex tasks than us? You might not realize it, but you interact with AIs every day. They route your phone calls, approve your credit card transactions and help your doctor interpret results. Soon driverless cars will be on the roads with a decision-making computer in charge. But how do machines actually think and learn? Machines That Think explores how artificial intelligence helps us understand human intelligence, and asks if AI is really a threat.

ARE WE ON THE EDGE OF AN AI-POCALYPSE? Sometime in the future the intelligence of machines will exceed that of human brain power. Will this herald an AI-pocalypse, with superintelligent devices superseding humanity, as predicted by Stephen Hawking? Or a kind of Utopia, with machines doing a far better job at complex tasks than us? You might not realize it, but you interact with AIs every day. They route your phone calls, approve your credit card transactions and help your doctor interpret results. Soon driverless cars will be on the roads with a decision-making computer in charge. But how do machines actually think and learn? Machines That Think explores how artificial intelligence helps us understand human intelligence, and asks if AI is really a threat.