The technological singularity / (Record no. 39695)
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| Classification number | 006.3 |
| Edition number | 23 |
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| Personal name | Shanahan, Murray, |
| Relator term | author. |
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| Title | The technological singularity / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Murray Shanahan. |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Cambridge, Massachusetts : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | MIT Press, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | [2015] |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | [Piscataqay, New Jersey] : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | IEEE Xplore, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | [2015] |
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| Bibliography, etc. note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| Terms governing access | Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers. |
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| Summary, etc. | The idea that human history is approaching a "singularity" -- that ordinary humans will someday be overtaken by artificially intelligent machines or cognitively enhanced biological intelligence, or both -- has moved from the realm of science fiction to serious debate. Some singularity theorists predict that if the field of artificial intelligence (AI) continues to develop at its current dizzying rate, the singularity could come about in the middle of the present century. Murray Shanahan offers an introduction to the idea of the singularity and considers the ramifications of such a potentially seismic event.Shanahan's aim is not to make predictions but rather to investigate a range of scenarios. Whether we believe that singularity is near or far, likely or impossible, apocalypse or utopia, the very idea raises crucial philosophical and pragmatic questions, forcing us to think seriously about what we want as a species. Shanahan describes technological advances in AI, both biologically inspired and engineered from scratch. Once human-level AI -- theoretically possible, but difficult to accomplish -- has been achieved, he explains, the transition to superintelligent AI could be very rapid. Shanahan considers what the existence of superintelligent machines could mean for such matters as personhood, responsibility, rights, and identity. Some superhuman AI agents might be created to benefit humankind; some might go rogue. (Is Siri the template, or HAL?) The singularity presents both an existential threat to humanity and an existential opportunity for humanity to transcend its limitations. Shanahan makes it clear that we need to imagine both possibilities if we want to bring about the better outcome. |
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| System details note | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
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| Source of description note | Description based on PDF viewed 12/28/2015. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Artificial intelligence |
| General subdivision | Forecasting. |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Artificial intelligence |
| General subdivision | Psychological aspects. |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Technology |
| General subdivision | Social aspects. |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Conscious automata. |
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| Relationship information | Print version |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780262527804 |
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| Uniform title | The MIT Press essential knowledge series |
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