Most people formulate their views about the future based on what they watch in Hollywood films - and the narrative is always the same: the machines are going to take our jobs, the cyborgs are out to get us, and the robots will destroy mankind. is an excellent guide in which he describes the present, future, and distant future possibilities about the impact of AI. Max Tegmark’s new book, Life 3.0: Being Human in an Age of A.I. The very rules of what it means to be human are up for grabs. AI is set to transform work, society, culture, our bodies and even human identity. Peter Diamandis points out that AI will have a bigger impact on the human condition than did electricity or fire. Everything that can be imbued with AI will be imbued with AI. Kevin Kelly points out that we are now in the midst of the cognifying revolution. Today, we have AI that can do all of these and much more. We once thought only humans could make art, compose music and drive cars.
The transformational consequences of AI may soon be upon us - but will they be utopian or catastrophic? The jury is out, but this enlightening, lively and accessible book helps us assess the odds.” - Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal (Sept.“This is the most important conversation of our time, and Tegmark’s thought-provoking book will help you join it.” - Stephen Hawking Love it or hate it, it’s an engrossing forecast. His call for strong controls on AI systems sits awkwardly beside his acknowledgment that controlling such godlike entities will be almost impossible. Tegmark’s smart, freewheeling discussion leads to fascinating speculations on AI-based civilizations spanning galaxies and eons-and knotty questions: Will our digital overlords be conscious? Will they coddle us with abundance and virtual-reality idylls or exterminate us with bumblebee-size attack robots? While digerati may be enthralled by the idea of superintelligent civilizations where “beautiful theorems” serve as the main economic resource, Tegmark’s future will strike many as a one in which, at best, humans are dependent on AI-powered technology and, at worst, are extinct. MIT physicist Tegmark ( Our Mathematical Universe) surveys advances in artificial intelligence such as self-driving cars and Jeopardy-winning software, but focuses on the looming prospect of “recursive self-improvement”-AI systems that build smarter versions of themselves at an accelerating pace until their intellects surpass ours.
The robot takeover will ignite an explosion of “awe-inspiring” life even if humans don’t survive, according to this exhilarating, demoralizing primer.
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