Subj : Re: book: The Age of AI and Our Human Future
To   : Ogg
From : anthk
Date : Wed Jun 14 2023 04:56 am

On 2023-06-12, Ogg <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I did a double-take when I saw Kissinger as one of the
> contributors.
>
>  The Age of AI: And Our Human Future | Paperback
>
> Henry A Kissinger | Eric Schmidt | Daniel Huttenlocher
>
> Little, Brown and Company | Back Bay Books
>
> Political Science / Public Policy - Science & Technology Policy / Social Science / Technology Studies / Computers / Artificial Intelligence
>
> Published Nov 1, 2022
>
> "Three of the world's most accomplished and deep thinkers come
> together to explore Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the way it
> is transforming human society-and what this technology means
> for us all.
>
> "An AI learned to win chess by making moves human grand masters
> had never conceived. Another AI discovered a new antibiotic by
> analyzing molecular properties human scientists did not
> understand. Now, AI-powered jets are defeating experienced
> human pilots in simulated dogfights. AI is coming online in
> searching, streaming, medicine, education, and many other
> fields and, in so doing, transforming how humans are
> experiencing reality.
>
> USA Readers, support a local bookshop of your choice:
> https://bookshop.org/a/93260/9780316273992
>
>
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Allegedly, the best book for AI comes from Norbert Wiener, and it's
related to cybernetics. The true ones.

Also, I would add SICP as a Scheme/CS course, Calculus from Spivak and
the book Goedel/Escher/Bach. If you read these you'll understand better
how information rises from "inert" matter.

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