Heartificial Intelligence

Embracing Our Humanity to Maximize Machines

The notion of robots gaining consciousness is beginning to become a reality, but the future of human happiness is dependent on our ability to teach machines what we value the most today. Featuring pragmatic solutions drawing on economics, emerging technologies, and positive psychology, Heartificial Intelligence provides a road map to help listeners embrace the present and better define their future. Using fictional vignettes to help listeners relate to larger concepts, this book paints a vivid portrait of how our lives might look in either a dystopia of robot dominance or a utopia where we use technology to enhance our natural abilities and evolve into a long-lived, superintelligent, and caring species.

©2016 John C. Havens. Recorded by arrangement with Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC. (P)2016 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books

A book that was ahead of its time.

Reading this book now feels more relevant than when it came out. Many of the issues facing our world today are the ones discussed in this book. Worth reading if you haven’t already.

An Engaging Exploration of Human-Centric AI.

The author brilliantly emphasizes the significance of embedding human values into AI technologies. The book accelerates the reader's comprehension of the impending AI revolution and underscores the importance of embracing it within a humanistic framework. The author's ability to blend reality and fiction in a captivating manner adds an enjoyable dimension to the book, leaving readers intrigued about the current state of AI and the imperative role humans should play in programming these machines. A thought-provoking read that encourages us to place humanity at the heart of AI development.

A little unfocussed...

Some interesting points but really drags, bringing in edge cases and unneeded dramatizations as fill in for lacking argumentative depth.