Solomon's Code

De: Olaf Groth, Mark Nitzberg

Narrado por: Peter Noble

As thinking machines make more decisions on our behalf, they can enrich, enable, and influence our lives. Whether in medicine, money, or love, technologies powered by forms of artificial intelligence are playing an increasingly prominent role in our lives. How do we ensure they make the most beneficial choices for us? And if one person benefits at another's expense, who gets to decide what's best? The increasing use of AI raises critical questions about our values, cultures, economies, and power relationships. And the answers may depend upon your race, gender, age, behavior, and nationality.

In clear and accessible prose, Olaf Groth and Mark Nitzberg explore the history of intelligent technology, revealing how close we are to designing machines that have some sort of consciousness - and that we must now decide how to give those machines a conscience. Simultaneously thrilling and provocative, Solomon's Code raises difficult questions that need to be considered given the speed of technological development.

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Heads' Up!

Solomon's Code is a very thoughtful look at where we are with AI and machine learning and the impact it could have on human beings in the future. The 'humanitarian' and ethical considerations and implications of new technologies should be taught in secondary schools and higher education, and not just to people who will be creating this technology. This is the responsibility of all citizens of the world to be aware of the potential impacts and participate in discussions to determine legal and human boundaries.

I found most disturbing the fact that most of the people who are shaping this industry are young males, many from other cultures that obviously discriminate against women. Who's policing this crowd to ensure that decisions are made without sexual, gender, race, etc biases???

Engaging and thought-provoking

I have a technical background, but even without that this well-researched and engaging book would have been easy to understand. It brought up points I hadn't thought of before regarding all the ways advances in AI will slide into our day-to-day lives. Read it, talk about it, and help shape a future we'll all want.