The Age of AI

And Our Human Future

De: Henry A. Kissinger, Eric Schmidt, Daniel Huttenlocher

Narrado por: Eric Pollins

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.

In The Age of AI, three leading thinkers have come together to consider how AI will change our relationships with knowledge, politics, and the societies in which we live. The Age of AI is an essential roadmap to our present and our future, an era unlike any that has come before.

©2021 Henry A. Kissinger, Eric Schmidt, Daniel Huttenlocher (P)2021 Little, Brown & Company

Eye opening flash of a future, already here!

Solid ground work of laying down some of the most important and troubling questioms about AI and AGI. i wish there had been a beefier
section on how AI actually works.
Someone must know...?
This is a thoroughly enjoyable and eye opening book which will reverbarate for years to come.

Insightful, thought provoking but needs supplemental material

Insightful and thought provoking for all sectors and strata of societies. However, it would be more useful, in terms of understanding and implementation of the authors’ suggestions, if accompanied by a workbook or PDF of questions, challenges and appropriate activities for different sectors of society. Without this follow up by the authors, the critical challenges of AI may be misunderstood, neglected or lead to unintended chaotic and potentially violent consequences.
I highly recommend this book to everyone, starting in high school!

A Great Starting Point

A well-written book on AI that is great for people newly interested in the topic to start with. Context in the larger AI debate is incredibly important to have, given the rapid pace of advancement and the increasing attention payed to the development of new AI systems.

All speculation. No examples.

All abstract speculation and assertions. Almost no examples.

Examples are needed when discussing a topic like this one.

A Must Read for the Modern Era

Love it or hate AI will be shaping our lives to an increasing degree going forward. Those who benefit most will be those who are informed.

Great for non tech nubes

Very well written and clear. The US USSR nuclear war chapters were less relevant but interesting.

Predictable Content

The Age of A.I. and Our Human Future offers a repetitive overview of familiar concepts, lacking fresh insights or inspiration. Its predictable content made the reading experience more of an obligation than an enlightenment, meriting a modest three-star rating.

New content I hadn’t considered

Much like other books warning of AI, but a little more in depth about the risks. The narration was not great. Sounded like AI bot was reading it. Maybe this was a function of the writing, but I’m not sure how the narration could sound so unvaried in pace and tone.

Not what I expected

This is more like a biography of AI, very few technical details, it feels vague. I was expecting something more elaborated and technical.

Read like a robot wrote it

I was excited to dig into this but quickly got tired of the grand sentences that seemed repetitive. Honestly, near the end i was betting that they were going to surprise the reader by saying AI wrote the whole book… i would have given it 5 stars if that had been the case.