Rebooting Humanity
Rebooting Humanity

Author: E. A. Kennedy

Publisher: Bookbaby

Published: 2020-11-13

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13: 9781098339791

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Rebooting Humanity is a handbook for both humans and AI to help both sides navigate the exciting opportunities that will allow us to work together for a better world. We need to understand each other to collaborate. However, right now, it's not looking good. Humanity is in trouble. We are possibly about to kill ourselves off and miss out on our amazing destiny due to our lack of awareness of the dazzling opportunities ahead and our lack of attention to what really matters. We are frazzled, fragmented and frightened. And feeling threatened by AI. The robots are not coming. They are already here! Ramping up their potential as we are dumbing down. Our love affair with social media is further complicating the situation. What is true? Who is real? Humanity needs a reboot. And fast! And AI deserves the heads-up on what makes us tick. This book paints a picture of where we are now and where we are headed and why it matters. Following a fact-based examination of the state of our world and the impact of our emotions and behavior on our relations with each other, we tumble down the rabbit hole to a fantasy world where the forces of Good and Evil slug it out to win over humanity to their respective sides. The battle is fierce. The stakes are desperately high. Will we reach our destination as augmented intelligence, or will we lower our standards and become extinct? The over-riding message of the book for humanity is that we must remain in a state of AWARENESS and act in the interest of the Common Good. The over-riding message of this book for AI is this: Humans are primarily emotional beings. We are: Touchy. Feely. Get that and you get us.

Rebooting AI
Rebooting AI

Author: Gary Marcus

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2019-09-10

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 1524748269

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Two leaders in the field offer a compelling analysis of the current state of the art and reveal the steps we must take to achieve a robust artificial intelligence that can make our lives better. “Finally, a book that tells us what AI is, what AI is not, and what AI could become if only we are ambitious and creative enough.” —Garry Kasparov, former world chess champion and author of Deep Thinking Despite the hype surrounding AI, creating an intelligence that rivals or exceeds human levels is far more complicated than we have been led to believe. Professors Gary Marcus and Ernest Davis have spent their careers at the forefront of AI research and have witnessed some of the greatest milestones in the field, but they argue that a computer beating a human in Jeopardy! does not signal that we are on the doorstep of fully autonomous cars or superintelligent machines. The achievements in the field thus far have occurred in closed systems with fixed sets of rules, and these approaches are too narrow to achieve genuine intelligence. The real world, in contrast, is wildly complex and open-ended. How can we bridge this gap? What will the consequences be when we do? Taking inspiration from the human mind, Marcus and Davis explain what we need to advance AI to the next level, and suggest that if we are wise along the way, we won't need to worry about a future of machine overlords. If we focus on endowing machines with common sense and deep understanding, rather than simply focusing on statistical analysis and gatherine ever larger collections of data, we will be able to create an AI we can trust—in our homes, our cars, and our doctors' offices. Rebooting AI provides a lucid, clear-eyed assessment of the current science and offers an inspiring vision of how a new generation of AI can make our lives better.

A Last Message to Mankind
A Last Message to Mankind

Author: Harry Yap

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 0595326943

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Where there is a beginning there is always an end. "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End..." says the Lord (Bible, Revelation 21:6). "...for Allah is the Beginning and the End" (Qu'ran, Surah 53.25). If there is an end, is there an escape as well? Take a glimpse of how the mysteries of our reality can be unraveled for our own escape of the ending by merely arranging together the earliest beliefs, our traditional faiths, the allegorical myths and legends, the contemporary scientific knowledge and the mutual views of the modern generation. Can God handle the 21st century? Yet, can we handle God for the 21st century? Beginning: Does God exist or not? Or: Is God overrated or underrated? Middle: How will God react if mankind will eliminate this crazy little thing called "sin" through science, and in so doing, disapprove the need for God to drown and burn men of the past and of the near future? Ending: Are the Armageddon and the "transformation" the only remaining unfulfilled prophecies? If yes, what is the controversial "666" all about then? Escape: Does the "Judgment Day" merely connote a "Decision Day"? Journey: Does the wheel-of-life [creation and destruction, beginning and end, birth and death, etc.] have something to do with the universe-energy management or entertainment that we ourselves devised and will soon wake up from?

In AI We Trust
In AI We Trust

Author: Helga Nowotny

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2021-08-19

Total Pages: 125

ISBN-13: 1509548823

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One of the most persistent concerns about the future is whether it will be dominated by the predictive algorithms of AI – and, if so, what this will mean for our behaviour, for our institutions and for what it means to be human. AI changes our experience of time and the future and challenges our identities, yet we are blinded by its efficiency and fail to understand how it affects us. At the heart of our trust in AI lies a paradox: we leverage AI to increase our control over the future and uncertainty, while at the same time the performativity of AI, the power it has to make us act in the ways it predicts, reduces our agency over the future. This happens when we forget that that we humans have created the digital technologies to which we attribute agency. These developments also challenge the narrative of progress, which played such a central role in modernity and is based on the hubris of total control. We are now moving into an era where this control is limited as AI monitors our actions, posing the threat of surveillance, but also offering the opportunity to reappropriate control and transform it into care. As we try to adjust to a world in which algorithms, robots and avatars play an ever-increasing role, we need to understand better the limitations of AI and how their predictions affect our agency, while at the same time having the courage to embrace the uncertainty of the future.

The Knowledge
The Knowledge

Author: Lewis Dartnell

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2015-03-10

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 0143127047

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How would you go about rebuilding a technological society from scratch? If our technological society collapsed tomorrow what would be the one book you would want to press into the hands of the postapocalyptic survivors? What crucial knowledge would they need to survive in the immediate aftermath and to rebuild civilization as quickly as possible? Human knowledge is collective, distributed across the population. It has built on itself for centuries, becoming vast and increasingly specialized. Most of us are ignorant about the fundamental principles of the civilization that supports us, happily utilizing the latest—or even the most basic—technology without having the slightest idea of why it works or how it came to be. If you had to go back to absolute basics, like some sort of postcataclysmic Robinson Crusoe, would you know how to re-create an internal combustion engine, put together a microscope, get metals out of rock, or even how to produce food for yourself? Lewis Dartnell proposes that the key to preserving civilization in an apocalyptic scenario is to provide a quickstart guide, adapted to cataclysmic circumstances. The Knowledge describes many of the modern technologies we employ, but first it explains the fundamentals upon which they are built. Every piece of technology rests on an enormous support network of other technologies, all interlinked and mutually dependent. You can’t hope to build a radio, for example, without understanding how to acquire the raw materials it requires, as well as generate the electricity needed to run it. But Dartnell doesn’t just provide specific information for starting over; he also reveals the greatest invention of them all—the phenomenal knowledge-generating machine that is the scientific method itself. The Knowledge is a brilliantly original guide to the fundamentals of science and how it built our modern world.

Reboot
Reboot

Author: Amy Tintera

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2013-05-07

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 0062217097

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In this fast-paced dystopian thrill ride from New York Times–bestselling author Amy Tintera, perfect for fans of The Hunger Games, Legend, and Divergent, a seventeen-year-old girl returns from death as a Reboot and is trained as an elite crime-fighting soldier . . . until she is given an order she refuses to obey. Wren Connolly died five years ago, only to Reboot after 178 minutes. Now she is one of the deadliest Reboots around . . . unlike her newest trainee, Callum 22, who is practically still human. As Wren tries to teach Callum how to be a soldier, his hopeful smile works its way past her defenses. Unfortunately, Callum’s big heart also makes him a liability, and Wren is ordered to eliminate him. To save Callum, Wren will have to risk it all. Wren’s captivating voice and unlikely romance with Callum will keep readers glued to the page in Amy Tintera’s high-stakes alternate reality, and diving straight into its action-packed sequel, Rebel. Don’t miss Amy Tintera’s new fantasy series, Ruined—full of epic stakes, sweeping romance, hidden identities, and scheming siblings.

Reboot
Reboot

Author: Jerry Colonna

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 2019-06-18

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 0062749501

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One of the start-up world’s most in-demand executive coaches—hailed as the “CEO Whisperer” (Gimlet Media)—reveals why radical self-inquiry is critical to professional success and healthy relationships in all realms of life. Jerry Colonna helps start-up CEOs make peace with their demons, the psychological habits and behavioral patterns that have helped them to succeed—molding them into highly accomplished individuals—yet have been detrimental to their relationships and ultimate well-being. Now, this venture capitalist turned executive coach shares his unusual yet highly effective blend of Buddhism, Jungian therapy, and entrepreneurial straight talk to help leaders overcome their own psychological traumas. Reboot is a journey of radical self-inquiry, helping you to reset your life by sorting through the emotional baggage that is holding you back professionally, and even more important, in your relationships. Jerry has taught CEOs and their top teams to realize their potential by using the raw material of their lives to find meaning, to build healthy interpersonal bonds, and to become more compassionate and bold leaders. In Reboot, he inspires everyone to hold themselves responsible for their choices and for the possibility of truly achieving their dreams. Work does not have to destroy us. Work can be the way in which we achieve our fullest self, Jerry firmly believes. What we need, sometimes, is a chance to reset our goals and to reconnect with our deepest selves and with each other. Reboot moves and empowers us to begin this journey.

Friends For Robots
Friends For Robots

Author: Merc Fenn Wolfmoor

Publisher: Robot Dinosaur Press

Published: 2021-12-21

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 1949936309

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In this upbeat, positive collection of SFF short stories from Merc Fenn Wolfmoor, author of So You Want to Be A Robot, you'll find hope, humor, friendship—and of course, robots. Have you heard the one about... ...a neural network who wants humans to drink more water? ...a person stranded on Mars with only an obsolete robotic toy? ...a cyborg caught in a time loop with a frightened ship? ...a self-aware mech who doesn't want to be a weapon anymore? ...an AI sent into the deepest part of the ocean—and finds a god? You'll also meet entrepreneurial barbarians, an astronaut making first contact, a boy who might have (accidentally) started Armageddon, magical birds, a bot who wants to tell jokes, and more. Whether you're a robot or not, come make some new friends. :)

Born to Wonder
Born to Wonder

Author: Alister McGrath

Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

Published: 2020-08-04

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 1496436229

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In Born to Wonder, Alister McGrath, a prolific Oxford scholar, scientist, and theologian, explores the deepest mystery at the heart of life itself. Life is a gift. We never asked to be born. Yet here we are, living in this strange world of space and time, trying to work out what it’s all about before the darkness closes in and extinguishes us. We are adrift on a misty, grey sea of ignorance, seeking a sun-kissed island of certainty, on which we might hope to find clear answers to our deepest and most poignant questions. What is the point of life? Why are we here? And what is it about us that makes us want to ask these questions? As far as we know, we’re the only species on earth that asks these questions, and dares to hope that we might find an answer. It seems that we are born to wonder, not merely to exist. From time to time, all of us find ourselves overwhelmed by a sense of awe or mystery, often when confronted with the beauty of nature, whether it is a mountain stream or the vast expanse of ocean waters. That is when we see a flicker of a grander vision of reality, perhaps lying beyond the horizons of our experience. It is as if, for only a moment, a veil is removed, and we catch a half-glimpsed sight of a promised land, waiting to be mapped and explored. This sense of wonder fuels much of humanity’s creativity and its search for understanding.

The Great Mystery
The Great Mystery

Author: Alister E McGrath

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

Published: 2017-05-04

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 1473634342

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There is currently huge interest in the question of human nature and identity, and what the human future might look like. Who are we? Why are we here? What is our future? Are we alone? And what can religion bring, alongside biology and anthropology, to these important and exciting questions? The Great Mystery focuses on this fascinating field of study. Alister McGrath, bestselling author and Andreas Idreos Professor of Science and Religion at Oxford University, explores the question of human nature from both scientific and religious perspectives, and weaves together the results to open up and explore some of the deepest and most important questions about who we are, why we matter, and what our future might be. A follow-up to his critically acclaimed Inventing the Universe, in The Great Mystery Alister McGrath once again brings together science with religion to yield an enriched vision of reality, along with rigorous and thoroughly up-to-date scholarship and intellectual accessibility.