Inteligencia artificial: 101 cosas que debes saber hoy sobre nuestro futuro (Alienta)

by Lasse Rouhiainen

La inteligencia artificial nos ayuda a hacer casi todo más barato, más rápido, más efectivo y cambiará profundamente sectores como el de la conducción, los viajes, la salud, educación, comercio, agricultura, finanzas, ventas y el marketing. De hecho, la inteligencia artificial cambiará drásticamente nuestra sociedad de forma global.

Este libro incluye fascinantes e interesantes temas relacionados con la inteligencia artificial y también nos da acceso a un gran número de recursos, ideas y consejos que ayudarán a entender cómo la inteligencia artificial va a cambiar nuestra vida.

Genres: Artificial Intelligence, Science, Technology, Nonfiction, Business, Audiobook

633 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 20, 2018

Reviews

[Cav · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was an OK book. It is written in a question/answer format, across 101 different questions.
Author Lasse Rouhiainen covers most of the current ideas and issues surrounding artificial intelligence.
While this book contains a lot of information for the reader new to AI, the more advanced AI enthusiasts won't find too much (if any) new information or ideas about the future of AI in here.
It's all pretty standard fare.
He talks at great length about AI "chatbots", talking about how useful they will be/are.
Well, maybe they will be in the future... Personally, I dislike nothing more when I call a company than having to navigate through some inept chatbot before reaching an actual person. He makes no mention of this consumer frustration in his chatbot talk. In fact, he even goes so far as to say how many people really enjoy talking to chatbots now. Where did he find these people LOL? I don't know too many people that would prefer to chat with a bot, over an actual person, when they call a company.
He also talks about how AI will revolutionalize the economy in ways that no one can fully predict. To offset the massive loss of jobs this will bring, he suggests a UBI (universal basic income).
While this sounds good at a cursory glance, he makes no mention of, nor addresses some of the major concerns around UBI, namely:
How will it be funded?
Will the small amount of money UBI actually proposes to dole out (~$10-12k/yr) be sufficient for most people? (I doubt it).
And most importantly (but not mentioned by him); What will such a large swath of the population do, with no job? No purpose in their labor to give their lives meaning? It will create an existential crisis that will see many/most of the now idle population descend into nihilism.
This could potentially be an unprecedented societal event, that could make or break civilization. He makes no mention of that, either...
One of the other major issues surrounding AI development is its use in military applications. Rouhiainen addresses this with some very "insightful" writing, saying: "An arms race in lethal autonomous weapons should be avoided." LMAO. No further explanations or discussion, however, on how this is to be achieved...
He joins respected AI researcher Max Tegmark, in his ridiculous propping-up of two "open letters", signed by 3,500, and 17,000 each, pledging to not build weaponized, militaristic AI.
Another resounding LOL to both of them, in thinking that anyone in the upper echelons of military brass will give two shits about some liberal AI researchers desires for pacifism when deciding to utilize weaponized AI or not...
It reminds me of many of the head researchers on the Manhattan Projects' desire to not actually drop the bombs they developed on Japan. They wanted to set them off on one of the tiny atolls in the South Pacific, in a display for Japan. Oppenheimer himself was vehemently opposed to actually dropping them on an opposing country.
Completely ridiculous, in retrospect, given Japan's reluctance to surrender, even after experiencing two nuclear catastrophes.
One can only imagine where the world would be now, without the Pax Americana that came into fruition after the dropping of the two bombs that ended WW2...

So, check this book out, if you are a newbie to the AI discussion, and would like an easy-to-digest cursory read.
But if you are thinking of reading this book in the hopes that it will read like something written by Ray Kurzweil or Nick Bostrom, you might want to give it a pass...

[Alejandro · Rating 5 out of 5]

good re-read now that i’ve started my studies in the field. no woowoo or doomerism can be found in the pages, but rather a “we can be responsible if we know how to” type of book without wagging fingers. and very neutral and informative at the same time :)

[LadyR · Rating 2 out of 5]

1/ The author is not a firsthand expert on AI, only a “lecturer” or “public speaker” of some sort. Thus, information presented is “second hand”, with lots of references to other sources (including Wikipedia entries and YouTube videos). His opinions are emphasized heavily with I believe, I predict, etc., which is pathetic, as all of those conclusions the reader can easily make for themselves. Moreover, some of the footnotes are misplaced and incorrect.

2/ Style of writing is very elementary, like is intended for children or “dummies”. Even the general reader must be treated with respect and should not be spooned with introductory information in every chapter (“In this chapter, I will cover this and this and this topic”, and only then move to the actual topics.)

3/ Lots of repetitive information and “page fillers”. For example, the author even tried to insert an excerpt of an interview with some famous expert on AI or something like that…

4/ Most sources cited are from 2016-2017, so you won’t get the latest AI developments anyway.

5/ Overall, disappointing and very annoying experience. Fake experts should not even think about writing a book if all they intend to do is collect various information on the web and then present it like some kind of revelation.


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[Manuel Domínguez Álvarez · Rating 3 out of 5]

Las se Rouhiainen es según El País un experto en tecnologías disruptivas. Y por esa dos razones decidí comprar el libro que presentaba en Retina.
La sorpresa
La sorpresa fue mayúscula cuando en las primeras líneas del libro el autor se presenta como lo que es, un conferenciante y divulgador sobre tecnologías digitales y educación.
A partir de ahí el libro es bastante coherente con el subtítulo de la obra "101 cosas que debes saber hoy sobre nuestro futuro".
Y para ello se pone a repasar lo que hay escrito en Internet sobre 10 temas concretos: chatbots, coches sin conductor, robots y robótica, y la inteligencia artificial aplicada a algunos negocios.
Un libro bastante superficial pero adecuado para cualquiera que no sepa nada de la materia y quiera ponerse al día en unas horas sobre lo que Internet dice sobre las nuevas tecnologías que se están desarrollando y que sin duda tendrán un papel importante en el futuro de la sociedad.

Y aunque se ve que le hubiera gustado poder ser la versión actualizada del libro " el auge de los robots", el autor es humilde desde el mismo comienzo del libro e identifica con nombres y apellidos quienes son los nombres más relevantes en este campo actualmente y como poder seguir sus aportaciones.
Lo dicho, un libro ameno, sin pretensiones más allá de poder ser una guía de información recogida en Internet en una fecha concreta.

[Karla Covarrubias · Rating 5 out of 5]

Libro 📚 10/2023: Inteligencia artificial: 101 cosas que debes saber sobre nuestro futuro
Autor ✍🏼: Lasse Rouhiainen
Género: tecnología
Calificación: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Me parece un excelente libro 📚 para quien no solo se va adentrando en el tema sino quien quiere partir de las bases. Se lo recomendaría sin duda a quien empiece el camino en la AI.

Leí críticas en @goodreads acerca de que es un libro 📖 básico, pues claro que lo es, desde el título expone que responderá a preguntas comunes 🙄 pero no por ello menos importantes.

A últimas fechas he visto cantidad de contenido generado por diversas personas de manera irresponsable y poco precavida, desde una persona diciendo que la AI no puede ser amable como los humanos 🙄, siendo que hay robots 🤖 que detectan el lenguaje corporal, el tono de lenguaje y los gestos para emitir respuestas más empáticas según los resultados de la lectura del receptor. En fin…
Este es el principio de una nueva era que cambiará (o está cambiando ya al mundo 🌍) entenderlo y adaptarse hará la diferencia entre seguir vigente o perderse en el intento. ¡Léelo!

[Kalyan Tirunahari · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good overview of different sections of the world that will be adopting AI in the coming 20-40 years.
Any job that takes less than 5 seconds to think would be automated in the coming decade. While that would cause some jobs being displaced, there would be exponential growth in other departments.
Data is the new oil.

[Christian · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great overview of Artificial Intelligence in simple English. I would recommend it to anyone who wants to know more about our future and how pretty much every industry will advance with this technology.

I also liked how he included several links and names of some technologies and courses. Thanks to him I found out about EDX platform to begin my own specialized learning experience.

Thanks! 5+

[Omar Munoz Ledo Ochoa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good book definitively recommended

Excellent introduction to Artificial intelligence, easy to read, good estructure, excellent investigation Ann examples, motivate you to research about it, very interesting investigation sources to focus in you interest, definitely recommended!

[Michael Bluehouse · Rating 2 out of 5]

A good introductory to AI on it's use and implications. The book reads a little like a high school text book. Also the author couldn't resist putting in his own bias and seemed a bit preachy. But overall a fast and easy read with lots of references to other bodies of works if you wish to continue down the AI path.

[BRIAN C NEWMAN · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good overview of AI

A good digest of key AI subjects and topics. Straight and focused with little embellishment. Fast read. Author is knowledgeable and comes across well as expert.

[Ashutosh Didwania · Rating 4 out of 5]

Simple and jargon-free

Ideal 101 for AI, sans complex jargons and technicalities. Good read for beginners, intermediated and experts alike. Some of the examples may come across as overly simplified but that’s a minority

[Arul Murugan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book on artificial intelligence

Excellent book on artificial intelligence the author wrote in simple language to understand the new technology and how it will be useful and it is going to affect our life

[Harrison Smith · Rating 4 out of 5]

I AM A ROBOT

[Jon Webber · Rating 2 out of 5]

Kind of dry, like a long bullet list, repetitive also, good information, lots of useful weblinks, hard to find a good book on this fast moving target

[Glady · Rating 4 out of 5]

There are times when I have to admit that I just don't get it; I don't have enough understanding of a topic to really have an opinion or to be able to make an informed decision. Last week, both 60 Minutes and NBC (Richard Engel) had segments on artificial intelligence. I watched both and although both were well-done, I realized that my personal understanding was limited. Consequently, Artificial Intelligence: 101 Things You Must Know Today about Our Future went to the top of my read list.

Rouhiainen is an obvious supporter of AI but he does not dismiss the potential problems that AI can cause. Mostly, however, Rouhianen supports education and commitment on the parts of individuals, companies, and governments to establish a strong and fair foundation for the implementation of AI.

This book is written in a conversational style but there are tons of links and and an extensive bibliography so that readers can continue their information quest. He discusses how major companies like Facebook, Google, and Amazon, are currently utilizing AI and how they project to use it in the future. One of the best things he does is clearly define terms like "machine learning" and "chatbot." Rouhiainen does not focus solely on US companies since China, Saudi Arabia, India, and a few others are making dramatic inroads in technology. He is not an alarmist about international competition but he is very clear that stopping the growth and utilization of AI is impossible. Ethical standards and re-education of the workforce is essential.

Perhaps the biggest concern that the author outlines is the dramatic changes that AI will cause in employment. Many jobs and career strands will no longer be viable options for American workers. Self-driving cars, changes in financial methodology, health care delivery are just a few areas where AI has already made inroads and is projected to impact future employment. Are we preparing students for this new reality? What about those already in the workforce who have decades more of employment in front of them?

This book served as a great introduction to the topic.

[Elvin · Rating 4 out of 5]

In general, good book, I learned for myself new areas of application of artificial intelligence, how important the data and ability to analyze it is (data is new oil).
I found out how the financial sector can use AI to increase profit:
Better Customer Service — Through bots on social networks (Facebook, Telegram)
More reliable Investment Services with smart advisors, which will offer financial advice to customers.
Chatbots — Will become primary method of interaction with customers.
I did not like the fact that the author does not go deep into the topic.
I really liked the section about the change in the job market.
“Every job which takes less than 5 seconds to think will be done by robots.”
Long story short the largest companies in the world are striving in this direction and I share their vision regarding this topic.
I am quite sure despite obstacles in the way of this AI wave, our lives will be improved in many ways and in many industries.
We have to become a part of this revolution.
I gave it 4 out of 5 stars.

[Ailith Twinning · Rating 1 out of 5]

Officially the only book to actively remind me "Oh yeah, AI's gonna keep making life so much worse."

Oddly, the attempts to make me afraid of AI always expose the revolutionary possibility. It's this "Think of the advertising possibilities! Think of the policing possibilities! Think of the counter-terrorism!" that's like - right, we're fucked.

Screw Neo-Liberalism, to Hell with American Empire, and piss off, Lasse, you bourgeois sack.

[Uuri · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kirja käy kattavasti läpi aihepiiriin peruskäsiteet, ilmiöt ja joitakin sovelluksia. Tarjoaa varmasti paljon lukijalle, jolle käsitteet on uusia, mikä on varmasti kirjan päätarkoituskin. Olisin kuitenkin toivonut hieman enemmän uutta näkökulmaa tai syvällisempää otetta. Osittain kirjan ikäkin jo nyt haittasi, toimialan kehittyessä vauhdilla. Kuitenkin ihan ajatuksia herättävä teos

[Dr. Tathagat Varma · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good resource book that brings all the key ideas of AI together, along with useful references from the big tech companies. Good for a researcher, or someone trying to get a pig picture view before jumping into one of the areas.

[Anıl Bükülmez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Yapay zeka, derin öğrenme, makine öğrenimi, robotlar gibi çağımızın ön planda olan konularıyla ilgili başucu kitabi olabilecek ve önemli kaynaklara atıfta bulunan faydalı bir eser. Bu konularla ilgilenenlerin mutlaka okumasını tavsiye ediyorum.

[thirah · Rating 4 out of 5]

an ok, concise overview of AI advancements in our world. has tons of references that got me lost in them... probably the thing is about books like this that it become so easy for them to be outdated, so hopefully major updates from the writer will be expected soon!

[Gunther Mejia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Falta actualizar

Tiene contenido interesante pero hay varios puntos que falta por actualizar considerando que es del 2017 y no se consideran los grandes cambios del 2023 y qué hay muchos links rotos (pagina ni encontrada).

[Ted Jackson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Textbookish

[Todd Wardwell · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting. But the author kept referring to other professors and experts I kind of wondered if I should have just read their books!

[Syed Hassan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Explained in simple terms. Basic stuff though, for preliminary understanding of all applicable cases.

[Mohamed Marwan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good foundation that answers almost every introduction to AI questions.

[Meril Horseback · Rating 4 out of 5]

A easy-to-read overview of AI and its impacts. Anyone can understand and get inspired to learn more by themselves.

[Ahmet Uzar · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well deserved..

[Sardar Alam Shafqat · Rating 2 out of 5]

Just an average book.

[Vijay Kukreja · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quick good read

To the point
Just right balance of information
Not too technical and could be understood by novices in AI
Good starter for AI journey