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Together: AI and Human. On The Same Side.
Artificial Intelligence is our society's biggest opportunity. It will be the most influential technology of our century, but we still don’t know how to put this into the right path. This book is focusing on the philosophical side of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics while remaining rational and pragmatic.
We (not AI professionals) all have important questions:
How will it work?
Who will benefit from AI technologies?
Will robots think the way we do?
How will this new future look like?
Together tries to give thoughtful answers on these questions, we have a vision where AI won’t kill people, more likely to save many lives, a future where AI helps to build a better society.
What you won't find in this book:
Mathematical equations and matrixes
Stories about robot vacuum cleaners (sorry pal)
Program codes
What you will certainly read in this book:
The most important questions connected to AI, AGI and ASI
Real world examples of AI applications and companies
An ideal vision how we could achieve a win-win situation with Artificial Intelligence
It is hard to summarize my opinion about AI in one sentence but I would say: "I have a minority report: Together". I would recommend this book for people who are open-minded for a better future.
79 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 27, 2019
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About the author
Zoltan Andrejkovics
5 books514 followersZoltán Andrejkovics born in 1985, Head of esports at Docler group, married and father of one. He always had an interest in fields of interpersonal psychology, team dynamics, competitive gaming and eSports. His professional experiences gave a lot of real life examples how team members could achieve real goals.
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October 10, 2019
Talking an easily understandable way about AI
The author answers the most important questions in the field of AI. From the very beginning it feels like the book is written for the crowd. The author lines up a bunch of real life examples of AI and wonders how robots will effect our future.
I found a lot of thoughtful remarks in the book. I would say this was a really interesting read hence it is a non-fiction.
The author answers the most important questions in the field of AI. From the very beginning it feels like the book is written for the crowd. The author lines up a bunch of real life examples of AI and wonders how robots will effect our future.
I found a lot of thoughtful remarks in the book. I would say this was a really interesting read hence it is a non-fiction.
June 21, 2020
I have read a lot of books about the economic and social impacts of AI and technology as well as several about the ethical and philosophical questions new technology poses to us, and this book is easily the worst. If it was possible to give it 0 stars I would
One major floor of the book is its poorly constructed format. The author changes subject and drifts off without directing the reader which is confusing. The use of gramma, language and sentence construction is poor to the extent that it is not only frustrating to read but it is also impossible to understand what the author is meaning on occasions as the sentences simply do not make sense. I understand that this is self published, thus the author did not have a copy editor, but he could have at least got someone to proof read it first.
The author confuses many topics in the area. When discussing what Artificial General Intelligence at the beginning he confuses intelligence with consciousness, two very different concepts. Later when discussing consciousness he confuses consciousness, self awareness and the soul. He also makes points which he contradicts himself on- he argues on several occasions that humans have nothing to worry about in terms of AI and the future, yet he provides several examples of things that could go very wrong (yet does not really discuss these in any kind of depth). The book is advertised as discussing the philosophical aspects of AI, yet I failed to find the part of the book the author even comes close to doing this.
The use of 'he' and 'man' to refer to humans collectively is at best sloppy and out of date, but simply offensive and makes the book read like it comes out of the 1970s. The author also seems to believe that AI will have a male gender, which is also confusing.
The author's vision for the future of AI (that it will help make worldwide political decisions which will lead to greater equality and that world leaders and mass cooperation’s will simply step back and let this happen) is a nice idea but poorly decribed and articulated, naive and lacks insight into political philosophy, world politics, economics, power, psychology and sociology.
In summary, the book reads as a poorly thought out, sloppy opinion piece that offers little to the field. There are many other far better interesting books on the subject
One major floor of the book is its poorly constructed format. The author changes subject and drifts off without directing the reader which is confusing. The use of gramma, language and sentence construction is poor to the extent that it is not only frustrating to read but it is also impossible to understand what the author is meaning on occasions as the sentences simply do not make sense. I understand that this is self published, thus the author did not have a copy editor, but he could have at least got someone to proof read it first.
The author confuses many topics in the area. When discussing what Artificial General Intelligence at the beginning he confuses intelligence with consciousness, two very different concepts. Later when discussing consciousness he confuses consciousness, self awareness and the soul. He also makes points which he contradicts himself on- he argues on several occasions that humans have nothing to worry about in terms of AI and the future, yet he provides several examples of things that could go very wrong (yet does not really discuss these in any kind of depth). The book is advertised as discussing the philosophical aspects of AI, yet I failed to find the part of the book the author even comes close to doing this.
The use of 'he' and 'man' to refer to humans collectively is at best sloppy and out of date, but simply offensive and makes the book read like it comes out of the 1970s. The author also seems to believe that AI will have a male gender, which is also confusing.
The author's vision for the future of AI (that it will help make worldwide political decisions which will lead to greater equality and that world leaders and mass cooperation’s will simply step back and let this happen) is a nice idea but poorly decribed and articulated, naive and lacks insight into political philosophy, world politics, economics, power, psychology and sociology.
In summary, the book reads as a poorly thought out, sloppy opinion piece that offers little to the field. There are many other far better interesting books on the subject
October 15, 2019
If you are interested in the future it is a good read for you
I've always wondered how the world will look like with robots. Most of the AI books are written for programmers and the other part was "AI for dummies". Finally a book that collected relevant questions about AI.
The book consists of three parts:
In the first part the author describes what exists at the moment under the term Artificial Intelligence. We quickly understand that "AGI" isn't something near.
In the second part we find theoretical "what if" topics connected to AI.
In the final part of the book we read about future with some exciting vision described by the author.
This book is written for everyday people and I think it is a good resource if you want to dig a little bit deeper into AI.
I've always wondered how the world will look like with robots. Most of the AI books are written for programmers and the other part was "AI for dummies". Finally a book that collected relevant questions about AI.
The book consists of three parts:
In the first part the author describes what exists at the moment under the term Artificial Intelligence. We quickly understand that "AGI" isn't something near.
In the second part we find theoretical "what if" topics connected to AI.
In the final part of the book we read about future with some exciting vision described by the author.
This book is written for everyday people and I think it is a good resource if you want to dig a little bit deeper into AI.
June 16, 2021
AI - Artificial Intelligence. What is it? How are we functioning as a society with the AI we have now? What does the future have in store for us? Zoltan answers many of these questions throughout his book.⠀
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But the realest question of all remains - how will AI become Strong AI? Computer science and human biology might have to morph into one subject to create real life cyborgs. In reality, this already exists. Prostethic hands, arms, legs and feet have all been able to connect and communicate with our brain. ⠀
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"We are afraid of AI because we don't understand their capabilities and limitations." Just like a hammer or a gun, AI only can become dangerous when humans use it with malintent. An uprising of AI is unlikely to happen on it's own, since AI is not self-aware and can only be programmed to do so by us. The good news - if someone is using AI for the destruction of humanity, there will always be someone programming AI to save humanity. ⠀
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For now, we can all just enjoy AI as our personal assistants. Alexa, play the album Folklore by Taylor Swift. ⠀
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But the realest question of all remains - how will AI become Strong AI? Computer science and human biology might have to morph into one subject to create real life cyborgs. In reality, this already exists. Prostethic hands, arms, legs and feet have all been able to connect and communicate with our brain. ⠀
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"We are afraid of AI because we don't understand their capabilities and limitations." Just like a hammer or a gun, AI only can become dangerous when humans use it with malintent. An uprising of AI is unlikely to happen on it's own, since AI is not self-aware and can only be programmed to do so by us. The good news - if someone is using AI for the destruction of humanity, there will always be someone programming AI to save humanity. ⠀
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For now, we can all just enjoy AI as our personal assistants. Alexa, play the album Folklore by Taylor Swift. ⠀
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November 25, 2020
I've read some content in the area of AI philosophy. This is my first book in that space though and even without much research I can tell that this should be somewhere below the median in that list. I gave two stars (rather than one star) because some parts of Part III of the book makes some sense where the author touches upon the impact on jobs and economy, but that too lacks the minimum rigor to warrant a book in my opinion. The flow of content and formatting is not so great as well making it hard for anyone who is completely new to the field. Good first effort from the author.
January 16, 2021
Insubstantial. Poor language. Will not recommend.
December 18, 2019
THIS IS A SO TRUE BOOK.😎
November 29, 2019
One of my tutors recommended this book. Clear and informative AI book on ethics.
I would recommend it if you need to do an essay for academic purposes about futurism or AGI.
I would recommend it if you need to do an essay for academic purposes about futurism or AGI.
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