
The Atomic Human
What Makes Us Unique in the Age of AI
Neil D. Lawrence(Author)
PublicAffairs (Publisher)
Published on 3. September 2024
Book
Hardback
448 pages
978-1-5417-0512-8 (ISBN)
Description
"The greatest fear of AI is that it displaces human intelligence and decision-making entirely. Through brilliant storytelling from his personal and professional life, Neil D. Lawrence takes us on a remarkable journey of discovery to the invisible core of what makes us human -- our unique, irreplaceable intelligence that differs from that of the machine. That intelligence, however, is now under threat from technology companies building systems that lack social accountability and cannot be controlled by their creators. It doesn't have to be this way. As humans, we can control AI and decide what is right for society by understanding our intelligence in contrast to the new intelligence we are creating. AI is helpless without humans, even if unchecked it has the power to do great damage. The Atomic Human reveals the technical origins, capabilities, and limitations of AI systems and how they should be wielded. Not just by the experts, but by ordinary people" --
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Language
English
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 239 mm
Width: 159 mm
Thickness: 40 mm
Weight
668 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5417-0512-8 (9781541705128)
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Neil Lawrence is the DeepMind Professor of Machine Learning at the University of Cambridge where he leads the university-wide initiative on AI, and a Senior AI Fellow at the Alan Turing Institute. Previously he was Director of Machine Learning at Amazon, deploying solutions for Alexa, Prime Air and the Amazon supply chain. Co-host of the Talking Machines podcast, he's written a series for The Guardian and appeared regularly on other media.