A.I. is the future of science, technology, and business - and there is no person better qualified or situated to explore that future than Max Tegmark.
Max Tegmark is author or co-author of more than 200 technical papers, twelve of which have been cited more than 500 times. He has featured in dozens of science documentaries, and his work with the SDSS collaboration on galaxy clustering shared the first prize in Science magazine's Breakthrough of the Year- 2003. He holds a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, and is a physics professor at MIT.
All of us - not only scientists, industrialists and generals-should
ask ourselves what can we do now to improve the chances of reaping
the benefits of future AI and avoiding the risks. This is the most
important conversation of our time, and Tegmark's thought-provoking
book will help you join it
*Prof. Stephen Hawking*
This is a rich and visionary book and everyone should read it.
*Sunday Times*
I was riveted by this book. The transformational consequences of AI
may soon be upon us-but will they be utopian or catastrophic? The
jury is out, but this enlightening, lively and accessible book by a
distinguished scientist helps us to assess the odds.
*Prof. Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal, cosmology pioneer, author of
Our Final Hour*
This is a compelling guide to the challenges and choices in our
quest for a great future of life, intelligence and consciousness -
on Earth and beyond.
*Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla Motors*
Being an eminent physicist and the leader of the Future of Life
Institute has given Max Tegmark a unique vantage point from which
to give the reader an inside scoop on the most important issue of
our time, in a way that is approachable without being dumbed
down.
*Jaan Tallinn, co-founder of Skype*
Max seeks to facilitate a much wider conversation about what kind
of future we, as a species, would want to create. Though the topics
he covers - AI, cosmology, values, even the nature of conscious
experience - can be fairly challenging, he presents them in an
unintimidating manner that invites the reader to form her own
opinions.
*Prof. Nick Bostrom, Founder of Oxford's Future of Humanity
Institute, author of Superintelligence*
The unprecedented power unleashed by artificial intelligence means
the next decade could be humanity's best - or worst. Max has
written the most insightful and just plain fun exploration of AI's
implications that I've ever read. If you haven't been exposed to
Max's joyful mind yet, you're in for a huge treat.
*Prof. Erik Brynjolfsson, Director of the MIT Initiative on the
Digital Economy and co-author of "The Second Machine Age”*
Max's new book is a deeply thoughtful guide to the most important
conversation of our time, about how to create a benevolent future
civilization as we merge our biological thinking with an even
greater intelligence of our own creation.
*Ray Kurzweil, Inventor, Author and Futurist, author of The
Singularity is Near and How to Create a Mind*
This is an exhilarating book that will change the way we think
about AI, intelligence, and the future of humanity.
*Bart Selman, Professor of Computer Science, Cornell
University*
Tegmark successfully gives clarity to the many faces of AI,
creating a highly readable book [...] Enjoy the ride, and you will
come out the other end with a greater appreciation of where people
might take technology and themselves in the years ahead.
*Science*
Stands out ... Tegmark explains brilliantly many concepts in fields
from computing to cosmology, writes with intellectual modesty and
subtlety, does the reader the important service of defining his
terms clearly, and rightly pays homage to the creative minds of
science-fiction writers who were, of course, addressing these kinds
of questions more than half a century ago. It's often very funny,
too.
*The Telegraph*
Fascinating ... for sheer science fun, it's hard to beat
*Nature*
Lucid and engaging [...] Tegmark's explanation of how electronic
circuitry - or a human brain - could produce something as
evanescent and immaterial as thought is both elegant and
enlightening.
*Wall Street Journal*
It should be among the most important items on our political
agenda. Unfortunately, AI has so far hardly registered on our
political radar ... Max Tegmark's Life 3.0 tries to rectify the
situation. Written in an accessible and engaging style, and aimed
at the general public, the book offers a political and
philosophical map of the promises and perils of the AI revolution.
Instead of pushing any one agenda or prediction, Tegmark seeks to
cover as much ground as possible, reviewing a wide variety of
scenarios concerning the impact of AI on the job market, warfare
and political systems. Life 3.0 does a good job of clarifying basic
terms and key debates, and in dispelling common myths.
*The Guardian*
Tegmark's smart, freewheeling discussion leads to fascinating
speculations on AI-based civilizations spanning galaxies and
eons-and knotty questions: Will our digital overlords be conscious?
Will they coddle us with abudance and virtual-reality idylls or
exterminate us with bumblebee-size attack robots? While digerati
may be enthralled by the idea of superintelligent civilizations
where "beautiful theorems" servce as the main economic resource,
Tegmark's future will strike many as a one in which, at best,
humans are dependent on AI-powered technology and, at worst, are
extinct... Love it or hate it, it's an engrossing forecast.
*Publishers Weekly*
'I view this conversation about the future of AI as the most
important one of our time,' he writes. Life 3.0 might convince even
those who believe that AI is overhyped to join in.
*Financial Times*
Explores one of the most intriguing scientific frontiers,
artificial general intelligence, and how humans can grow along with
it. ... most will find the narrative irresistible.
*Kirkus Reviews*
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