Martin J Rees
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Summary
Our world is unsettled and rapidly changing, and we face existential risks over the next century. Various outcomes are possible, yet our approach to the future is characterized by short-term thinking, polarizing debates, alarmist rhetoric, and pessimism. Rees argues that the future of humanity is bound to the future of science and hinges on how successfully we harness technological advances to address our challenges. -- adapted from publisher info...
4) What to think about machines that think: today's leading thinkers on the age of machine intelligence
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Collects the thoughts of almost two hundred of today's leading thinkers on the issue of artifical intelligence.