The Most Human Human: What Artificial Intelligence Teaches Us About Being Alive

Type

Book

Authors

Brian Christian

ISBN 10

0307476707

ISBN 13

9780307476708

Tags

AI & Machine Learning, Robotics, Human-Computer Interaction, Robotics & Automation, Cognitive Psychology, Evolution, History & Philosophy, Cognitive, Humanism, Computer Science, Philosophy, Science & Mathematics

Description

Each year, the AI community convenes to administer the famous (and famously controversial) Turing test, pitting sophisticated software programs against humans to determine if a computer can “think.” The machine that most often fools the judges wins the Most Human Computer Award. But there is also a prize, strange and intriguing, for the “Most Human Human.” Brian Christian—a young poet with degrees in computer science and philosophy—was chosen to participate in a recent competition. This playful, profound book is not only a testament to his efforts to be deemed more human than a computer, but also a rollicking exploration of what it means to be human in the first place. - from Amzon

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