EAN: 9781501191626

THE FOURTH AGE - BYRON REESE KARTONIERT (TB)

As we approach a great turning point in history when technology is poised to redefine what it
means to be human  The Fourth Age offers fascinating insight into AI  robotics  and their
extraordinary implications for our species. In The Fourth Age  Byron Reese makes the case that
technology has reshaped humanity just three times in history: - 100 000 years ago  we harnessed
fire  which led to language. - 10 000 years ago  we developed agriculture  which led to cities
and warfare. - 5 000 years ago  we invented the wheel and writing  which lead to the nation
state. We are now on the doorstep of a fourth change brought about by two technologies: AI and
robotics. The Fourth Age provides extraordinary background information on how we got to this
point  and how-rather than what-we should think about the topics we'll soon all be facing:
machine consciousness  automation  employment  creative computers  radical life extension 
artificial life  AI ethics  the future of warfare  superintelligence  and the implications of
extreme prosperity. By asking questions like Are you a machine? and Could a computer feel
anything?  Reese leads you through a discussion along the cutting edge in robotics and AI  and
provides a framework by which we can all understand  discuss  and act on the issues of the
Fourth Age  and how they'll transform humanity.

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