![]() ![]() Profound, urgent and visionary, Human Compatible is the one book everyone needs to read to understand a future that is coming sooner than we think. ![]() Here Russell shows how we can avert the worst threats by reshaping the foundations of AI to guarantee that machines pursue our objectives, not theirs. Through brilliant analogies and crisp, lucid prose, he explains how AI actually works, how it has an enormous capacity to improve our lives - but why we must ensure that we never lose control of machines more powerful than we are. Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control - Stuart Russell - Google Books Books View sample Add to my library Write review Human Compatible: Artificial. There is no one better placed to assess the promise and perils of the dominant technology of the future than Russell, who has spent decades at the forefront of AI research. In this groundbreaking book on the biggest question facing humanity, Stuart Russell explains why he has come to consider his own discipline an existential threat to his own species, and lays out how we can change course before it's too late. Human Compatible: Ai And The Problem Of Control Stuart Russell Comprar 14.15 -5 de descuento Sinopsis FROM THE BBC REITH LECTURER 2021 The most important book I have read in quite some time. Here Russell shows how we can avert the worst threats by reshaping the foundations of AI to guarantee that machines pursue our objectives, not theirs. Unfortunately, according to the world's pre-eminent AI expert, it could also be the last. Creating superior intelligence would be the biggest event in human history. ![]()
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