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The digital ape : how to live (in peace) with smart machines / Nigel Shadbolt and Roger Hampson.

Shadbolt, Nigel, 1956- (author.). Hampson, Roger, (author.).

Summary:

The smart-machines revolution is reshaping our lives and our societies, but we are not about to be elbowed aside by a rebel army of super-intelligent robots of our own creation. We were using tools before we became Homo Sapiens, and will continue to build and master them, no matter how complicated they become. How we exercise that control - in our private lives, in employment, in politics - and make the best of the wonderful opportunities will determine our collective future well-being. The Digital Ape outlines how our choices and the use and adaptation of the tools we've created can lead to opportunities for the environment (both built and natural), health, and our security. Drawing on historical precendent and technical know-how, world-renowned experts Nigel Shadbolt and Roger Hampson offer a vision of the future that is exciting, rather than nerve-wracking, to contemplate. -- back cover.

Record details

ISBN: 0190932988
ISBN: 9780190932985
Physical Description: 354 pages ; 24 cm
Publisher: New York, New York : Oxford University Press, ©2019.
Copyright: ©2019

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally published in Great Britain in 2018 by Scribe 2018.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Contents ; Chapter 1 : Biology and technology -- Chapter 2 : Our hyper-complex habitat -- 3. Digital ape emerges -- Chapter 4 : Social machines -- Chapter 5 : Artificial and natural intelligtence -- Chapter 6 : New companions -- Chapter 7 : Big beasts -- Chapter 8 : Challenge of data -- Chapter 9 : Augmented wisdom? -- Afterword -- Chapter references -- Bibliography -- Index.