Artifictional Intelligence Against Humanity's Surrender to Computers

Recent startling successes in machine intelligence using a technique called 'deep learning' seem to blur the line between human and machine as never before. Are computers on the cusp of becoming so intelligent that they will render humans obsolete? Harry Collins argues we are getting ahead of ourselves, caught up in images of a fantastical future dreamt up in fictional portrayals. The greater present danger is that we lose sight of the very real limitations of artificial intelligence and readily enslave ourselves to stupid computers: the 'Surrender'. By dissecting the intricacies of language use and meaning, Collins shows how far we have to go before we cannot distinguish between the social understanding of humans and computers. When the stakes are so high, we need to set the bar higher: to rethink 'intelligence' and recognize its inherent social basis. Only if machine learning succeeds on this count can we congratulate ourselves on having produced artificial intelligence.

ISBN:	9781509504114
Publisher:	Polity Press
Imprint:	Polity Press
Published date:	07 Sep 2018
DEWEY:	006.301
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	xi, 239
Weight:	428g
Height:	149mm
Width:	217mm
Spine width:	20mm

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