Synopsis
IS IT GAME OVER FOR HUMANITY? AN ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO OUR MOST DANGEROUS INVENTION YET
Our fears about artificial general intelligence run deep. They touch on our very identity as thinking, feeling creatures and on our place in the universe. Are we creating our own successor? And might this creation be a god?
In this vital contribution, leading researcher and author Professor Toby Walsh explores the existential risks posed by our accelerating efforts to realise an AI-powered future. While AI models are aiding the development of wondrous technologies, such as potentially life-saving drugs, they are also disrupting the lives of millions across the globe by rapidly reshaping our relationships with work and with one another. The clear risks posed by powerful AI models to our existence as a species are rapidly becoming undeniable.
In an increasingly fractured world, the emergence of AI capable of continuous self-improvement without active human intervention raises fundamental concerns about humanity’s future. Could we so fully outsource our own thinking to AI that we make ourselves obsolete? Could machines become so intelligent that it spells doom for humanity?
With his signature lucidity and humour, Walsh explores, evaluates and considers the dangers of AI and what we can do to curb them before it is too late
