Machines of Tomorrow: From AI Origins to Superintelligence & Posthumanity - Hardcover

Uria-Recio, Pedro

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0975650521 ISBN 13: 9780975650523

Publisher: Pedro URIA-RECIO, 2024

Synopsis

"Machines of Tomorrow offers a fascinating journey into the future of AI, providing a unique perspective that combines technology, economics, geopolitics, and history." — PASCAL BORNET, Technology Influencer, 2 million followers.

How AI Will Shape Our World.

Written in an easy-to-read style accessible to everyone, "Machines of Tomorrow" grounds the reader in a thorough history and description of Artificial Intelligence, enabling an appreciation of its real trajectory and ultimately a deeper level of engagement with the core concept of the book: what should societies expect from AI in the coming decades?

How does AI truly function? How will AI affect employment and education in the near term and mid-term? How will AI affect our society, economy, government, culture, and geopolitics? What are the likely utopian and dystopian outcomes of AI implementations, and who will be impacted? What is really going on with China and the new AI Arms Race? Will Synthetic Biology really lead to human-cyborg coexistence, finally impacting human evolution? What should we be demanding of our leaders now to prepare for the inevitable progress in this technology?

These are just some of the hard-hitting, polemic questions asked and answered by Pedro Uria-Recio, an ex-McKinsey consultant and Chief AI Officer, who for years has been working globally with this technology.

Whether you're a technologist or a homemaker, a businessperson or a student, a voter or a policymaker, or simply curious about the future of humanity, "Machines of Tomorrow" provides essential guidance for navigating the complexities of Artificial Intelligence.

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About the Author

Pedro URIA-RECIO is a former McKinsey consultant and has been Chief Data & AI Officer in multiple multinational companies in Asia. He was recognized in 2020 as one of the Top 100 Global Innovators in Data and Analytics.

From the Back Cover

How AI Will Shape Our World.

Humanity Interlaces with AI.
AI is our new mind. Robotics, our new body. How are we becoming a new species at the intersection of carbon and silicon?

AI Gets Exponential.
General AI. Humanoids and cyborgs. Synthetic biology. Quantum computing. Mind emulation. How will they unfold?

AI Authoritarianism Looms.
AI will render truth obsolete, freedom redefined, and job scarcity imminent. Can we still shape AI for the benefit of all?

Geopolitics Supercharged.
Super Intelligence will be worshiped. China and America will clash over their views on AI. Politics will be centered on species identities.

Humanity's Greatest Epic.
From mythology to Kubrick. From Aristotle to Sam Altman. From Leonardo to Boston Dynamics. From today to Superintelligence.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pedro URIA-RECIO
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0975650521
• ISBN 13: 9780975650523
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 472