THE MYTH OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Author: Erik J. Larson

Publisher: Belknap Press – Harvard University

First Edition 2021

ISBN 978-0-674-98351-9

312 Pages

“If you want to know about AI, read this book. For several reasons-most of all because it shows how a supposedly futuristic reverence for artificial intelligence retards progress when it denigrates our most irreplaceable resource for any future progress: our own human intelligence.”

-PETER THIEL

“Artificial intelligence has always inspired outlandish visions, but now Elon Musk and other authorities assure us that those sci-fi visions are about to become reality. Artificial intelligence is going to destroy us, save us, or at the very least radically transform us. In The Myth of Artificial Intelligence, Erik Larson exposes the vast gap between the actual science underlying AI and the dramatic claims being made for it. This is a timely, important, and even essential book.”

-JOHN HORGAN, author of The End of Science

“Erik Larson offers an expansive look at the field of AI, from its early history to recent prophecies about the advent of super intelligent machines. Engaging, clear, and highly informed, The Myth of Artificial Intelligence is a terrific book.”

-OREN ETZIONI, CEO of the Allen Institute for AI

“A fantastic tour of AI, at once deeply enlightening and eminently readable, that challenges the overwrought vision of a technology that revolutionizes everything and also threatens our existence. Larson, the thinking person’s tech entrepreneur, explores the philosophical and practical implications of AI as never before and reminds us that wishing for something is not the same as building it.”

-TODD C. HUGHES, technology executive and former DARPA official

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