T-minus AI : humanity's countdown to artificial intelligence and the new pursuit of global power /

T-minus AI : humanity's countdown to artificial intelligence and the new pursuit of global power / Michael Kanaan.

"Recognized national AI expert, and the US Air Force's first Chairperson for Artificial Intelligence, Michael Kanaan weaves an intriguing new spin on our history of innovation and technology to masterfully explain what each of us should know about modern computing, AI, and machine learning...

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Main Author: Kanaan, Michael, 1989- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Dallas, Texas : BenBella Books, Inc., [2020]
Subjects:
Artificial intelligence > Social aspects.
Artificial intelligence > Political aspects.
Artificial intelligence > Forecasting.
National security.
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. The Evolution of Intelligence: From Bang To A Byte
  • Setting the Stage
  • In the Beginning...
  • To Many Numbers to Count
  • Secret Origins of Modern Computing
  • Unifying the Languages of Men and Machines
  • Consciousness and Other Brain-to-Computer Comparisons
  • 2. Twenty-First-Century Computing And AI: Power, Patterns, and Predictions
  • Games Matter
  • A Deluge of Data
  • Mimicking the Mind
  • Bias in the Machine
  • From Robots to Bots
  • 3. The Sovereign State of AI: Technology's Impact on the Global Balance
  • Moments That Awaken Nations
  • China's Expanding Sphere
  • Russian Disruption
  • Democratic Ideals in an AI World
  • A Computer's Conclusion.

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