Evil Robots, Killer Computers, and Other AI Myths: The Truth About Artificial Intelligence and Humanity's Future | Exploring AI Ethics, Technology Impact & Future Scenarios

Author Steven Shwartz earned his PhD in Cognitive Science from Johns Hopkins University, taught Statistics at Towson State University, then became a researcher in Computer Science at the Yale University Artificial Intelligence Lab. He founded Esperant, a leading Business Intelligence product producer. A popular in demand speaker and writer of articles and producer of two commercial patents, Steven transitioned into a career as a serial software entrepreneur and investor. In preparing to write this book - EVEL ROBOTS, KILLER COMPTERS, AND OTHER MYTHS, Steven’s goal as stated on his website was ‘to explain how AI works in simple terms, to explain why people shouldn’t worry about intelligent robots taking over the world, and to explain the steps we need to take as a society to minimize the negative impacts of AI and maximize the positive impacts.’ His other published book is APPLIED NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING.This well-written book is one everyone should read – especially those fearing the impact of the ‘unknown effects’ of AI in all its permutations. As Steven opens his book he reflects on his progress in learning AI and then offers, ‘Through all theses years, I’ve grown frustrated at the fear-inducing hype around AI in popular culture and media and at the overstatement of AI’s capabilities from its vendors. It’s fair to say I have good understanding of AI, ho wit works, and what it can do. My goal in this book is to provide you with some of that knowledge.’And after reading and digesting the explanations offer in this book Steven has proved that he can accomplish his goal. He covers the following topics - The social impact of AI, Fears worth having, A brief history of AI (one of the best written!), employment, privacy, Neural networks and deep learning, Natural language processing, Thinking and reasoning, Artificial general intelligence, and more. All the answers to the questions we all have about AI are comfortable explained here. Highly recommended. Grady Harp, April 21