


If you want to save this summary for later, download the free PDF and read it whenever you want.ĭownload PDF Lesson 1: Initially AI was limited by hardware, now it’s mostly a matter of feeding computers enough data.Īfter Alan Turing’s “Turing Machine” was invented as the first device to systematically follow and execute instructions in an automated way (watch The Imitation Game for more details, superb movie), the first real “digital” computer was completed in 1946.Įver since that moment, computer scientists have been wondering how we can get these machines to actually think like us.

Here are 3 lessons about the state of artificial intelligence to show you it’s up to all of us to make our future a good one: And while some books try to predict what will happen after we’ve created it, Superintelligence is pre-occupied with determining what the path towards it must be like in order for it to work out in our favor. Nick Bostrom calls this phenomenon superintelligence. The question is: what will that look like? Will the machines really be able to rebel against us? Will we put AI into humanoid robots? Will the internet start to think? The idea has been around since the 50s, but it seems we’re getting closer to a world where computers are as smart as humans or even smarter. The Matrix, Terminator, Iron Man – the list of movies in which some form of artificial intelligence suddenly goes crazy and tries to take over the world is long.

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