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    Artificial Intelligence: Friend or Foe?
    Artificial Intelligence: Friend or Foe?
    Artificial Intelligence: Friend or Foe?
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    Artificial Intelligence: Friend or Foe?

    By Jennifer Jansen

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    It used to be the stuff of Hollywood movies - but not anymore. Artificial Intelligence is here and it's here to stay. Everywhere we look, AI is there - on the street, in our cars, in our homes, in department stores, online.
    What is facial recognition and is it keeping us safe or is it government control? Who are the voices of dissent and why are they speaking out? Can machines do everything humans can do only better? Are we headed towards a new era whereby the dangers outweigh the benefits?
    Artificial Intelligence is evolving much faster than expected and is already surpassing what experts believed would be possible at this stage. While it is alarming, and in some instances for good reason, it can also have positive effects. The trick is to ensure we align the AI's goals with our own human goals. If this isn't done, instead of our greatest achievement, we might be facing our ultimate destruction.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJennifer Jansen
    Release dateAug 2, 2019
    ISBN9780463355886
    Artificial Intelligence: Friend or Foe?
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    Jennifer Jansen

    In her past life Jennifer was a teacher which she found extremely rewarding. She speaks three languages and is now learning a fourth so you could say words are in her blood.Jennifer is an avid reader and has lived and worked in exotic places, travelling to every continent. Her romance books are based on the first-hand knowledge she has on the destinations and therefore the characters and settings are authentic.Jenifer hopes you enjoy reading her stories as much as she enjoys writing them.Read her travel blogs and find her romance books on her website above.

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      Artificial Intelligence - Jennifer Jansen

      Artificial Intelligence

      Friend or Foe?

      Jennifer Jansen

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      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      Chapter 1 A Brief History

      Greece

      The Arab World

      The Renaissance

      The Industrial Revolution

      Chapter 2 AI and Computing

      Machine Learning

      The Turing Test

      Sophia the Robot

      Chapter 3 Impact of AI on Employment

      Chapter 4 Should There Be More Research into AI Safety?

      Chapter 5 Privacy Concerns

      Chapter 6 Of Particular Concern

      Voices of dissent

      Chapter 7 Myths about Advanced AI

      Conclusion

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      Author Bio

      Introduction

      It’s not just in Hollywood movies anymore. It has jumped off the screen and into the world we live in, all within a few short years. Artificial Intelligence - is it a great technological leap forward? Can it be our valuable servant or will it be our terrifying master?

      From SIRI to self-driving vehicles, artificial intelligence continues to progress rather rapidly. What might have seemed impossible only a few short years ago, can and is being done today using AI machines.

      We, as humans, have an intelligence that surpasses all other intelligence on Earth. Everything we have achieved as a human race has stemmed from our intelligence. For many centuries, philosophers, scientists, and psychologists have all tried to understand how we, as a species, think. How is it that humans can perceive, understand and even predict and manipulate the world in which they live? This has been the burning question for centuries.

      In the field of artificial intelligence today, the stakes have been taken further still. This particular AI area attempts to not only understand but also to build intelligence using machines. Of course, there is a big difference between a machine and a human, no matter how intelligent a machine is developed to be.

      New technology is now able to automatically schedule

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