Unlike outside alarmists and futurists, Russell is a leading authority on AI. Human Compatible made me a convert to Russell's concerns with our ability to control our upcoming creation - super-intelligent machines. Brian Christian, author of 'Algorithms to Live By' Anyone who takes the future seriously should pay attention. No researcher has argued more persuasively about the risks of AI, nor has shown more clearly a pathway forward. Stuart Russell's diagnosis of the risks and dangers of AI is convincing, and his prescription for action is compelling. Persuasively argued and lucidly imagined, Human Compatible offers an unflinching, incisive look at what awaits us in the decades ahead. Sam Harris, author of five New York Times bestsellers and host of the Making Sense podcast Human Compatible is a brilliant and utterly accessible guide to what will be either the best or worst technological development in human history. And he has now written the book we've all been waiting for. Stuart Russell has long been the most sensible voice in computer science on the topic of AI risk. George Dyson, author of 'Turing's Cathedral' and 'Project Orion' He has written the book that most - but perhaps not all - machines would like you to read. Stuart Russell now brings to the care, raising, and yes, disciplining of machines. Benjamin Spock once brought to the care and raising of children, Dr. The same mix of de-mystifying authority and practical advice that Dr. Professor Max Tegmark, MIT, author of 'Life 3.0' Read moreĪ must-read: this intellectual tour-de-force by one of AI's true pioneers not only explains the risks of ever more powerful artificial intelligence in a captivating and persuasive way, but also proposes a concrete and promising solution. Profound, urgent and visionary, Human Compatible is the one book everyone needs to read to understand a future that is coming sooner than we think. Here Russell shows how we can avert the worst threats by reshaping the foundations of AI to guarantee that machines pursue our objectives, not theirs. Through brilliant analogies and crisp, lucid prose, he explains how AI actually works, how it has an enormous capacity to improve our lives - but why we must ensure that we never lose control of machines more powerful than we are. There is no one better placed to assess the promise and perils of the dominant technology of the future than Russell, who has spent decades at the forefront of AI research.

In this groundbreaking book, Stuart Russell explains why he has come to consider his own discipline an existential threat to his own species, and lays out how we can change course before it's too late. Unfortunately, according to the world's pre-eminent AI expert, it could also be the last. But what happens if we actually succeed?Ĭreating superior intelligence would be the biggest event in human history. Humans dream of super-intelligent machines.

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