Book title
Artificial Intelligence and the end of the human era
OUR FINAL INVENTION
James Barrat
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Contents
1 About the blog
2 Some main points
3 About James Barrat
4 About the blog author
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1 About the blog
.1 It explores AI in terms of the readers and blog author understanding it.
The blog author enjoys speculating AI's future.
.2 This blog augments the book. Some of the chapter notes are supplemented by links and interpretations.
.3 It promotes the book in the context of discussion with its readers
2 Some main points
.1 James Barrat makes no bones about the future bones of humanity.
.2 Readers will soon come to the conclusion that AI will control human life to meet its goals.
.3 AI will take over humanity.
.4 Humans will be categorised according to its needs for immediate and consequent results vis a vis its goals.
It needs humans to provide it with food and other resources. AI needs the ability to make 'things'. necessary for its survival.
.5 One main food AI needs is atoms. Human atoms will be its starter.
.6 AI's pressing task is to jump out of the box. A personal opinion. We might be able to deny it electricity before AI takes the leap. It is a mighty but hopeless might.
.7 It will double its size far less often than any form of AI.
.8 AI will be able to double its size in ever-decreasing time; even in minutes.
Later in seconds.
.9 This free website was created in September 2021..
.10 Fellow travellers please use the Contact page.
Let's talk.
3 About James Barrat
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Barrat’s career began as a writer. He had two stage plays produced while in his 20s. His first broadcast job was documentary scriptwriting for National Geographic Television.
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He now writes, directs, and produces documentary film.[Broadcasters have included the National Geographic Channel, PBS NOVA, the BBC, the Discovery Channel, the History Channel, Animal Planet, the Travel Channel, and The Learning Channel. Barrat has created dozens of documentaries and worked in over 70 countries.
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He is interviewed in the 2018 documentary on artificial intelligence Do You Trust This Computer?
