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Possible Minds?: But What If the Minds Are Impossible?

[5.2.19]

In Possible Minds: Twenty-Five Ways of Looking at AI (2019), prominent science literary agent John Brockman has put together a more eclectic mix of experts than Martin Ford did in Architects of Intelligence (2018). Brockman’s choices include multiverse proponent Max Tegmark, evolutionary psychology icon Steven Pinker, and materialist philosopher Daniel Dennett. That the two books came out only months apart, with only three overlapping experts, testifies to public interest in the topic. . . .

At Inc., Possible Minds is rated as business book #2 for 2019 (already!) and expertly buzzed: “Should we trust something potentially smarter than us? What is humanity’s role in a world ruled by algorithms?” . . .

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[ Thu. May. 2. 2019 ]

In Possible Minds: [4] Twenty-Five Ways of Looking at AI (2019), prominent science literary agent John Brockman [5] has put together a more eclectic mix of experts than Martin Ford [6] did in Architects of Intelligence [7] (2018). Brockman’s choices include multiverse proponent Max Tegmark, [8] evolutionary psychology icon Steven Pinker [9], and materialist philosopher Daniel Dennett. [10] That the two books came out only months apart, with only three overlapping experts, testifies to public interest in the topic. . . .

At Inc., Possible Minds is rated as business book #2 for 2019 (already!) and expertly buzzed: [11] “Should we trust something potentially smarter than us? What is humanity’s role in a world ruled by algorithms?” . . .

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[3] https://bit.ly/2wBv7c9
[4] https://www.amazon.com/Possible-Minds-Twenty-Five-Ways-Looking/dp/0525557997
[5] https://www.edge.org/memberbio/john_brockman
[6] https://mfordfuture.com/about/
[7] https://www.amazon.com/Architects-Intelligence-truth-people-building-ebook/dp/B07H8L8T2J
[8] http://web.mit.edu/physics/people/faculty/tegmark_max.html
[9] https://stevenpinker.com/biocv
[10] http://ase.tufts.edu/cogstud/dennett/
[11] https://www.inc.com/leigh-buchanan/2019-most-anticipated-business-books.html