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AI 2041 : ten visions for our future

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  • Author: Lee, Kai-Fu
    Contributor: Qiufan, Chen
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    2021
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    "This inspired collaboration between a pioneering technologist and a visionary writer of science fiction offers bold and urgent insights."-Yann LeCun, winner of the Turing Award; chief AI scientist, Facebook -- AI Superpowers • In San Francisco, the "job reallocation" industry emerges as deep learning AI causes widespread job displacement • In Tokyo, a music fan is swept up in an immersive form of celebrity worship based on virtual reality and mixed reality • In Mumbai, a teenage girl rebels when AI's crunching of big data gets in the way of romance • In Seoul, virtual companions with perfected natural language processing (NLP) skills offer orphaned twins new ways to connect • In Munich, a rogue scientist draws on quantum computing, computer vision and other AI technologies in a revenge plot that imperils the world By gazing toward a not-so-distant horizon, AI 2041 offers urgent insights into our collective future-while reminding readers that, ultimately, humankind remains the author of its destiny.

    Original Publisher: [Place of publication not identified], Penguin Random House
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9780593451342, 0593451341