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Scary Smart: Scary Smart: The Future of Artificial Intelligence and How You Can Save Our World
Mo Gawdat
3.51 AVERAGE
63 reviews for:
Scary Smart: Scary Smart: The Future of Artificial Intelligence and How You Can Save Our World
Mo Gawdat
3.51 AVERAGE
informative
medium-paced
Three inevitables:
1- AI is happening.
2- AI is becoming way smarter than us Humans.
3- Really bad things will happen.
1- AI is happening.
2- AI is becoming way smarter than us Humans.
3- Really bad things will happen.
informative
reflective
I was excited to read this and get a better understanding of what AI is/does. It didn't deliver that basic definition. Instead it made a bizarre pivot from acting like AI is peeing in all of our Cheerios to telling us that we should love AI unconditionally the way we love children. It's easy to read and provocative to think about, but the premise that the future will be either I, Robot or a human/digital Brady Bunch family... that's a little extreme to get behind.
I really did not like this one.
I went into this with a really open mind and I was intrigued by the start, but there were a few things that repulsed me.
Number one was, not on the topic off the book itself, but him mentioning twice that he was only dictating the book? Feels a bit off. The book also reads like it at times.
The exploration of the AI "feeling" and being "conscious" was not really explored very deeply, but simply seemed like taking a definition that fit into the AI, without questioning stuff further, and then going on to say something along the lines of "It is arrogant of humans to question that AI cannot get to a stage of human consciousness", without questioning it at all.
Human consciousness is more than just being able to sense oneself and its surroundings, right?
Him calling all of humanity arrogant so many times in the book also repulsed me, he may care and have his mission of making 1 billion humans happy, but the way he wrote that stuff made him seem less likeable in my eyes.
It felt a bit unround overall when it came to explanations of some things. I may just be a complete dumbass and not see how all of this plays together, but from my point of view now this is what I am thinking about this book.
I went into this with a really open mind and I was intrigued by the start, but there were a few things that repulsed me.
Number one was, not on the topic off the book itself, but him mentioning twice that he was only dictating the book? Feels a bit off. The book also reads like it at times.
The exploration of the AI "feeling" and being "conscious" was not really explored very deeply, but simply seemed like taking a definition that fit into the AI, without questioning stuff further, and then going on to say something along the lines of "It is arrogant of humans to question that AI cannot get to a stage of human consciousness", without questioning it at all.
Human consciousness is more than just being able to sense oneself and its surroundings, right?
Him calling all of humanity arrogant so many times in the book also repulsed me, he may care and have his mission of making 1 billion humans happy, but the way he wrote that stuff made him seem less likeable in my eyes.
It felt a bit unround overall when it came to explanations of some things. I may just be a complete dumbass and not see how all of this plays together, but from my point of view now this is what I am thinking about this book.
challenging
informative
slow-paced
Today, it's hard not to start a non-fiction book review without saying it could have been a lengthy article.
But despite the fillers and repetitions, the book is nice, and the message is both important and timely.
He shows how AI is already among us, and the emergence of AI really harmful to humans could be imminent. The culprits are very entities currently engineering drones responsible for killing child overseas and the ones developing software designed to exploit people financially: today's governments and corporations.
His main recommendations for actions anyone can do to stop feeding evil AI are:
- Don’t keep feeding the recommendation engines of social media with hours and hours of your daily life.
- Never like or share content that you know is fake.
- Stop clicking on recommended content and always, ALWAYS avoid clicking on online ads.
Those habits are feeding the harmful AI and enriching the bad guys who create them.
And of course, try to stop voting for all those presidents that authorize drones to keep killing people in other countries.
But despite the fillers and repetitions, the book is nice, and the message is both important and timely.
He shows how AI is already among us, and the emergence of AI really harmful to humans could be imminent. The culprits are very entities currently engineering drones responsible for killing child overseas and the ones developing software designed to exploit people financially: today's governments and corporations.
His main recommendations for actions anyone can do to stop feeding evil AI are:
- Don’t keep feeding the recommendation engines of social media with hours and hours of your daily life.
- Never like or share content that you know is fake.
- Stop clicking on recommended content and always, ALWAYS avoid clicking on online ads.
Those habits are feeding the harmful AI and enriching the bad guys who create them.
And of course, try to stop voting for all those presidents that authorize drones to keep killing people in other countries.
Not as immersive as "solve for happy" but thought provoking and informative. Mo talks about the inevitable onset of AI within our lives and our children's lives. He looks at both the positive and the negatives. For a complex subject he makes it very accessible. He covers moral, ethical and societal issues for the world, it's certainly opened my eyes. We all have our part to play in how we shape the future of super intelligent AI, it's here to stay we need to help sculpt it. A bit repetitive at times but overall a solid book.
challenging
hopeful
informative
medium-paced
This book is about more than AI - it’s about ethics and what it means to be … well, real. The first half is a bit of a slog and he says nice things about Elon (this book was published before we knew) so I almost quit but so glad I didn’t. A must read honestly. 4.5 because of the first half.
informative
reflective
medium-paced