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3.99 AVERAGE
3.99 AVERAGE
Sapiens Redux
If you’ve just got done reading Sapiens like I had, feel free to skip the second part, it’s largely just a rehash of the previous book. But things did pick back up a bit for the third part.
If you’ve just got done reading Sapiens like I had, feel free to skip the second part, it’s largely just a rehash of the previous book. But things did pick back up a bit for the third part.
As a living algorithm I am compelled by my chemical destiny to recommend this book.
I love some of this and am baffled/disturbed by other parts. I liked that this was a rather unexpectedly robust argument against humanism's resilience and points to its potential expiry date. With so many Pinker'ites writing books these days I assumed it would be more of the same with a futurism flavor. Boy was I wrong.
This book establishes a rather bleak post human picture of our possible future without sounding like a doomsday prophet. It's just so matter-of-fact about where our worship may go next (God past, humans= present, data= future). The book is well constructed and spends a lot of time building up to its conclusion through examples in our history and present day. I have to admit that I've never heard of Dataism and I am both intrigued and disturbed by it.
To answer your question Yuval, yes, sentience is more valuable than intelligence. But only because it scares the shit out of me to say otherwise.
I love some of this and am baffled/disturbed by other parts. I liked that this was a rather unexpectedly robust argument against humanism's resilience and points to its potential expiry date. With so many Pinker'ites writing books these days I assumed it would be more of the same with a futurism flavor. Boy was I wrong.
This book establishes a rather bleak post human picture of our possible future without sounding like a doomsday prophet. It's just so matter-of-fact about where our worship may go next (God past, humans= present, data= future). The book is well constructed and spends a lot of time building up to its conclusion through examples in our history and present day. I have to admit that I've never heard of Dataism and I am both intrigued and disturbed by it.
To answer your question Yuval, yes, sentience is more valuable than intelligence. But only because it scares the shit out of me to say otherwise.
informative
medium-paced
informative
reflective
medium-paced
Thought-provoking to say the least; however, I gave it four stars because even though some of the things Harari mentioned could come true, the book is mainly based on his opinion on where humans will end up and how our societies may change. Right now, I would personally say that our society is nowhere close to eliminating hunger, homelessness, war, etc., and so the books read more like a pseudo-anthropologist/scientific book.
didn't like how much it talked about tech - didn't quite feel based in humanity
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
What will happen to society, politics and daily life when non-concious but highly intelligent algorithms know us better than we know ourselves?
Fascinating this book is. The author has an interesting insight of possibilities that might happen in our future. He has a strong opinion followed by an interesting facts to support it. The facts he stated really intrugue me, I'm very happy and also dumbfounded to learn all these new things that are already happened but I'm not aware of it. The languange is very easy to understand and it's not boring and really hooked me from start to finish. A good point for a non-fiction book actually, considering the subjects that are being discussed are not light subjects. This book made me want to continue reading more books about technology advances and AIs.
Fascinating this book is. The author has an interesting insight of possibilities that might happen in our future. He has a strong opinion followed by an interesting facts to support it. The facts he stated really intrugue me, I'm very happy and also dumbfounded to learn all these new things that are already happened but I'm not aware of it. The languange is very easy to understand and it's not boring and really hooked me from start to finish. A good point for a non-fiction book actually, considering the subjects that are being discussed are not light subjects. This book made me want to continue reading more books about technology advances and AIs.
Not quite as good as Sapiens but still very thought provoking.
informative
reflective
medium-paced
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow is the sequel of Sapiens. A Brief History of Humankind.
I didn't find it as interesting as the first book, probably because it was written in 2015, and the "tomorrow" the author envisaged is either already happening in 2025 or in the coming years, or didn't happen at all.
I didn't find it as interesting as the first book, probably because it was written in 2015, and the "tomorrow" the author envisaged is either already happening in 2025 or in the coming years, or didn't happen at all.