Steven Shwartz - Evil Robots, Killer Computers, and Other Myths

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EVIL ROBOTS, KILLER COMPUTERS,
AND OTHER MYTHS

Steve has a sane perspective on what computers can and cannot do. In this book, he carefully goes over all the hype in what passes for AI these days and explains how it worksand why it doesnt really work all that well.

ROGER C. SCHANK,AI pioneer and former professor at Stanford, Yale, and Northwestern

Are you afraid that artificial intelligence is going to make humans obsolete? Evil Robots, Killer Computers, and Other Mythsdispels the mythology that has accompanied AI for nearly four decades. By removing the fog, Dr. Shwartz uses plain language and clear examples to enable mere mortals to understand how AI can supplement rather than replace human intelligence for the foreseeable future.

LES TRACHTMAN,adjunct professor at the Johns Hopkins University and author of the Amazon bestseller Dont F**k It Up: How Founders and Their Successors Can Avoid the Clichs That Inhibit Growth

AI is everywhere, from acting on voice commands to reading X-rays. With over 40 years in the field, Dr. Shwartz dives into the machine to help us understand what is really happening inside. He unlocks the current advances in AI and how special they are as the book unwinds the mysteries of how it all works. The Terminator may not be around the corner and AI ability may not be so scary, yet it is in the understanding of how humans will choose to use this powerful technology that may reshape our work or shake our world. This overview will transform your view and help shape how you may relate to the AI of the future.

ALAN REZNIK, MD,orthopedist and author of Ive Fallen and I Can Get Up

As a venture investor, I was looking for a better understanding of machine learning, deep neural networks, and artificial intelligence. Dr. Shwartz clearly explains these concepts and why we need not fear intelligent evil robots in the near future. He forces us to think instead about the very serious societal issues arising from todays more limited AI.

CHRISTOPHER McLEOD,managing partner, Elm Street Ventures

Dr. Shwartz draws on his 40 years of leading artificial intelligence research and application to provide a clear understanding for executives and technical types that machine thinking and reasoning is still a distant hopeand not to expect machines to replace humanswhile also explaining the AI capabilities that are changing the world today and in the nearer future.

BRUCE GALLAGER,partner, True Global Venture

Industry has created larger and more powerful computers in a quest to fulfill societys Edifice Complex. A trend that began in the 1940s when the Mechanical Brain of ENIAC was announced, society has invoked the common meme that AI will take over the world and destroy its creators. Dr. Shwartz demonstrates how media hype around electronic brains waxes and wanes. His thesis is that general AI is the computer science of the future, and always will be.

DOUGLAS LYON,professor at Fairfield University