Günter Cisek - The Triumph of Artificial Intelligence: How Artificial Intelligence is Changing the Way We Live Together

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The author is constantly surprised by how little politicians and executives seriously care about artificial intelligence (AI), even though it is quite obvious that AI will dramatically change all areas of life in the near future. Therefore, this book aims to enable social and commercial decision-makers, but also any interested reader, to no longer meet AI experts with a lack of knowledge or black-box phobia, but as a savvy customer who knows the real possibilities but also the typical problems and current limitations of AI and proactively helps to determine its use.

Therefore, the explanations are not limited to the fields of application of AI, but in Chaps. the necessary technical prerequisites are also described in detail, so that the reader is also given access to the inner life of AI and thus becomes aware of the possibilities and limitations of AI.

Nevertheless, the manifold application areas of AI are of course illustrated in detail in order to give the AI user or affected person suggestions as to how he can use this new intelligence to make life easier. The fact that the last two chapters also contain a bit of speculation and philosophizing is a real challenge for the topic and hopefully increases the reading pleasure.

In the process of writing this book, unexpected and completely surprising consternation on the subject of artificial intelligence occurred to the author, for which I am very grateful.

For bringing this book to fruition, I have a great many kind people to thank, who motivated me to produce a laymans understandable yet detailed account of the subject. You may forgive me if I mention only a few of you personally in my acknowledgements.

First and foremost among them is Prof. Dr. Med. Gay, who with his always encouraging feedback made it very enjoyable for me to continue writing. I also remember with pleasure the stimulating discourses on singularity with General Music Director E. Calesso. I am very grateful to Mr. Steffen Hfner, M.Sc., who supported me considerably in the description of the techniques. My thanks also go to his wife Bettina Hfner, the Germanist, who meticulously worked through my manuscript for stylistic and orthographic errors. Substantial input was provided by my son Dr. Robert Cisek with his rich practical experience in the chapter on Industry 4.0. My daughter Dr. D. Schnbeck is to thank for the apt title of the book. Last but not least, I would also like to thank my dear wife, who patiently allowed me the time for research and writing and thereby benevolently compensated for the neglect of my domestic duties.

I am also indebted to Springer Verlag. Chief editor Petra Steinmller supervised the creation of the book with caring cordiality, and Ms Sophia Leonhard was always a very reliable and professional support to me as an editor.