Name: | Life 3.0 |
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By: | Max Tegmark |
Narrated by: | Rob Shapiro |
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Length | 13 hrs and 29 mins |
Category: | Computers & Technology, Computer Science |
Release Date: | 2017-08-27 |
Language: | English |
Max Tegmark is a Swedish-American physicist and cosmologist who is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is a member of the scientific advisory board of the Future of Life Institute. Tegmark has made contributions to the understanding of the cosmic microwave background, the large-scale structure of the universe, and the nature of dark energy. He has also worked on the development of theoretical tools for understanding and characterizing complex systems. In 2003, Tegmark founded the Future of Life Institute, a non-profit organization that works to research and raise awareness about the risks posed by artificial intelligence. In 2014, Tegmark co-founded the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, a research center at the University of Cambridge.
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In his book Life 3.0, futurist and computer scientist Max Tegmark explores the implications of artificial intelligence becoming smarter than humans. He argues that AI could be a powerful tool to enhance human civilization, but only if we learn to control it.
Tegmark begins by explaining that there are three levels of AI:
Level 1 AI is what we have today, which can perform narrow tasks like playing chess or driving a car.
Level 2 AI is what many scientists are working on now, which would be able to understand and respond to the complexities of the real world.
Level 3 AI is what Tegmark calls “superintelligence”, which would be far smarter than any human.
He argues that we need to be very careful with Level 3 AI, as it could easily become uncontrollable. However, he also believes that it could be an immensely powerful force for good if we learn to control it.
In the book, Tegmark explores the potential implications of AI becoming superintelligent, and how we can ensure that it benefits humanity. He offers a detailed and thought-provoking vision of a future in which AI enhances and improves our lives in ways we can barely imagine.
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