DUALITY - Volume 1 : Artificial Intelligence: Prepare Yourselves and Your Children for the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence is undoubtedly one of the most powerful transformative forces of all time. Like all technologies, it is also ambivalent. AI’s contribution to our daily well-being and the resolution of our existential problems will be immense. But if we are not careful, it also presents considerable dangers and risks. The author reviews in a very concrete way AI’s benefits and perils, both in our current lives and in what they could become in twenty years' time.

A better understanding is required. How can we make sense of a technology which questions us on the meaning of being human? How can we reconcile the fact that AI beats humans and yet, in many ways, is less intelligent than a two-year old? Impressive as it is, Artificial Intelligence is neither magical nor supernatural – it’s only a few lines of code. The author compares human and AI capabilities on the main human mental processes: memory, attention, perception, learning, reasoning, creativity, language, emotions, willpower and motor skills. Machines certainly don’t work like humans. And it doesn’t really matter: planes don’t flap their wings, yet they fly extremely well.

This first volume of the Duality trilogy, catering to the curious and demanding general public, empowers you to truly understand what Artificial Intelligence really is, what it can and cannot do, beyond the hype and the confusion. The ultimate objective is for you to prepare yourselves and your children for the age of Artificial Intelligence.