Life 3.0

Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

By Max Tegmark | Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

About the book

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • How will Artificial Intelligence affect crime, war, justice, jobs, society and our very sense of being human? The rise of AI has the potential to transform our future more than any other technology—and there’s nobody better qualified or situated to explore that future than Max Tegmark, an MIT professor who’s helped mainstream research on how to keep AI beneficial.
 
How can we grow our prosperity through automation without leaving people lacking income or purpose? What career advice should we give today’s kids? How can we make future AI systems more robust, so that they do what we want without crashing, malfunctioning or getting hacked? Should we fear an arms race in lethal autonomous weapons? Will machines eventually outsmart us at all tasks, replacing humans on the job market and perhaps altogether? Will AI help life flourish like never before or give us more power than we can handle?
 
What sort of future do you want? This book empowers you to join what may be the most important conversation of our time. It doesn’t shy away from the full range of viewpoints or from the most controversial issues—from superintelligence to meaning, consciousness and the ultimate physical limits on life in the cosmos.

Editions of Life 3.0

Paperback
ISBN 9781101970317
AltFormat
ISBN 9781101946596
EBook
ISBN 9781101946602
AudioStreaming
ISBN 9780451485106
AudioStreaming
ISBN 9780451485083
AudioDisc
ISBN 9780451485090
AudioDisc
ISBN 9780451485076

Read an Excerpt

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • How will Artificial Intelligence affect crime, war, justice, jobs, society and our very sense of being human? The rise of AI has the potential to transform our future more than any other technology—and there’s nobody better qualified or situated to explore that future than Max Tegmark, an MIT professor who’s helped mainstream research on how to keep AI beneficial.
 
How can we grow our prosperity through automation without leaving people lacking income or purpose? What career advice should we give today’s kids? How can we make future AI systems more robust, so that they do what we want without crashing, malfunctioning or getting hacked? Should we fear an arms race in lethal autonomous weapons? Will machines eventually outsmart us at all tasks, replacing humans on the job market and perhaps altogether? Will AI help life flourish like never before or give us more power than we can handle?
 
What sort of future do you want? This book empowers you to join what may be the most important conversation of our time. It doesn’t shy away from the full range of viewpoints or from the most controversial issues—from superintelligence to meaning, consciousness and the ultimate physical limits on life in the cosmos.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Life 3.0 about?

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • How will Artificial Intelligence affect crime, war, justice, jobs, society and our very sense of being human? The rise of AI has the potential to transform our future more than any other technology—and there’s nobody better qualified or situated to explore that future than Max Tegmark, an MIT professor who’s helped mainstream research on how to keep AI beneficial.
 
How can we grow our prosperity through automation without leaving people lacking income or purpose? What career advice should we give today’s kids? How can we make future AI systems more robust, so that they do what we want without crashing, malfunctioning or getting hacked? Should we fear an arms race in lethal autonomous weapons? Will machines eventually outsmart us at all tasks, replacing humans on the job market and perhaps altogether? Will AI help life flourish like never before or give us more power than we can handle?
 
What sort of future do you want? This book empowers you to join what may be the most important conversation of our time. It doesn’t shy away from the full range of viewpoints or from the most controversial issues—from superintelligence to meaning, consciousness and the ultimate physical limits on life in the cosmos.

What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Life 3.0?

Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes > Electronics and communications engineering > Electronics engineering > Automatic control engineering > Robotics

Where can I read a sample of Life 3.0?

You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781101970317

Who is/are the Author/s of the book Life 3.0?

Max Tegmark

Who is the Publisher of the book Life 3.0?

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?

Life 3.0 is available as paperback(ISBN 9781101970317) and altformat(ISBN 9781101946596) and ebook(ISBN 9781101946602) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9780451485106) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9780451485083) and audiodisc(ISBN 9780451485090) and audiodisc(ISBN 9780451485076)

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