ISBN-13: 9781032396002 / Angielski
The philosopher Spinoza once asserted that no one knows what a body can do. Similarly, we can ask ourselves about Artificial Intelligence (AI): to what extent is the development of intelligence limited by its technical and material substrate? In other words, what can AI do? The answer is analogous to Spinoza’s: nobody knows the limit of AI.
The philosopher Spinoza once asserted that no one knows what a body can do, conceiving an intrinsic bodily power with unknown limits. Similarly, we can ask ourselves about Artificial Intelligence (AI): to what extent is the development of intelligence limited by its technical and material substrate? In other words, what can AI do? The answer is analogous to Spinoza’s: nobody knows the limit of AI.
Critically considering this issue from philosophical, inter-disciplinary and engineering perspectives respectively, this book assesses the scope and pertinence of AI technology and explores how it could bring about both a better and more unpredictable future.
‘What AI Can Do’ highlights at both the theoretical and practical levels the cross-cutting relevance that AI is having on society, appealing to students of engineering, computer science and philosophy, as well as all who hold a practical interest in the technology.