The Most Human Human by Brian Christian is a mind-blowing piece of
reportage that will appeal to readers of Jon Ronson's The
Psychopath Test, and an inspiring riposte to John Gray's classic
Straw Dogs - a book that will change your whole understanding of
what being human actually means... AI is on the brink of a new
dawn. And so are we. . . Telling the difference between humans and
computers used to be easy. But artificial intelligence is now so
advanced that it is capable of behaving, and even thinking, in ways
that have long been considered exclusive to humankind. The time has
come to rethink what being human actually means... In The Most
Human Human Brian Christian meets the world's leading artificial
intelligences, finds out what they're capable of - and what makes
us unique. The result is a funny, shocking, inspiring, deeply
humane and intelligent book that reaches into every aspect of our
lives. 'Tremendously entertaining' ****Metro 'Excellent ... a
fascinating explanation of what it means to be human'Financial
Times 'Remarkable. A philosophical joyride. The day that a machine
creates work of such wit and originality, we should all be very
worried'The Times 'An epic tour of philosophical, linguistic and
scientific discovery. We stop off in places as far-flung as
existential anxiety, predictive text and Gary Kasparov's defeat by
Deep Blue' ****Time Out 'Lively, thought-stirring, entertaining,
invaluable ... compelling insights'John Gray, New Statesman At the
age of twenty-six, Brian Christian has lectured at the LSE, Royal
Academy, Bristol Festival of Ideas, Microsoft and Google, been
interviewed on The Daily Show, BBC and in the Paris Review,
profiled in the Guardian, featured in The New York Times, the New
Yorker and on the front cover of Atlantic, and has made numerous
appearances at universities and in online videos speaking on his
subject. He holds a dual degree from Brown University in computer
science and philosophy, and an MFA in poetry.
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