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Life Engineering - Machine Intelligence and Quality of Life (Paperback, 1st ed. 2020): Hubert Osterle

Life Engineering - Machine Intelligence and Quality of Life (Paperback, 1st ed. 2020)

Hubert Osterle

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Machine Intelligence is changing every aspect of our lives. Internet traffic and sensors in households, cars, and wearables provide data that oligopolistic companies collect and use to extract patterns of human behavior. Further, active digital assistants are taking over more and more of our everyday decisions. Humanity is on the verge of an evolutionary leap and it is time to determine if this development will benefit people's wellbeing or will just mean the accumulation of capital and power with no regard for quality of life. This book integrates the perspectives of various disciplines that are striving to establish resilient foundations - computer science, economics and social sciences, political science, psychology, philosophy, neuroscience, ethics and religion - in order to clarify a number of positions and, as a result, objectify the discussions. Written by Hubert Osterle, a researcher working at the interface of these disciplines, the book promotes debate on the future of man and machine, on happiness and evolution and on the major changes brought about by digital technology. Last but not least, it is a manifesto calling for a new - integrated - discipline to be founded: life engineering. "If you want to think more deeply about what machine intelligence (aka AI) really means for humanity, you should read this book. Hubert Oesterle takes an amazingly broad and multi-disciplinary look at all relevant aspects, from the roots of human behavior to the impact advanced digital assistants might have on our daily lives (and who will control these assistants). Highly recommended!" Andreas Goeldi, Partner at btov Partners

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Imprint: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin: Switzerland
Release date: November 2019
First published: 2020
Authors: Hubert Osterle
Dimensions: 235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 157
Edition: 1st ed. 2020
ISBN-13: 978-3-03-031481-1
Categories: Books > Computing & IT > Social & legal aspects of computing > Impact of computing & IT on society
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General
Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Management of specific areas > Research & development management
Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Business mathematics & systems > General
Books > Computing & IT > Applications of computing > Databases > General
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LSN: 3-03-031481-2
Barcode: 9783030314811

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