{"product_id":"9781250032263","title":"Our Final Invention: Artificial Intelligence and the End of the Human Era","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eElon Musk named \u003ci\u003eOur Final Invention \u003c\/i\u003eone of 5 books everyone should read about the future\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eHuffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e Definitive Tech Book of 2013\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArtificial Intelligence helps choose what books you buy, what movies you see, and even who you date. It puts the \"smart\" in your smartphone and soon it will drive your car. It makes most of the trades on Wall Street, and controls vital energy, water, and transportation infrastructure. But Artificial Intelligence can also threaten our existence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn as little as a decade, AI could match and then surpass human intelligence. Corporations and government agencies are pouring billions into achieving AI's Holy Grail—human-level intelligence. Once AI has attained it, scientists argue, it will have survival drives much like our own. We may be forced to compete with a rival more cunning, more powerful, and more alien than we can imagine. \u003cbr\u003eThrough profiles of tech visionaries, industry watchdogs, and groundbreaking AI systems, \u003ci\u003eOur Final Invention \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the perils of the heedless pursuit of advanced AI. Until now, human intelligence has had no rival. Can we coexist with beings whose intelligence dwarfs our own? And will they allow us to?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47143179157744,"sku":"9781250032263","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781250032263_p0.jpg?v=1769891335","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781250032263","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}