Why Machines Will Never Rule the World

The book's core argument is that an artificial intelligence that could equal or exceed human intelligence - sometimes called artificial general intelligence (AGI) - is for mathematical reasons impossible. It offers two specific reasons for this claim.

Auteur

Jobst Landgrebe is a scientist and entrepreneur with a background in philosophy, mathematics, neuroscience, and bioinformatics. Landgrebe is also the founder of Cognotekt, a German AI company which has since 2013 provided working systems used by companies in areas such as insurance claims management, real estate management, and medical billing. After more than 10 years in the AI industry, he has developed an exceptional understanding of the limits and potential of AI in the future.

Barry Smith is one of the most widely cited contemporary philosophers. He has made influential contributions to the foundations of ontology and data science, especially in the biomedical domain. Most recently, his work has led to the creation of an international standard in the ontology field (ISO/IEC 21838), which is the first example of a piece of philosophy that has been subjected to the ISO standardization process.

Contenu

1. Introduction 2. The human mind 3. Human and machine intelligence 4. The nature of human language 5. The variance and complexity of human language 6. Social and ethical behaviour 7. Complex systems 8. Mathematical models of complex systems 9. Why there will be no machine intelligence 10. Why machines will not master human language 11. Why machines will not master social interaction 12. Digital immortality 13. AI spring eternal