The Age of AI

And Our Human Future

By: Henry A. Kissinger, Eric Schmidt, Daniel Huttenlocher

Narrated by: Eric Pollins

Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins

Publisher's summary

Three of the world’s most accomplished and deep thinkers come together to explore Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the way it is transforming human society - and what this technology means for us all.

An AI learned to win chess by making moves human grand masters had never conceived. Another AI discovered a new antibiotic by analyzing molecular properties human scientists did not understand. Now, AI-powered jets are defeating experienced human pilots in simulated dogfights. AI is coming online in searching, streaming, medicine, education, and many other fields and, in so doing, transforming how humans are experiencing reality.

In The Age of AI, three leading thinkers have come together to consider how AI will change our relationships with knowledge, politics, and the societies in which we live. The Age of AI is an essential roadmap to our present and our future, an era unlike any that has come before.

©2021 Henry A. Kissinger, Eric Schmidt, Daniel Huttenlocher (P)2021 Little, Brown & Company

Eye opening flash of a future, already here!

Solid ground work of laying down some of the most important and troubling questioms about AI and AGI. i wish there had been a beefier
section on how AI actually works.
Someone must know...?
This is a thoroughly enjoyable and eye opening book which will reverbarate for years to come.

Insightful, thought provoking but needs supplemental material

Insightful and thought provoking for all sectors and strata of societies. However, it would be more useful, in terms of understanding and implementation of the authors’ suggestions, if accompanied by a workbook or PDF of questions, challenges and appropriate activities for different sectors of society. Without this follow up by the authors, the critical challenges of AI may be misunderstood, neglected or lead to unintended chaotic and potentially violent consequences.
I highly recommend this book to everyone, starting in high school!

A Great Starting Point

A well-written book on AI that is great for people newly interested in the topic to start with. Context in the larger AI debate is incredibly important to have, given the rapid pace of advancement and the increasing attention payed to the development of new AI systems.

All speculation. No examples.

All abstract speculation and assertions. Almost no examples.

Examples are needed when discussing a topic like this one.

A Must Read for the Modern Era

Love it or hate AI will be shaping our lives to an increasing degree going forward. Those who benefit most will be those who are informed.

Great for non tech nubes

Very well written and clear. The US USSR nuclear war chapters were less relevant but interesting.

Predictable Content

The Age of A.I. and Our Human Future offers a repetitive overview of familiar concepts, lacking fresh insights or inspiration. Its predictable content made the reading experience more of an obligation than an enlightenment, meriting a modest three-star rating.

Not much new other than AI and geopolitics

Doesn't compare well with the many recent books about AI in its descriptions of AI and its impacts. Except for the discussions of military and geopolitical aspects of AI which were interesting.

Also the discussion of artificial general intelligence did not touch on the possibility that AGIs will be better than us at making better AGIs resulting in cycles of improvement that go beyond the kind of AI abilities discussed in the book.

The book repeats the currently true statements about AI lacking self-awareness and emotions. Who knows how long that will remain true? And what are the consequences if they are engineered to be self aware or have emotions? AI founders such as Marvin Minsky saw this as necessary for AI as discussed in his book the Emotion Machine .

A slow but essential slog Thru a vital topic

This should fascinate and terrify you. AI is coming/ here..whether you want it on not..to ignore its impacts can put you at huge risk. The matrix may not be that far off!

Thoughtful and raised interesting questions.

Touched on things we already know and some we don’t . I enjoyed it. We can’t predict what it will bring but we understand it’s power, usefulness and danger.