From: brockman To: J <jeevacation@grnail.com> Subject: Re: "Enlightening, entertaining, and exciting" Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2018 02:16:28 +0000 Importance: normal Inviting the Boston and Cambridge contributors to the book who will be talking about their essays and to each other. JB John Brockman Original message From: J <jeevacation@gmail.com> Date: 10/15/18 9:31 PM (GMT-05:00) To: John Brockman Subject: Re: "Enlightening, entertaining, and exciting" Topic? On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 9:18 PM John Brockman < > wrote: How are you? Heading to mideast?? First review of POSSIBLE MINDS in PUBLISHERS WEEKLY. Pull quote: "While the [POSSIBLE MINDS] authors disagree on the answers, they agree on the major question: what dangers might AI present to humankind? Within that framework, the essays offer a host of novel ideas. . . . Enlightening, entertaining, and exciting reading." Instead of Carnegie Hall how about an evening at the Brattle Theatre in Harvard Square week of Feb 19th. (The publisher may even pay for it.) PUBLISHERS WEEKLY "Possible Minds: 25 Ways of Looking at AP" Edited by John Brockman. Penguin Press, $28 (320p) ISBN 978-0-525-55799-9 https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780525557999 Brockman (THIS IDEA IS BRILLIANT, editor), founder of the literary agency Brockman Inc., devotes this entry into his series of science-oriented essay anthologies to exploring the frontiers of artificial intelligence. The 25 contributors come from a wide range of disciplines and include philosopher Daniel Dennett, psychology professor Alison Gopnik, and Skype cofounder Jaan Tallinn. While the authors disagree on the answers, they agree on the major question: what dangers might AI present to humankind? Within that framework, the essays offer a host of novel ideas. Several argue that AI has already become a hallmark of human culture, with genetics researcher George M. Church provocatively suggesting that modern, technologyusing humans, when compared with Stone Age cultures, are already "transhumans." Other essays underscore EFTA01019559 the necessity for ensuring that advanced AI acts in alignment with human values, while science historian George Dyson explores the difficulties inherent in controlling the technology, ending with the unsettling observation that "provably `good' AI is a myth." Readers will appreciate that the discussion is accompanied by intriguing explanations of AI development strategies, among them "deep learning," generative adversarial networks, and inverse-reinforcement learning. The combination of theory and practice makes for enlightening, entertaining, and exciting reading. (Feb.) please note The information contained in this communication is confidential, may be attorney-client privileged, may constitute inside information, and is intended only for the use of the addressee. It is the property of JEE Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail or by e-mail to jeevacation@gmail.com, and destroy this communication and all copies thereof, including all attachments. copyright -all rights reserved EFTA01019560