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Brian Christian takes us on a technically fluent (yet widely accessible) journey through the most important questions facing AI and humanity.' - Mike Krieger, cofounder of Instagram This is the book on artificial intelligence we need right now. Christian brings much needed clarity to a subject that is often talked about but little understood.' - Tim O'Reilly, founder and CEO of O'Reilly Media Urgent and fascinating, this is an accessible primer to the most important issue facing AI researchers today. If we stand by, we face a future with unregulated algorithms that propagate our biases - and worse - violate our most sacred values. From the AI program which cheats at computer games to the sexist algorithm behind Google Translate, bestselling author Brian Christian explains how, as AI develops, we rapidly approach a collision between artificial intelligence and ethics. This conundrum - dubbed 'The Alignment Problem' by experts - is the subject of this timely and important book. But as algorithms make ever more decisions on our behalf, how do we ensure they do what we want? And fairly? This is the book on artificial intelligence we need right now.' Mike Krieger, cofounder of InstagramĪrtificial intelligence is rapidly dominating every aspect of our modern lives influencing the news we consume, whether we get a mortgage, and even which friends wish us happy birthday.
