What happens when intelligent machines aren’t just in our pockets but are also driving our cars, making our decisions, folding our laundry, and educating our kids? To find out, award-winning journalist Joanna Stern surrendered her life to artificial intelligence for one year.
A romp through the landscape of applied artificial intelligence ... Stern is exactly the sort of writer you want to read on the question of how useful A.I. can be in real life ... The book is a performance in which Stern models the process of deciding whether different kinds of A.I. are good for her, as an individual ... Underscores the insufficiencies of 'A.I.' as an umbrella term.
Amusingly explores 'what this world-changing technology actually means for us and our children' by immersing herself in AI for a year ... The most interesting section of the book is also the most intimate, examining the effect of AI on minds and hearts ... As an experiment, she turns in a research proposal generated by AI and receives a B+ ... Her book implores readers to embrace the struggle.
Timely and engaging ... This significant contribution provides a stellar snapshot of what many are experiencing ... Readers will have a hard time putting this title down, making it worthy of popular reading collections in both public and academic libraries.
