The Most Human Human: What Artificial Intelligence Teaches Us about Being Alive by Christian, Brian

The Most Human Human: What Artificial Intelligence Teaches Us about Being Alive

A playful, profound book that is not only a testament to one man's efforts to be deemed...
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The Most Human Human: What Artificial Intelligence Teaches Us about Being Alive by Christian, Brian

The Most Human Human: What Artificial Intelligence Teaches Us about Being Alive

CHF 22.78

The Most Human Human: What Artificial Intelligence Teaches Us about Being Alive

CHF 22.78
Author: Brian Christian
Format: Paperback
Language: English

A playful, profound book that is not only a testament to one man's efforts to be deemed more human than a computer, but also a rollicking exploration of what it means to be human in the first place.

"Terrific. ... Art and science meet an engaged mind and the friction produces real fire." --The New Yorker

Each year, the AI community convenes to administer the famous (and famously controversial) Turing test, pitting sophisticated software programs against humans to determine if a computer can "think." The machine that most often fools the judges wins the Most Human Computer Award. But there is also a prize, strange and intriguing, for the "Most Human Human."

Brian Christian--a young poet with degrees in computer science and philosophy--was chosen to participate in a recent competition. This

Author: Brian Christian
Publisher: Anchor Books
Published: 03/06/2012
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.73d
ISBN: 9780307476708


Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 04/08/2012 pg. 32

About the Author

Brian Christian's work has appeared in The Atlantic, Wired, The Wall Street Journal, and many literary and scientific publications. He has been featured on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," NPR's "Radiolab," and "The Charlie Rose Show," and has lectured at Google, Microsoft, the London School of Economics, and elsewhere. An award-winning poet, Christian holds a degree in philosophy and computer science from Brown University and an MFA in poetry from the University of Washington. The Most Human Human, a Wall Street Journal bestseller, has been translated into nine languages. Christian lives in Philadelphia.

Visit the author's website at: www.brchristian.com.

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