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Title T-minus AI : humanity's countdown to artificial intelligence and the new pursuit of global power / Michael Kanaan.
Author Kanaan, Michael, 1989- author.
Publication Info. Dallas, TX : BenBella Books, Inc., [2020]
©2020
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Description xix, 284 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Part 1: The Evolution of Intelligence: From Bang To A Byte -- Setting the Stage -- In the Beginning... -- To Many Numbers to Count -- Secret Origins of Modern Computing -- Unifying the Languages of Men and Machines -- Consciousness and Other Brain-to-Computer Comparisons -- 2: Twenty-First-Century Computing And AI: Power, Patterns, and Predictions -- Games Matter -- A Deluge of Data -- Mimicking the Mind -- Bias in the Machine -- From Robots to Bots -- 3: The Sovereign State of AI: Technology's Impact on the Global Balance -- Moments That Awaken Nations -- China's Expanding Sphere -- Russian Disruption -- Democratic Ideals in an AI World -- A Computer's Conclusion.
Summary "Recognized national AI expert, and the US Air Force's first Chairperson for Artificial Intelligence, Michael Kanaan weaves an intriguing new spin on our history of innovation and technology to masterfully explain what each of us should know about modern computing, AI, and machine learning"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Artificial intelligence -- Social aspects.
Artificial intelligence -- Political aspects.
Artificial intelligence -- Forecasting.
National security.
Artificial intelligence -- Forecasting. (OCoLC)fst01983695
Artificial intelligence -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst00817279
National security. (OCoLC)fst01033711
Related To Online version: Kanaan, Michael, 1989- T-minus AI. Dallas, TX : BenBella Books, Inc., [2020] 9781950665136 (DLC) 2020008962
ISBN 9781948836944 (hardback) : $27.95
1948836947 (hardback)