Good overview of the major talking points of AI

Artificial General Intelligence (AGI or AI) is a very important topics for us all to understand, as it will dictate the future of our world. To get this education right is difficult, as it spans the simple everyday and the complex future all in one.

This book does a great job of explaining AI to all levels of audience including a layman, and will inform you so that you can become central to, or part of, this important debate, and not just a bystander.

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Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

Was interesting but would've been nice with more detail!
But maybe the author is working on this, an ever evolving subject.

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Very interesting discussion.

Coherent extrapolated volition is such a brilliant concept :). Some excellent reasoning and well balanced view points throughout the book

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Good book, not revolutionary

This is a well researched and well written book. It touches on the implications of AI, how we are developing it and how it may potentially impact humanity.

However, I don't think it gives the reader / listener much more content than we would get from reading a few articles on the subject. Worth reading if you have little to no knowledge about Artificial Intelligence though.

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well written but buggy audio

I am an AI enthusiast so I couldn't help myself from bingeing on this book. it covers most aspects of AI and discusses possibilities n understandably does not give a verdict as we just cannot know what is possible with AGI.
the audio repeats sometimes or trails off in some words. its a little annoying but sometimes it looks like its repeating some sentences for emphasis. so i guess it works out fine...

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Not bad, not great

Doesn't really present any new ideas just summarized ideas from other great authors. the last chapter was decent but other than that not tremendously stimulating.

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interesting read. could be longer

really thought provoking. I'd have liked a bit more on the current effect of AI on job markers etc, but suppose it's moving too fast for that. well worth listening to the middle chapters

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Fascinating insight in to the future of AI

Thoroughly enjoyed this book. It presents various scenarios of the inevitable impact of AI on the future of mankind. Very thought provoking and raises interesting comparisons with the actions and values of humans over time.

Well written and narrated. A great book for anyone seeking to gain real insight into this topic.

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Insightful

A really very balanced evaluation of: where we are with AI, what we need to do, what we should be afraid of and much more.
A definite recommendation for those who enjoy science fiction, even though this is very nearly science fact!

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Seeding

This doesn't offer much in terms of answers, which isn't surprising, but it does provoke discussion of an important existential threat in as thought out a manner as a layman book can hope for.

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