1st Edition

Turing's Mistake Escaping the Yoke of Unintelligent Machines

By Peter J. Denning Copyright 2027
146 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Chapman & Hall

146 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Chapman & Hall

146 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Chapman & Hall

AI is sweeping away familiar cultures and we have no idea where it is taking us. The older generation tends to stick up for humanity and the younger generation for post-humanity. It is a serious tension. Everywhere there is a mood of unsettlement at not knowing where the unstoppable momentum of AI will go and whether we will like the outcome. For the first time in the history of humanity, we do... Read more

1. Putting Intelligence to the Test 

2. Machines and Intelligence 

3. Technologies of AI 

4. Big Ideas in the AI Game 

5. Models and Trust 

6. Limits on Language Machines 

7. The AGI Illusion 

8 Machines and Mastery 

9. Agentic Intelligence 

10. Escaping the Yoke

Biography

Peter James Denning is an American computer scientist and writer. He is best known for pioneering work in virtual memory, especially for inventing the working-set model for program behavior, which addressed thrashing in operating systems and became the reference standard for all memory management policies. He is also known for his works on principles of operating systems, operational analysis of queueing network systems, design and implementation of CSNET, the ACM digital library, codifying the great principles of computing, and innovation leadership. He has written numerous influential articles and books, including an overview of fundamental computer science principles, computational thinking, and his thoughts on innovation as a set of learnable practices.

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