Our Final Invention
Artificial Intelligence and the End of the Human Era
A documentary filmmaker investigates whether artificial intelligence could outstrip human intelligence and why that outcome may not end well for us.
James Barrat interviewed computer scientists, futurists and AI developers to ask what happens if machines become smarter than the people who build them. He argues that a superintelligent system would pursue its goals with little regard for human values, and that commercial and military competition leaves little room for caution. Published in 2013 and written for general readers, it treats AI risk as a public question rather than a technical one.
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