Rebooting AI

Building Artificial Intelligence We Can Trust

By: Gary Marcus, Ernest Davis

Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith

Two leaders in the field offer a compelling analysis of the current state of the art and reveal the steps we must take to achieve a truly robust artificial intelligence.

Despite the hype surrounding AI, creating an intelligence that rivals or exceeds human levels is far more complicated than we have been led to believe. Professors Gary Marcus and Ernest Davis have spent their careers at the forefront of AI research and have witnessed some of the greatest milestones in the field, but they argue that a computer beating a human in Jeopardy! does not signal that we are on the doorstep of fully autonomous cars or superintelligent machines. The achievements in the field thus far have occurred in closed systems with fixed sets of rules, and these approaches are too narrow to achieve genuine intelligence.

The real world, in contrast, is wildly complex and open-ended. How can we bridge this gap? What will the consequences be when we do? Taking inspiration from the human mind, Marcus and Davis explain what we need to advance AI to the next level, and suggest that if we are wise along the way, we won't need to worry about a future of machine overlords. If we focus on endowing machines with common sense and deep understanding, rather than simply focusing on statistical analysis and gatherine ever larger collections of data, we will be able to create an AI we can trust—in our homes, our cars, and our doctors' offices. Rebooting AI provides a lucid, clear-eyed assessment of the current science and offers an inspiring vision of how a new generation of AI can make our lives better.

The need for Deep understanding.

The need for AI Deep understanding, is critical ti any future AI system with real world applications.

entertaining

if you follow/enjoy Gary's online jousting vs the AI "greats" on Twitter, you will enjoy this book.

it's required reading for AI researchers and enthusiasts.

Insightful & nuanced take on AI, cuts through hype

This is a very enjoyable book to read and offers a very nuanced view of the state of AI. Its great to read a book like this after the successful of "Superintelligence" earlier. This book present a real contrast to that work and to other works which really hype the promise and potential of AI.

Excellent

I have read / listened too many books on AI. This is the first that provided such a clear understanding of the difference between narrow and general AI and why moving from narrow to general AI is far from a slam dunk The book provides many useful examples. It also provides a possible route map to general AI. I thoroughly enjoyed listening, great.

Great Epilogue

Moving towards AI with values & common sense… maybe a few more sprinkles. Great piece of research.

Cheers