The Sentient Machine: The Coming Age of Artificial Intelligence
Written by Amir Husain
Narrated by Simon Jones
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The future is now. Acclaimed technologist and inventor Amir Husain explains how we can live amidst the coming age of sentient machines and artificial intelligence—and not only survive, but thrive.
Artificial “machine” intelligence is playing an ever-greater role in our society. We are already using cruise control in our cars, automatic checkout at the drugstore, and are unable to live without our smartphones. The discussion around AI is polarized; people think either machines will solve all problems for everyone, or they will lead us down a dark, dystopian path into total human irrelevance. Regardless of what you believe, the idea that we might bring forth intelligent creation can be intrinsically frightening. But what if our greatest role as humans so far is that of creators?
Amir Husain, a brilliant inventor and computer scientist, argues that we are on the cusp of writing our next, and greatest, creation myth. It is the dawn of a new form of intellectual diversity, one that we need to embrace in order to advance the state of the art in many critical fields, including security, resource management, finance, and energy. “In The Sentient Machine, Husain prepares us for a brighter future; not with hyperbole about right and wrong, but with serious arguments about risk and potential” (Dr. Greg Hyslop, Chief Technology Officer, The Boeing Company). He addresses broad existential questions surrounding the coming of AI: Why are we valuable? What can we create in this world? How are we intelligent? What constitutes progress for us? And how might we fail to progress? Husain boils down complex computer science and AI concepts into clear, plainspoken language and draws from a wide variety of cultural and historical references to illustrate his points. Ultimately, Husain challenges many of our societal norms and upends assumptions we hold about “the good life.”
Amir Husain
Amir Husain is an award-winning serial entrepreneur and inventor based in Austin, Texas. He serves on IBM’s Advisory Board for Watson & Cognitive Computing and is the Founder and CEO of SparkCognition, Inc., an award-winning company specializing in cognitive computing software solutions that help businesses and governments better respond to a world of ever-evolving threats. Husain speaks at numerous SXSW, defense, cybersecurity, computer science, energy, and environmental conferences. Amir and SparkCognition’s work has been featured in publications, such as Fast Company, Wired, Forbes, and The New York Times. The Sentient Machine is his first book.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A milestone book. Excellent 360 review of the Ai space.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5An excellent book about artificial intelligence, technology, and the power of data in many fields. I highly recommend!
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This book was pretty interesting! It brought about a lot of good ideas and definitely was worth reading. Nothing incredibly surprising or advanced. Just a solid light read.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5One good thing i can say about this book is that the author is a good storyteller. But with this particular book,it’s all he does - he tells a few good stories all nicely wrapped around the idea of sentients and the evolution of the human kind with the possible addition of a “sentient being” in the near future. I didn’t learn anything about sentients in particular and i am still with the same amount of knowledge i was when i started reading this book. Not what i expected, so it’s a bit disappointing for me personally.