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- Condition
- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- Personalized
- No
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- ISBN
- 9781032949116
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
CRC Press LLC
ISBN-10
1032949112
ISBN-13
9781032949116
eBay Product ID (ePID)
15078206416
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
144 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Machina Sapiens : How Intelligent Machines Passed Turing's Test (And What Happened the Next Day)
Publication Year
2025
Subject
Public Policy / Science & Technology Policy
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Political Science
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
006.3
Synopsis
Following on from "The Shortcut", Nello Cristianini has authored another brilliant book, explaining the ideas behind a technology destined to change the world. If the worst fear is that of the unknown, the cure is knowledge, Can machines think? This troubling question, posed by Alan Turing in 1950, has perhaps been answered: today we can converse with a computer without being able to distinguish it from a person. Machines can pass university exams and program other computers. ChatGPT, Bard, and other 'language models' have proved proficient at performing tasks far beyond their creators initial expectations, and we still do not know why. Trained simply to predict missing words in a text, such models have gained an understanding of the world and language that makes them capable of reasoning, planning, solving problems, as well as conversing almost flawlessly. Is this the secret of knowledge, and is it now in the hands of our creations? Perhaps we are no longer alone. And as we try to figure out how to share these powers with the 'aliens' who now work at our side, we can wonder what else they may learn tomorrow. Are we approaching a critical threshold beyond which machines will attain superhuman performance? Following on from The Shortcut, Nello Cristianini has authored another brilliant book - written like a gripping thriller - explaining the ideas behind a technology destined to change the world. If our worst terror has always stemmed from fear of the unknown, the cure, since time immemorial, is knowledge., Can machines think? This troubling question, posed by Alan Turing in 1950, has perhaps been answered: today we can converse with a computer without being able to distinguish it from a human being. Machines can pass university exams and programme other computers. ChatGPT, Bard and other "language models" have proved proficient at performing tasks far beyond their creators' initial expectations, and we still do not know why. Trained simply to predict missing words in a text, such models have gained an understanding of the world and language that makes them capable of reasoning, planning, solving problems, as well as conversing almost flawlessly. Is this the secret of knowledge, and is it now in the hands of our creations? Perhaps we are no longer alone. And as we try to figure out how to share these powers with the "aliens" who now work at our side, we can wonder what else they may learn tomorrow. Are we approaching a critical threshold beyond which machines will attain superhuman performance? Following on from The Shortcut , Nello Cristianini has authored another brilliant book - written like a gripping thriller - explaining the ideas behind a technology destined to change the world. If our worst terror has always stemmed from fear of the unknown, the cure, since time immemorial, is knowledge.
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- g***t (180)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseSeller is an absolute nightmare. Seller is a crook. Seller did not send the item. Seller left me a back feedback comment disguised as positive feedback in order to circumvent ebay rules. I waited weeks before I even complained to Ebay. Would you wait over a month for a book to be shipped? Doubtful. Better late than never, except this time its never. Seller is likely a drop shipper. Avoid! Thank me later.
- j***a (1356)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseGreat seller, fast shipping!
- e***9 (1446)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseWell packaged and came in good condition.