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It's Steve Martin, so the funny stuff is funny, but he manages to take a pretty unsympathetic main character as a way of exploring some deep issues. Not a perfect book, but well worth a read.
A comprehensive look at some of the most challenging issued facing our worldwide culture in the near future. Machines are already acting for us. Can we assume that they will behave morally? Allen and Wallach think we can make them do so; the consequences of failure are ugly. Everyone should read this book.
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The Pleasure of My Company by Steve Martin
CTDH, January 10, 2013
It's Steve Martin, so the funny stuff is funny, but he manages to take a pretty unsympathetic main character as a way of exploring some deep issues. Not a perfect book, but well worth a read.Kraken by China Mieville
CTDH, January 1, 2012
verbal gymnastics--refreshing!Moral Machines: Teaching Robots Right from Wrong by Wendell Wallach
CTDH, January 2, 2010
A comprehensive look at some of the most challenging issued facing our worldwide culture in the near future. Machines are already acting for us. Can we assume that they will behave morally? Allen and Wallach think we can make them do so; the consequences of failure are ugly. Everyone should read this book.(1 of 1 readers found this comment helpful)