Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Max Tegmark

Aug 2017 · Sold by Vintage

About this ebook

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • How will Artificial Intelligence affect crime, war, justice, jobs, society and our very sense of being human? The rise of AI has the potential to transform our future more than any other technology—and there’s nobody better qualified or situated to explore that future than Max Tegmark, an MIT professor who’s helped mainstream research on how to keep AI beneficial.
 
How can we grow our prosperity through automation without leaving people lacking income or purpose? What career advice should we give today’s kids? How can we make future AI systems more robust, so that they do what we want without crashing, malfunctioning or getting hacked? Should we fear an arms race in lethal autonomous weapons? Will machines eventually outsmart us at all tasks, replacing humans on the job market and perhaps altogether? Will AI help life flourish like never before or give us more power than we can handle?
 
What sort of future do you want? This book empowers you to join what may be the most important conversation of our time. It doesn’t shy away from the full range of viewpoints or from the most controversial issues—from superintelligence to meaning, consciousness and the ultimate physical limits on life in the cosmos.

Ratings and reviews

I went into this read a lot more pessimistic than I came out. Max puts an excellent humanitarian take on the current situation & puts the ball square in our own court as to what the results will become. He reminds us that the only ones who can police and prevent a destopian AI future are us. I love the book's recent historical information about the work to manage our inevitable AI future, and alternative futures. Seems a bit light on the inevitable subversion that WILL abuse the technology though. Defenses?

Incredible insight into a very real future. Highly recommend. Enjoyed every word of it.

If you ever care about future human flourishing and safety then you should read this book

About the author

MAX TEGMARK is an MIT professor who has authored more than 200 technical papers on topics from cosmology to artificial intelligence. As president of the Future of Life Institute, he worked with Elon Musk to launch the first-ever grants program for AI safety research. He has been featured in dozens of science documentaries. His passion for ideas, adventure, and entrepreneurship is infectious.