In the popular imagination, superhuman artificial intelligence is a technological tsunami that threatens not only the economy and human relations, but also civilization itself. The conflict between people and machines seems inevitable, and its outcome is predetermined. Prominent AI researcher Stuart Russell argues that this scenario can be avoided.

In his groundbreaking book, the author explains how people have already learned to use AI, ranging from lethal autonomous weapons to manipulating our preferences, and what else they can teach it. If this happens and superhuman AI appears, we will encounter an entity much more powerful than ourselves. How can we ensure that humans do not end up subordinate to superintelligence?

To do this, Russell believes, artificial intelligence must be built on new principles. Machines must be humble and altruistic and solve our problems, not their own.

What these principles are and how to implement them, the reader will learn from this book, which the most authoritative publications in the world have called the main book on artificial intelligence.

Everything that civilization can offer is a product of our intelligence; gaining access to significantly superior intellectual capabilities would be the greatest event in history. The purpose of this book is to explain why it may be the last event of civilization and how we can prevent such an outcome.

The introduction of the concept of utility - an invisible property - to explain human behavior through mathematical theory was amazing for its time. Especially since, unlike money, the value of various bets and prizes in terms of utility is not available for direct observation.

The first to really benefit from the appearance of robots in the home will be the elderly and infirm, for whom a useful robot can provide a degree of independence unattainable by other means. Even if the robot performs a limited range of tasks and has only a rudimentary understanding of what is happening, it can be very useful.

Obviously, the actions of loyal machines will have to be limited by rules and prohibitions, just as the actions of people are limited by laws and social norms. Some experts suggest unconditional responsibility as a solution.

Features
The book tells about the problems associated with the development of artificial intelligence in an accessible form.

For whom
For those interested in the prospects for the development of artificial intelligence.