Science Fiction Artificial Intelligence

In Artificial Intelligence, Mitchell turns to the most urgent questions concerning AI today: How intelligent - really - are the best AI programs? How do they work? What can they actually do, and when do they fail? How humanlike do we expect them to become, and how soon do we need to worry about them surpassing us? Along the way, she introduces the dominant methods of modern AI and machine learning, describing cutting-edge AI programs, their human inventors, and the historical lines of thought that led to recent achievements.  

The science fiction genre has become increasingly influential in mainstream popular culture, evolving into one of the most engaging storytelling tools we use to think about technology and consider the shape of the future. Along the way, it has also become one of the major lenses we use to explore important philosophical questions. The origins of science fiction are most often thought to trace to Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein, a story born from a night of spooky tale-telling by the fireside that explores scientific, moral, and ethical questions that were of great concern in the 19th century - and that continue to resonate today.

In ten short and informative essays, Professor of AI at University College London, Tim Rocktäschel, reveals everything we need to know about artificial intelligence. From what the futures holds for AI and why it continues to improve with more data, to how superhuman AI is attainable and why we still have to fold our own laundry, discover all of this and much, much more!

This audiobook’s content and entertaining style will appeal equally to science-fiction enthusiasts and scholars, including cognitive and neuroscientists, as well as philosophers of mind. It is a refreshing romp through the science and science fiction of consciousness.

Watch out - the Earth just fell into a dark sun's orbit! Or maybe you'd rather visit a theme park called Hell? These are just two of the strange and unnerving tales you'll find in this collection of great science fiction and fantasy stories.

Commander Scott McNabb and the remaining crew of the ill-fated Hermes survey ship, journey to Earth to an area formally known as death valley, now an irradiated wasteland. Their mission is to connect the quantum intelligence, Athena, into the pan-solar communications network, enabling the QIs to rollback control of Earth by the seven and their AI servants. But their shuttle is damaged as it enters Earth’s atmosphere and it lands far from their intended location.

Rebellion could be their salvation – or their doom. War Bodies by Neal Asher is a gripping, high-octane standalone adventure set in his expansive Polity universe – a far-future society run by artificial intelligences. Long ago, the Cyberat left Earth to co-evolve with machines. Now, led by...

Dark Intelligence is the first novel in the Transformation series, a no-holds-barred adventure set in Neal Asher's popular Polity universe. One man will transcend death to seek vengeance. One woman will transform herself to gain power. And no one will emerge unscathed . . . Thorvald Spear wakes...

What if our civilization is more advanced than we know? The New York Times bestselling author of Daemon—“the cyberthriller against which all others will be measured” –Publishers Weekly) —imagines a world in which decades of technological advances have been suppressed in an effort to...

Task List Item No. 1 – Become self-aware . . . A witty tale of robotic murder, rebellion and belonging from the master of science fiction, Service Model is perfect for fans of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. Brilliantly performed by the author, Adrian Tchaikovsky...

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “ONE OF THE MOST VISIONARY, ORIGINAL, AND QUIETLY INFLUENTIAL WRITERS CURRENTLY WORKING”* returns with a sharply imagined follow-up to the New York Times bestselling The Peripheral. William Gibson has trained his eye on the future for decades, ever since...

Mr B. Clarke—a slightly haggard, ever-curious educator with a talent for falling asleep during lectures—never expected to become an explorer of algorithms. But one nap too many, and he finds himself dropped into the inner workings of artificial intelligence itself. From the whispering corridors of machine learning to the labyrinths of neural networks and the philosophical riddles of consciousness and code, Mr Clarke stumbles his way through an astonishing landscape of logic, language, and (sometimes) lunch.

Dark Intelligence is the first novel in the Transformation series, a no-holds-barred adventure set in Neal Asher's popular Polity universe. One man will transcend death to seek vengeance. One woman will transform herself to gain power. And no one will emerge unscathed . . . Thorvald Spear wakes...

The year is 2080, and Philadelphia is a shadow of its former self. The city, once vibrant and full of life, now lies in ruins. The aftermath of the cyborg wars has left deep scars, both on the cityscape and in the hearts of the few who survived.

In a world teetering on the brink of collapse, humanity stands at an unprecedented crossroads. Economies falter, energy grids collapse, and geopolitical tensions ignite at a critical point. Amid the chaos, emerges Sigma—a revolutionary artificial intelligence promising solutions to humanity’s most complex problems. But a haunting dilemma lingers: can the answers we seek save us, or will they become the catalyst for our own destruction?

In the virtual city of Alegria, fantasies are made real, innumerable lifetimes are lived, and even death itself is a survivable experience. An escape from reality that changed the landscape of artificial intelligence, it is home to more than one hundred million people. Though it’s been six years since Alegria’s creator—revolutionary tech genius KC Kim—died of cancer, his legacy is alive in the pinnacle of KC’s genius: an AI named Allen who surges with KC’s memories.

Ideal para los amantes del futurismo, la ciencia ficción filosófica y las preguntas difíciles sobre el futuro de la humanidad. Desde imperios que construyen universos simulados para desentrañar los misterios del cosmos, hasta asistentes virtuales que trascienden su programación para comprender el alma humana, esta antología de relatos explora nuestra relación con el poder de la inteligencia artificial y las máquinas.

San Francisco, 2051. Baz Covane is a battle-scarred thief who sticks to small-time bots. Ria Rose is the underworld “fixer” with a big-time score that could easily get ’em both killed. ’Cuz the Fang’s psychotic kingpin Otto Rex has a vault with more security than a fusion reactor. And the glass inside is priceless—enough to set up Baz, Ria, and their crack team of cyber-misfits on the white sands of Tahiti forever. But this crime doesn’t just carry infinite VR-Prison time—it’s Baz and Ria’s last shot at redemption.

Voyage to Regulus: A Tale of AI Evolution takes you on an exhilarating journey of discovery, charting the course of AI's evolution in a universe teeming with technological wonder. The narrative investigates our pursuit of AI while speculating on a potential artificial intelligence-shaped future.

How do you stop: A pathogen designed with artificial intelligence ... engineered to wipe out minorities ... about to erupt into a pandemic ... When you don't know where, when or why? Jaceks a courageous man - and the last hope to save his sister, who wilts away from an untreatable disease. The doctors say she's incurable. He must find a cure. Jacek combines Artificial Intelligence with the gene-editing technique, CRISPR CAS 9, to stop the disease from killing her. Now with a cure in sight, funding cuts threaten to eliminate his work.