- Hardcover: 237 pages
- Publisher: Piatkus Books (24 Aug 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0749920815
- ISBN-13: 978-0749920814
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 16.3 x 2.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,115,374 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The whole area of intelligence testing has been the scene of fierce argument in recent years. Whether it's racists using IQ results to "prove" whites are more intelligent than blacks, or bien pensants using the very same results to show the virtual opposite, the subject of who is smarter than whom--and why, where, and how--is one of the most controversial in modern society.
With this book, Reading University cybernetician Kevin Warwick has fearlessly taken this bull by the horns--and indeed stomped on its head. Utilising a crisp, astringent, plain-spoken style, Warwick unblinkingly analyses all the thorniest issues, such as gender differences, ethnic discrepancies, even animal "intellect". He also frisks these issues for interesting info: this is a great book for furnishing a pub argument with controversial facts--did you know women are dulled by eating chocolate, that men are cleverer after a few peanuts, or that bees are arguably smarter than book reviewers?
Despite his breeziness of tone, however, Warwick's ultimate aim is deadly serious. As a specialist in robotics he aims to find out what we mean by artificial intelligence, and what that artificial intelligence (so much swifter than our own) means for us. It has to be said his conclusions are as unreassuring as his book is invigorating.--Sean Thomas
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Dr. Kevin Warwick is deeply critical of techniques used to measure human intelligence, in particular IQ tests. In this book he outlines a theory that proposes a universal view of intelligence, within which human animal and artificial intelligence are united.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Interesting..,
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This review is from: QI: The Quest for Intelligence - A Revolutionary Investigation into Human, Animal and Artificial Intelligence (Hardcover)
A brilliant read,For those who simply dismiss the ideas put forward, Think back to what it was like in the year 1911/12 - The titanic was never going to sink. Europe was stable, "no chance of war". People were naïve, and didn't want to think about possibilities of what could happen. My advice, of course make up your own mind, read "In the mind of he machine".
4 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
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Disappointing baseless futurephobia,
By A Customer
This review is from: QI: The Quest for Intelligence - A Revolutionary Investigation into Human, Animal and Artificial Intelligence (Hardcover)
What evidence does Warwick offer in support of this potential doomsday scenario? Zilch. What reasoned argument does he present to convince us that intelligent machines would, without question, subjugate us or even destroy us? None at all. From page one to the bitter end, the charge is merely an assertion and painfully similar to the kind of assertions bigots tend to make about the targets of their bigotry. "They're out to get us. They'll take our jobs. They'll eat our babies"A more thoughtful analysis would accept that there are indeed risks arising from the increased intelligence of machines. Intelligent cruise missiles, capable of identifying (most of the time) a precise target in the middle of a city were an early example of how such intelligence could eventually become a threat to us all. If we choose to create "terminators" then we'll all be in deep doodoo! The crucial phrase in that last sentence is "if we choose". There is little doubt that the technology could be made to go that way. What Warwick and other technophobes are postulating, however, is that technology will inevitably go that way even if we do not choose it. In other words, Warwick sees as inevitable that machines with sufficient intellect would, of their own volition, decide that it would be a good idea to do away with the human race. Thus, he (presumably) implies (he never actually states it), that we'd better do something soon to prevent machines ever acquiring such intelligence.... In conclusion, if you bought the book as part of your own "Quest for Intelligence" you won't find it here. If you're a technophobe, it will reinforce your fears and prejudices and you'll no doubt start quoting it as a biblical revelation of the dangers awaiting us. If you're a technophile you'll yawn and go looking for a more serious discussion.
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3.0 out of 5 stars (1 customer review) 5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: QI: The Quest for Intelligence - A Revolutionary Investigation into Human, Animal and Artificial Intelligence (Hardcover)
A book that doesn't so much define as begin to redefine the definition and parameters of human, animal and machine intellgence. Mr. Warwick compares and touches on all three entities' capabilities, functions and consciousness but does not denote one group over the other. And further breaks down intelligence by narrower aspects ie nature vs nuture, evolution, testing, abnormalities, culture, gender, etc and their findings. Amongst his many points, he states that intelligence defined in a single dimension is inconclusive and should rather be measured in multi-dimensional planes or a full hemisphere to show a more accurate representation of different types of intellgence and its overall bearing on an entity. In his opinion, it is unfair or irrelevant to make any type of comparison or judgements based on one-dimensional IQ tests between genders, or different ethnicities since these tests are usually culturally biased. And the ramificaitions of doing so have been shown in the past. He speculates on the possible scope of AI (animal and/or artificial intelligence) and in doing so illustrates that there is so much we don't know nor can fathom by being human and not having the same perspective of the other entities. Personally, I enjoyed this book that reads more like a long essay than a novel. I give Mr. Warwick credit for drawing up arguments that in the past has been dismissed due to ego and ignorance. His conclusions on what the world may be like when machines can compete against humans on more than one plane draws a sinsiter and maybe unpleasant future but the development of science and technology also paves way for a hybrid of human and machine intellgence that may help in the cause. |
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