New book co-written by UB philosopher claims AI will "never" rule the world

Barry Smith, PhD, SUNY Distinguished Professor in the Department of Philosophy in UB's College of Arts and Sciences, and Jobst Landgrebe, PhD, founder of Cognotekt, a German AI company, have co-authored "Why Machines Will Never Rule the World: Artificial Intelligence without Fear." Their book presents a powerful argument against the possibility of engineering machines that can surpass human intelligence. Machine learning and all other working software applications the proud accomplishments of those involved in AI research are for Smith and Landgrebe far from anything resembling the capacity of humans. Further, they argue that any incremental progress that's unfolding in the field of AI research will in practical terms bring it no closer to the full functioning possibility of the human brain. There cannot be a machine will, they say.