Book: AI is cool, but nowhere near human capacity - Futurity

You are free to share this article under the Attribution 4.0 International license. In 2020, Elon Musk said artificial intelligence would surpass human intelligence within five years, on its way to becoming "an immortal dictator." A new book says no way, not ever. The book, Why Machines Will Never Rule the World: Artificial Intelligence without Fear (Routledge, 2022), argues against the possibility of engineering machines that can surpass human intelligence. Coauthors are Barry Smith, professor in the philosophy department at the University at Buffalo and Jobst Landgrebe, senior research associate in the philosophy department and founder of Cognotekt, a German AI company.