Futurist Gerd Leonhard’s notes on Stuart Russell’s powerful new book on AI: Human Compatible

Here are my notes on Stuart Russell’s powerful new book on AI: Human Compatible

This is a 5* must-read for anyone interested in AI and the Future of Humanity!

Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control (book preview on Google Books)

About Stuart Russell | The book on Amazon | The Guardian Review

Below, I will show the excerpts I found most useful, in the form of images exported from my Kindle. Enjoy!

“Ok, from now on I’ll call you ‘Ann Ambulance’

check out the image gallery for my most useful excerpts

“Automation increases the share of income to capital

… and decreases the share going to labor”

Author: Gerd Leonhard

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