Social Machines: The Coming Collision of Artificial Intelligence, Social Networking, and Humanity

by James Hendler, Alice Mulvehill, Alice M. Mulvehill

Book Overview

Will your next doctor be a human being--or a machine? Will you have a choice? If you do, what should you know before making it?This book introduces the reader to the pitfalls and promises of artificial intelligence (AI) in its modern incarnation and the growing trend of systems to "reach off the Web" into the real world. The convergence of AI, social networking, and modern computing is creating an historic inflection point in the partnership between...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 148421157X
• ISBN13: 9781484211571
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Apress
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"