computers / intelligence (ai) & semantics

"Technology journalist Luke Dormehl takes you through the history of AI and how it makes up the foundations of the machines that think for us today"--Provided by publisher.

An examination of cyberconciousness, describing the world's most sentient robot, Bina48, that is a nascent mindclone of the author's wife and discussing multimedia data that is collected to create a Mindfile which collects a person's thoughts, memories, feelings, and opinions through social networking sites and blogs.

"'Our Final Invention' argues, we may be racing towards our own annihilation, as the military, academia, and corporate advances in artificial intelligence may lead to an uncontrollable new lifeform far smarter and more powerful than we can imagine. Advanced artificial intelligence might seem like a far-out science fiction story, but it is actually far closer than most of us realize. Bringing together the ideas of experts and exposing the dark side to the vision presented in 'The Singularity is Near,' 'Our Final Invention' explores how the convergence of current developments in technology may lead to a catastrophic outcome within the next few years"--Provided by publisher.