Humans Need Not Apply
A Guide to Wealth & Work in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
by Jerry Kaplan
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After decades of effort, researchers are finally cracking the code on artificial intelligence. Society stands on the cusp of unprecedented change, driven by advances in robotics, machine learning, and perception powering systems that rival or exceed human capabilities. Driverless cars, robotic helpers, and intelligent agents that promote our interests have the potential to usher in a new age of affluence and leisure—but as AI expert and Silicon Valley entrepreneur Jerry Kaplan warns, the transition may be protracted and brutal unless we address the two great scourges of the modern developed world: volatile labor markets and income inequality.
In Humans Need Not Apply, he proposes innovative, free-market adjustments to our economic system and social policies to avoid an extended period of social turmoil. His timely and accessible analysis of the promises and perils of AI is a must-read for business leaders and policy makers on both sides of the aisle.
“A reminder that AI systems don’t need red laser eyes to be dangerous.”—Times Higher Education Supplement
“Kaplan…sidesteps the usual arguments of techno-optimism and dystopia, preferring to go for pragmatic solutions to a shrinking pool of jobs.”—Financial Times
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OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9780300216417
- File size: 1865 KB
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- ISBN: 9780300216417
- File size: 2664 KB
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- English
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August 1, 2015
Kaplan (fellow, Ctr. for Legal Informatics, Stanford Univ.) leads readers through his anticipated world in which human job seekers are woefully undermatched to their artificial intelligence (AI) rivals. The work hypothesizes that in a data-driven, complex workplace of algorithms, milliseconds, and automation, human intelligence will not be able to compete. The causes of this anticipated change in the labor market are owing to a confluence of factors that derive from recent advances in computation and machine learning. With a career in the Silicon Valley under his belt, Kaplan is able to draw on and extrapolate how companies may respond to AI competitiveness with the American worker. The author explores such careers as commerce and high frequency trading that will be impacted by this technology-infused environment. Kaplan successfully proposes solutions for human careers in this new world, offering insights into how companies can invest in worker potential for the long-term. VERDICT This accessible and timely work is suitable for technology enthusiasts and those readers with an interest in the application of robotics and AI to the workforce of the future.--Jim Hahn, Univ. Lib., Univ. of Illinois, Urbana
Copyright 2015 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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