Augmented Human Intelligence - by Erik J Larson & Chee-We Ng (Hardcover)

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Book Synopsis A clear-eyed look at what AI actually is--and why we must focus on AI systems that augment human cognition, rather than mimic it. From a seasoned AI researcher and a VC investor and entrepreneur. Augmented Human Intelligence cuts through all the hype and noise around AI by returning to a central, often overlooked question: What is intelligence actually for? Rather than aiming to build autonomous superintelligent agents, AI leaders Erik Larson and Chee-We Ng argue in this book that we should focus on systems that support and extend human judgment, understanding, and decision-making--capacities that the current AI largely ignores. Most state-of-the-art models rely on statistical…