AGI Revolution: An Inside View of the Rise of Artificial General Intelligence

by Ben Goertzel

Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) is the quest for the sci-fi AI dream: AI with mental autonomy, generality, adaptiveness and imagination equal to and ultimately exceeding that of humans. After decades of R&D struggles, the time for AGI is now finally near. Since the early aughts, Dr. Ben Goertzel has been the leading force advancing the concept of AGI in the research community and the public sphere. Here he gives an insider's account of the rise of AI and AGI from relative obscurity to their current status as the focus of large corporate and government initiatives. He presents his understanding of the operation of the human brain, and the viability of various approaches to AGI including his own OpenCog AGI project; and also describes his efforts to use AI to solve critical issues such as human aging. In Goertzel's vision, AGI will soon yield dramatic changes in every area of human life and society. Advanced AGIs that vastly exceed human intelligence will bring on a Technological Singularity, quite likely within our lifetimes.

Genres: Artificial Intelligence, Science

612 pages, Paperback

Published July 16, 2016

Reviews

[George Hohbach · Rating 5 out of 5]

EXCITING, SCIENTIFIC READ ABOUT AGI
Ben Goertzel's thought-leading book "AGI Revolution" is inspiring and a great read. It's very well structured and based on clear systematic thinking. That way, Goertzel - who has been spearheading the AGI evolution as a visionary, passionate scientist himself for decades - guides the reader through the important field of the AGI Revolution and makes the many ramifications and implications of this key development an exciting account of the present and the future.

[calavera · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sluggish at some, going too wide at other places - urging you to skip. There are also many typos and misplaced photos. But despite all the shortcomings, good book content-wise.