This book argues that in the course of this century, the dramatic growth in the capability of AI will bring about two transformations: the economic singularity and the technological singularity. This book will help us prepare for what will either be the best or the worst things ever to happen to humanity.
Section I Artificial Intelligence
Chapter 1 An Overnight Sensation, after 60 Years
Chapter 2 The State of the Art: Artificial Narrow
Intelligence
Chapter 3 Exponential Improvement
Chapter 4 Tomorrow's AI
Chapter 5 Singularities
Section II The Technological Singularity
Chapter 6 How to Make an Artificial General Intelligence
Chapter 7 When Might the First AGI Arrive?
Chapter 8 From AGI to Superintelligence (ASI)
Chapter 9 Will Superintelligence Be Beneficial?
Chapter 10 Ensuring that Superintelligence is Friendly (FAI)
Chapter 11 The Technological Singularity:
Summary and Conclusions
Section III The Economic Singularity
Chapter 12 The History of Automation
Chapter 13 Is It Different This Time?
Chapter 14 The Challenges
Chapter 15 Four Scenarios
Chapter 16 Protopian Un-forecast
Chapter 17 The Economic Singularity: Summary and
Conclusions