Weighing in from the cutting-edge frontiers of science, todayâs most forward-thinking minds explore the rise of âmachines that think.â
Stephen Hawking recently made headlines by noting, âThe development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race.â Others, conversely, have trumpeted a new age of âsuperintelligenceâ in which smart devices will exponentially extend human capacities. No longer just a matter of science-fiction fantasy (2001, Blade Runner, The Terminator, Her, etc.), it is time to seriously consider the reality of intelligent technology, many forms of which are already being integrated into our daily lives. In that spirit, John Brockman, publisher of Edge. org (âthe worldâs smartest websiteâ â The Guardian), asked the worldâs most influential scientists, philosophers, and artists one of todayâs most consequential questions: What do you think about machines that think?