2020 Foreword Indie Award Honorable Mention in the Science & Technology Category Late in 2017, the Global significance of the conversation about Artificial Intelligence (AI) changed forever.
It leaves the fiction behind, paints the alarming implications of AI for what they actually are, and calls for unified action to protect fundamental human rights and dignities for all..
As we march toward a future far different than ever imagined, T-Minus AI is fascinating and crucially well-timed.
America and like-minded nations are awakening to these new realities--and the paths they\'re electing to follow echo loudly the political foundations and, in most cases, the moral imperatives upon which they were formed.
Russia, playing catch up, is weaponizing AI through its military systems and now infamous, aggressive efforts to disrupt democracy by whatever disinformation means possible.
AI has already become China\'s all-purpose tool to impose its authoritarian influence around the world.
Kanaan also dives into the Global implications of AI by illuminating the cultural and national vulnerabilities already exposed and the pressing issues now squarely on the table.
Air Force\'s first Chairperson for Artificial Intelligence, Kanaan weaves a compelling new view on our history of innovation and technology to masterfully explain what each of us should know about modern computing, AI, and machine learning.
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In T-Minus AI: Humanity\'s Countdown to Artificial Intelligence and the New Pursuit of Global Power, author Michael Kanaan explains AI from a human-oriented perspective we can all finally understand.
Hidden behind complicated and technical jargon and confused by fantastical depictions of science fiction, the modern realities of AI and its profound implications are hard to decipher, but crucial to recognize.
Despite everything at stake, to most of us AI remains shrouded by a cloud of mystery and misunderstanding.
Now, not long after, the race has become a sprint.
Consistent with their unique national agendas, countries throughout the world began plotting their paths and hurrying their pace.
The race was on.
Only weeks later, Vladimir Putin raised a Russian red flag in response by declaring AI the future for all humankind, and proclaiming that, Whoever becomes the leader in this sphere will become the ruler of the world.
China put the world on alert when it released a plan to dominate all aspects of AI across the planet. 2020 Foreword Indie Award Honorable Mention in the Science & Technology Category Late in 2017, the Global significance of the conversation about Artificial Intelligence (AI) changed forever
