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AI’s creator reveals its dangers and our urgent need to understand.
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Smarter Than Us

Superintelligence and the Future of Humanity

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  • Hardcover

    176 pages

  • Release Date

    2 February 2027

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Summary

From the Nobel Prize-winning ‘Godfather of AI’, a landmark reckoning with the world-changing technology he helped create.

When Geoffrey Hinton, the pioneering architect of artificial neural networks, resigned from Google in 2023 following an epiphany about the dangers of artificial intelligence, it made headlines around the world.

Smarter Than Us is his long-awaited call to arms. As he shows, only by fully understanding how AI works can we see how dangerous it is beco…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780241836347
ISBN-10:0241836344
Author:Geoffrey Hinton, Patchen Barss
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Allen Lane
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:176
Release Date:2 February 2027
Weight:361g
Dimensions:21mm x 156mm x 240mm
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About The Author

Geoffrey Hinton

Geoffrey Hinton

Geoffrey Hinton is the recipient of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics. He pioneered the development of artificial neural networks, laying the foundation for modern artificial intelligence. He is a former Vice President and Engineering Fellow at Google, a distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto, and advises leaders around the world on AI safety.

Patchen Barss

Patchen Barss is a science journalist and the author of The Impossible Man: Roger Penrose and the Cost of Genius. He has written for the BBC, Globe and Mail, Nautilus Magazine, Scientific American and Quanta.

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