T-Minus AI: Humanity's Countdown to Artificial Intelligence and the New Pursuit of Global Power (Hardcover)

Contents

Author's Note
Prologue Out of the Dark

Part 1

The Evolution of Intelligence:
From a Bang to a Byte

Chapter 1 Setting the Stage
Chapter 2 In the Beginning . . .
Chapter 3 Too Many Numbers to Count
Chapter 4 Secret Origins of Modern Computing
Chapter 5 Unifying the Languages of Men and Machines
Chapter 6 Consciousness and Other Brain-to-Computer Comparisons

Part 2

Twenty-First Century Computing and AI:
Power, Patterns, and Predictions

Chapter 7 Games Matter
Chapter 8 A Deluge of Data
Chapter 9 Mimicking the Mind
Chapter 10 Bias in the Machine
Chapter 11 From Robots to Bots

Part 3

The Sovereign State of AI:
Technology's Influence in the Global Balance

Chapter 12 Moments That Awaken Nations
Chapter 13 China's Expanding Sphere
Chapter 14 Russian Disruption
Chapter 15 Democratic Ideals in an AI World
Chapter 16 A Computer's Conclusion

Acknowledgments
Notes
Index