Artificial Intelligence—in particular the so-called "narrow" form of AI that has already surpassed human capabilities when it comes to specific tasks—is a ubiquitous, trusted part of our lives. But at the same time, AI is a topic that often elicits more questions than answers. Even defining "Artificial Intelligence" is no simple matter. In practice, AI today takes many forms, ranging from consumer-oriented primary points of interaction (AlphaGo, Alexa, Siri, etc.) to high-profile super-machines (DeepMind and Watson), to unseen scripts and bots operating behind the scenes.\n Few topics have both piqued such curiosity and instilled so much fear, as has been demonstrated by countless fictional and non-fictional accounts and predictions concerning AI over the last century. Perhaps only one thing is certain: if today’s narrow AI eventually develops to become Artificial General Intelligence—i.e. intelligence that meets or exceeds human level intelligence—it will impact everyone and everything in our world.\n But is artificial super intelligence really inevitable? Can artificial intelligence render actual human labor obsolete—not only in in traditional manufacturing jobs, but also in knowledge industries that until now have been seen as safe from automation? When might artificial intelligence actually surpass human intelligence? And ultimately, will AI lead to human prosperity or, as some argue, human extinction?\n CLOG x ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE will critically examine AI from its earliest speculations to its future...and ours.
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Biography
Kyle May is a practicing architect in New York City, and cofounder and editor-in-chief of CLOG. He received his MArch from Kent State University, and worked at REX, Openshop|Studio, FACE Design + Fabrication, and Rogers Marvel Architects. He is registered in New York and Ohio. May has been a visiting critic at Harvard GSD, Princeton University, Columbia University, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Syracuse University, Kent State University, City College of New York, and New York City College of Technology; and has lectured at Yale, MIT, NYU, Barnard, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Kent State University, KTH Stockholm and Lund University. He has worked on preservation and renovation proposals for Wallace Harrison's Hopkins Center at Dartmouth, the Hall Auditorium at Oberlin College, and the McGraw-Hill and Time Life buildings at Rockefeller Center.Publisher
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