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Artificial intelligence - When do machines take over?

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Authors:
  1. Klaus Mainzer

    1. Emeritus of Excellence, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany

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  • Is "artificial intelligence" replacing humans?
  • It explains the logical, scientific and technical foundations of intelligent systems.
  • Should the use of artificial intelligence be limited?

Part of the book series: Technik im Fokus (TECHNIK)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction: What Is AI?

    • Klaus Mainzer
    Pages 1-5

  3. A Short History of the AI

    • Klaus Mainzer
    Pages 7-13

  4. Logical Thinking Becomes Automatic

    • Klaus Mainzer
    Pages 15-45

  5. Systems Become Experts

    • Klaus Mainzer
    Pages 47-58

  6. Computers Learn to Speak

    • Klaus Mainzer
    Pages 59-83

  7. Algorithms Simulate Evolution

    • Klaus Mainzer
    Pages 85-100

  8. Neuronal Networks Simulate Brains

    • Klaus Mainzer
    Pages 101-139

  9. Robots Become Social

    • Klaus Mainzer
    Pages 141-156

  10. Infrastructures Become Intelligent

    • Klaus Mainzer
    Pages 157-182

  11. From Natural and Artificial Intelligence to Superintelligence?

    • Klaus Mainzer
    Pages 183-241

  12. How Safe Is Artificial Intelligence?

    • Klaus Mainzer
    Pages 243-266

  13. Artificial Intelligence and Responsibility

    • Klaus Mainzer
    Pages 267-279
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About this book

Everybody knows them. Smartphones that talk to us, wristwatches that record our health data, workflows that organize themselves automatically, cars, airplanes and drones that control themselves, traffic and energy systems with autonomous logistics or robots that explore distant planets are technical examples of a networked world of intelligent systems. Machine learning is dramatically changing our civilization. We rely more and more on efficient algorithms, because otherwise we will not be able to cope with the complexity of our civilizing infrastructure. 
But how secure are AI algorithms? This challenge is taken up in the 2nd edition:  Complex neural networks are fed and trained with huge amounts of data (big data). The number of necessary parameters explodes exponentially. Nobody knows exactly what is going on in these "black boxes". In machine learning we need more explainability and accountability of causes and effects in order to be able to decide ethicaland legal questions of responsibility (e.g. in autonomous driving or medicine)! Besides causal learning, we also analyze procedures of tests and verification to get certified AI-programs.  
Since its inception, AI research has been associated with great visions of the future of mankind. It is already a key technology that will decide the global competition of social systems. "Artificial Intelligence and Responsibility" is another central supplement to the 2nd edition: How should we secure our individual liberty rights in the AI world? This book is a plea for technology design: AI must prove itself as a service in society.


Authors and Affiliations

  • Emeritus of Excellence, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany

    Klaus Mainzer

About the author

Prof. Klaus Mainzer studied mathematics, physics and philosophy at the University of Münster, where he also earned his doctorate in philosophy (1973) and habilitated. Before his appointment to the Chair of Philosophy and Philosophy of Science at the TUM and his appointment as Director of the Carl von Linde Academy in 2008, he worked as Professor (1981-1988) and Prorector (1985-1988) at the University of Konstanz and as Professor and Founding Director of the Institute for Interdisciplinary Computer Science (1988-2008) at the University of Augsburg. He is a member of numerous (inter)national committees and academies. From 2012 to 2014 he was founding director of the Munich Center for Technology in Society (MCTS).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Artificial intelligence - When do machines take over?

  • Authors: Klaus Mainzer

  • Series Title: Technik im Fokus

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-59717-0

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-59716-3Published: 24 October 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-59717-0Published: 14 October 2019

  • Series ISSN: 2194-0770

  • Series E-ISSN: 2194-0789

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 279

  • Number of Illustrations: 47 b/w illustrations, 10 illustrations in colour

  • Additional Information: Translation from the German Language edition: Mainzer: Künstliche Intelligenz - Wann übernehmen die Maschinen? , © Springer-Verlag GmbH Deutschland 2018

  • Topics: Popular Science in Technology, Computational Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence

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