Non-Computable You

What You Do That Artificial Intelligence Never Will

By: Robert J. Marks

Narrated by: Larry Nobles

Will machines someday replace attorneys, physicians, computer programmers, and world leaders? What about composers, painters, and novelists? Will tomorrow’s supercomputers duplicate and exceed humans? Are we just wetware, natural computers doomed to obsolescence by tomorrow’s ultra-powerful artificial intelligence? In Non-Computable You: What You Do That Artificial Intelligence Never Will, Robert J. Marks II answers these and other fascinating questions with his trademark blend of whimsy and expertise. Catch a glimpse of the geniuses behind today’s AI—their foibles, follies, and friendships—as told by someone on the inside. Under the author’s steady and winsome guidance, learn about the exciting possibilities for artificial intelligence, but also hear how many of the heady claims for AI are provably overblown. Marks shows why there are some powers AI will never possess, no matter what. These powers belong to another—to non-computable you.

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A voice of reason in the world of hype

Non-Computable You is a well written antidote for the sensationalist and alarmist hype surrounding AI. The book is fascinating, mostly accessible, and well researched. I’ll be back for seconds…

reality of artificial intelligence

extremely well thought through well analyzed and real perspective of artificial intelligence this is a nerds Paradise

lmpressive!

If I had doubts... I,'m now convinced. self inspection tells me this guy knows what he's talking about.

13 hours of Question-Begging

With many of today’s best minds working on bringing human-level or superhuman AI to the world within the decade, I came to this book earnestly seeking arguments as to what truly distinguishes us from machines. I was terribly disappointed - in the first chapter or two, the author simply asserts machines “are not and never will be creative”. No arguments or evidence was offered. Recent breakthroughs like AlphaGo were dismissed as merely “doing what the programmer intended”. When we finally got to GPT3 there was no discussion of transformers, scaling laws, or emergent capabilities. It’s almost as though he thinks Sam Altman et al are confused children who have somehow suckered billions of dollars out of the economy with no hope of delivering more than a neat party trick. “AI could never replace a doctor, lawyer, or engineer” he asserts, when literally just two years later this is what’s happening.

With the conclusion safely “demonstrated”, the author goes on for another 10 hours or so on mostly irrelevant factoids about modern computing. These might be very interesting and helpful for a layperson new to the subject, but did nothing to strengthen his case.