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A penetrating guide to artificial intelligence: what it is, how it works, and the ways it will define our lives - for better and worse Computer programs can recognize human faces more reliably than humans. They beat us at board games, they bluff better than the best poker players in the world, and some of them can almost pass as human. At a breathtaking pace, machines are becoming better and faster at making complex decisions - even compared to us. In Who's Afraid of AI?, a guide to the most awe-inspiring AI achievements - as well as the most frightening - award-winning author Thomas Ramge expertly explains how machines are learning to learn. Plus, he turns our gaze toward the future as he ponders the greatest AI conundrum: What will become of humans when smart machines become more intelligent than us? What happens when, in many ways, we're obsolete?
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Thomas Ramge is the technology correspondent for the business magazine brand eins and writes for The Economist. His work reflects all things digital, connecting the dots between technology, its impact on business and management and its consequences for society and policy-making. He also teaches at the AI Business School Zurich and serves as Chief Explaining Officer of the German-American analytics company QuantCo.As a writer Thomas has been honored with multiple journalism and book awards, including the Axiom Business Book Award 2019 (gold medal, economics) , the getAbstract International Book Award 2018, Best Business Book of The Year 2018 on Technology and Innovation (by strategy business) , the Herbert Quandt Media award, the German Business Book Award, the ADC Award and the Best of Corporate Publishing Award. After his studies in Germany, France and the US, Thomas began his career as a radio host and TV reporter for the German national public broadcasting network ARD. Later on, he became a political correspondent for Deutsche Welle TV. He was a fellow of the Berlin-based think tank stiftung neue verantwortung and is a co-founder of the start-up hartplatzhelden.de, a platform for amateur scoccer players and fans. Over the past 15 years Thomas has written more than a dozen books, including the Spiegel bestseller The Flicks, the handbooks In Data We Trust and Smart Data and, together with Erik Spiekermann, a bestselling book on design thinking. In 2014 he published his first novel. "Reinventing Capitalism in the Age of Big Data" (with Viktor Mayer-Schonberger) has been translated into 18 languages. Thomas is an acclaimed keynote speaker and frequent moderator of public events, conferences and panels. He lives in Berlin with his wife and son.
