Description
Each year, the AI community convenes to administer the famous (and famously controversial) Turing test, pitting sophisticated software programs against humans to resolve if a pc can “think.” The machine that most steadily fools the judges wins the Most Human Computer Award. But there could also be a prize, unusual and intriguing, for the “Most Human Human.”
Brian Christian—a young poet with degrees in computer science and philosophy—used to be chosen to take part in a latest competition. This playful, profound book is not just a testament to his efforts to be deemed more human than a pc, but also a rollicking exploration of what it means to be human within the first place.