Life 3.0 Being human in the age of Artificial Intelligence by Max Tegmark

A super interesting read. Learned a lot.

I particularly enjoyed the 4 chapters in which Tegmark discusses possible scenarios of AI being developed in the near, far and very far future. I also appreciate his working definitions of Intelligence and Consciousness, background and how they play an important role in the development of future AI technology.

Intelligence: the ability to accomplish complex goals

AGI: Artificial General Intelligence, able to accomplish any goals, at least like humans.

Intelligence Explosion: birth of a Singularity

Consciousness: subjective experience.

What makes matter conscious? What physical properties distinguish conscious and unconscious systems?

Table of Contents

Prelude: The Tale of the Omega Team

1. Welcome to the Most Important Conversation of our time

2. Matter turns Intelligent

3. The Near Future: Breakthroughs, Bugs, Laws, Weapons and Jobs

4. Intelligence Explosion?

5. Aftermath: the Next 10,000 years

6. Our Cosmic Endowment: the Next Billion Years and Beyond

7. Goals

8. Consciousness

Epilogue: The Tale of the FLI Team