Chapter 11Alchemy and AI
“Artificial intelligence will be either the best, or worst thing, ever to happen to humanity.”
Stephen Hawking, Theoretical Physicist
Trigger Question: how curious are you about new technology such as Artificial Intelligence (AI); does it excite you or worry you?
Let’s play a game. It is actually a game you can play next time you have friends over to your place. We’ll call it “the Imitation Game”. The rules of the game are simple: select in your group one man and one woman and ask both to go into a separate room so they are out of sight. Ask them to flip a coin to establish who will be A and who will be B from that point on. Everyone else at the party will communicate with them by means of written questions slipped ...
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