The age of em : work, love, and life when robots rule the Earth

Robots may one day rule the world, but what is a robot-ruled Earth like? Many think that the first truly smart robots will be brain emulations or "ems." Robin Hanson draws on decades of expertise in economics, physics, and computer science to paint a detailed picture of this next great era...

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Main Author: Hanson, Robin
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Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2016
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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Subjects:
Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence > Forecasting
Artificial intelligence > Philosophy
Computers and civilization
Forecasting
Künstliche Intelligenz
Prognose
Roboter
Robots
Social aspects
Social change
Social change > Forecasting
Sozialer Wandel
Technological innovations
ISBN:9780198754626, 0198754620, 9780198817826, 0198817827
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Abstract Robots may one day rule the world, but what is a robot-ruled Earth like? Many think that the first truly smart robots will be brain emulations or "ems." Robin Hanson draws on decades of expertise in economics, physics, and computer science to paint a detailed picture of this next great era in human (and machine) evolution - the age of em.
AbstractList Robots may one day rule the world, but what is a robot-ruled Earth like? Many think the first truly smart robots will be brain emulations or ems. Scan a human brain, then run a model with the same connections on a fast computer, and you have a robot brain, but recognizably human. Train an em to do some job and copy it a million times: an army of workers is at your disposal. When they can be made cheaply, within perhaps a century, ems will displace humans in most jobs. In this new economic era, the world economy may double in size every few weeks. Some say we can't know the future, especially following such a disruptive new technology, but Professor Robin Hanson sets out to prove them wrong. Applying decades of expertise in physics, computer science, and economics, he uses standard theories to paint a detailed picture of a world dominated by ems. While human lives don't change greatly in the em era, em lives are as different from ours as our lives are from those of our farmer and forager ancestors. Ems make us question common assumptions of moral progress, because they reject many of the values we hold dear. Read about em mind speeds, body sizes, job training and career paths, energy use and cooling infrastructure, virtual reality, aging and retirement, death and immortality, security, wealth inequality, religion, teleportation, identity, cities, politics, law, war, status, friendship and love. This book shows you just how strange your descendants may be, though ems are no stranger than we would appear to our ancestors. To most ems, it seems good to be an em.
Robots may one day rule the world, but what is a robot-ruled Earth like? Many think that the first truly smart robots will be brain emulations or 'ems'. Robin Hanson draws on decades of expertise in economics, physics, and computer science to paint a detailed picture of this next great era in human (and machine) evolution.
Robots may one day rule the world, but what is a robot-ruled Earth like? Many think that the first truly smart robots will be brain emulations or "ems." Robin Hanson draws on decades of expertise in economics, physics, and computer science to paint a detailed picture of this next great era in human (and machine) evolution - the age of em.
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SubjectTerms Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence -- Forecasting
Artificial intelligence -- Philosophy
Computers and civilization
Forecasting
Künstliche Intelligenz
Prognose
Roboter
Robots
Social aspects
Social change
Social change -- Forecasting
Sozialer Wandel
Technological innovations
TableOfContents Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- PREFACE TO HARDBACK -- PREFACE TO PAPERBACK -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I: Basics -- CHAPTER 1. Start -- OVERVIEW -- SUMMARY -- CHAPTER 2. Modes -- PRECEDENTS -- PRIOR ERAS -- OUR ERA -- ERA VALUES -- DREAMTIME -- LIMITS -- CHAPTER 3. Framing -- MOTIVATION -- FORECASTING -- SCENARIOS -- CONSENSUS -- SCOPE -- BIASES -- CHAPTER 4. Assumptions -- BRAINS -- EMULATIONS -- ANTHROPOMORPHIZE -- COMPLEXITY -- ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE -- CHAPTER 5. Implementation -- MINDREADING -- HARDWARE -- SECURITY -- PARALLELISM -- PART II: Physics -- CHAPTER 6. Scales -- SPEEDS -- BODIES -- LILLIPUT -- MEETINGS -- ENTROPY -- MISERLY MINDS -- CHAPTER 7. Infrastructure -- CLIMATE -- COOLING -- AIR AND WATER -- BUILDINGS -- MANUFACTURING -- CHAPTER 8. Appearances -- VIRTUAL REALITY -- COMFORT -- SHARED SPACES -- MERGING REAL AND VIRTUAL -- CHAPTER 9. Information -- VIEWS -- RECORDS -- FAKERY -- SIMULATIONS -- CHAPTER 10. Existence -- COPYING -- RIGHTS -- MANY EMS -- SURVEILLANCE -- CHAPTER 11. Farewells -- FRAGILITY -- RETIREMENT -- GHOSTS -- WAYS TO END -- DEFINING DEATH -- SUICIDE -- PART III: Economics -- CHAPTER 12. Labor -- SUPPLY AND DEMAND -- MALTHUSIAN WAGES -- FIRST EMS -- SELECTION -- ENOUGH EMS -- CHAPTER 13. Efficiency -- CLAN CONCENTRATION -- COMPETITION -- PRODUCTIVITY -- ELITENESS -- QUALITIES -- MOTIVATION -- CHAPTER 14. Work -- WORK HOURS -- SPURS -- SPUR USES -- SOCIAL POWER -- CHAPTER 15. Business -- INSTITUTIONS -- NEW INSTITUTIONS -- COMBINATORIAL AUCTIONS -- PREDICTION MARKETS -- CHAPTER 16. Growth -- FASTER GROWTH -- GROWTH ESTIMATE -- GROWTH MYTHS -- FINANCE -- CHAPTER 17. Lifecycle -- CAREERS -- PEAK AGE -- MATURITY -- PREPARATION -- TRAINING -- CHILDHOOD -- PART IV: Organization -- CHAPTER 18. Clumping -- CITIES -- CITY STRUCTURE -- CITY AUCTIONS
CHOOSING SPEED -- TRANSPORT -- CHAPTER 19. Groups -- CLANS -- MANAGING CLANS -- FIRMS -- FIRM-CLAN RELATIONS -- TEAMS -- MASS VERSUS NICHE TEAMS -- CHAPTER 20. Conflict -- INEQUALITY -- EM INEQUALITY -- REDISTRIBUTION -- WAR -- SLAVERY -- NEPOTISM -- FAKE EXPERTS -- CHAPTER 21. Politics -- STATUS -- GOVERNANCE -- CLAN GOVERNANCE -- DEMOCRACY -- COALITIONS -- FACTIONS -- CHAPTER 22. Rules -- LAW -- EFFICIENT LAW -- INNOVATION -- SOFTWARE -- LONE DEVELOPERS -- PART V: Sociology -- CHAPTER 23. Mating -- SEXUALITY -- OPEN-SOURCE LOVERS -- PAIR BONDS -- GENDER -- GENDER IMBALANCE -- CHAPTER 24. Signals -- SHOWING OFF -- PERSONAL SIGNALS -- GROUP SIGNALS -- CHARITY -- IDENTITY -- COPY IDENTITY -- CHAPTER 25. Collaboration -- RITUAL -- RELIGION -- LANGUAGE -- SWEARING -- CONVERSATION -- ON CALL ADVICE -- SYNCHRONIZATION -- CHAPTER 26. Society -- CULTURE -- DIVISIONS -- FARMER-LIKE -- TRAVEL -- STORIES -- CLAN STORIES -- CHAPTER 27. Minds -- HUMANS -- UNHUMANS -- PARTIAL MINDS -- PSYCHOLOGY -- INTELLIGENCE -- ROGUE MACHINES -- FOOM -- AFTER EMS -- PART VI: Implications -- CHAPTER 28. Variations -- TRENDS -- ALTERNATIVES -- TRANSITION -- ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES -- ALIENS -- CHAPTER 29. Choices -- EVALUATION -- QUALITY OF LIFE -- POLICY -- CHARITY -- SUCCESS -- CHAPTER 30. Finale -- CRITICS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- INDEX
Title The age of em : work, love, and life when robots rule the Earth
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