There are some very good nuggets but it feels that the package is less than the sum of its parts because of the heterogeneous comparisons.

I think generally unproductive to read as a whole book - very interesting as micro biographies of individuals ideas separately. ( )

Are The Robots Coming For Us?

This is a grab-bag of rather short, quick-take essays by people associated with the AI community about the possible future of AI, and in particular, the development of general artificial intelligence. Many well-respected engineers have warned us recently that general AI may soon reach a tipping point where it cannot be stopped and cannot be bent to the will of humankind.

Some of these essays struck me as full of insight, some not so much. No questions are answered, but as a platform for generating discussion and thought, the book does well. ( )

I reviewed this for Choice.

Did not finish. This book was a decided blast from the past--it was almost a convention of people who were wrong about AI in 1985, and are still wrong. Asks the wrong people the wrong questions. ( )