BENNETT

為什麼 AI 能擊敗西洋棋大師，卻很難像人類一樣俐落地把洗碗機裝好？A Brief History of Intelligence 從大腦長達十億年的演化歷程尋找答案。AI 創業家 Max Bennett 跨越神經科學與人工智慧兩大領域，將人類智能的形成整理為五次關鍵「突破」，說明大腦如何一步步發展出今日的認知能力。從古老生物的神經系統談到現代 AI，作者比較兩者在學習、判斷與解決問題上的異同，也指出現有 AI 已超越人腦與仍明顯不足之處。本書獲多位神經科學家肯定，以清楚易懂的架構整理前沿研究，從演化重新理解人類智能，也提供思考下一代 AI 發展的不同角度。Equal parts Sapiens, Behave, and Superintelligence, but wholly original in scope, A Brief History of Intelligence offers a paradigm shift for how we understand neuroscience and AI. Artificial intelligence entrepreneur Max Bennett chronicles the five "breakthroughs" in the evolution of human intelligence and reveals what brains of the past can tell us about the AI of tomorrow. In the last decade, capabilities of artificial intelligence that had long been the realm of science fiction have, for the first time, become our reality. AI is now able to produce original art, identify tumors in pictures, and even steer our cars. And yet, large gaps remain in what modern AI systems can achieve--indeed, human brains stil

We have a choir and on special occasions a glass of dry sherry. It’s less of a home and more of a club and very much a community.Presided over by the lofty Mrs McBryde, Hill Topp House is a superior council home for the elderly. Among the unforgettable cast of staff and residents there’s Mr Peckover the deluded archaeologist, Phyllis the knitter, Mr Cresswell the ex-cruise ship hairdresser, the enterprising Mrs Foss and Mr Jimson the chiropodist. Covid is the cause of fatalities and the source of darkly comic confusion, but it’s also the key to liberation. As staff are hospitalised, protocol breaks down. Miss Rathbone reveals a lifelong secret, and the surviving residents seize their moment, arthritis allowing, to scamper freely in the warmth of the summer sun.‘Violet? She’ll be having a little lie down,’ said Mrs McBryde. ‘She likes to give her pacemaker a rest. I’ll rout her out.’