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The question driving artificial intelligence (AI) research has shifted. No longer do we ask whether machines can be intelligent, but whether they can match us, or surpass us entirely. And with that question returns an older, deeper fear: the fear of being surpassed.
superhuman (adj.) That which transcends the possibilities and limits of human nature.
transcend (v.) To exceed or go beyond the limits of. To surpass.
After The Shortcut and Machina Sapiens, this is the third episode in a compelling series of books on the new era of thinking machines by Nello Cristianini. AI is now reaching human performance levels in many of the cognitive tasks in which we excel. But what will happen next? Are we entering an era in which machines will be able to understand things that are incomprehensible to us?
No intelligence is unlimited, not even ours, so we ask ourselves: what lies beyond human limits? But while we invest huge amounts of money in building a machine capable of competing with us, we refuse to accept that this is possible. We both desire and fear that encounter.
In this new, visionary book, we will see AI successfully pass extremely difficult tests, right up to the final test, in which they will tackle areas that are impenetrable even for our best experts. Will we be able to understand what lies beyond the limits of our intelligence?
商品描述(中文翻譯)
驅動人工智慧（AI）研究的問題已經改變。我們不再詢問機器是否能夠具備智慧，而是探討它們能否與我們匹敵，甚至徹底超越我們。伴隨這個問題而來的，是一種更古老、更深層的恐懼：被超越的恐懼。
superhuman（形容詞）超越人類本性所具備的可能性與界限。
transcend（動詞）超出或跨越……的界限；超越。
繼《The Shortcut》和《Machina Sapiens》之後，這是 Nello Cristianini 探討思考機器新時代、引人入勝的系列著作中的第三部。如今，AI 在許多我們擅長的認知任務上，已經達到人類的表現水準。但接下來會發生什麼事？我們是否正進入一個時代：機器將能夠理解那些對我們而言難以理解的事物？
沒有任何智慧是無限的，即使是我們的智慧也不例外，因此我們不禁要問自己：人類界限之外究竟存在著什麼？然而，當我們投入巨額資金，打造能夠與我們競爭的機器時，我們卻拒絕接受這件事是可能的。我們既渴望那場相遇，又害怕它的到來。
在這本嶄新且充滿前瞻性的著作中，我們將看見 AI 成功通過極其艱難的測試，直到最後一項測試：在這項測試中，AI 將挑戰那些即使是我們最優秀的專家也無法探究的領域。我們是否能夠理解人類智慧界限之外究竟存在著什麼？
作者簡介
Nello Cristianini has been an influential researcher in the field of machine learning and AI for over 20 years. He is Professor of Artificial Intelligence at the University of Bath, before that he has worked at the University of Bristol, the University of California (Davis), the University of London (Royal Holloway). For his work in machine learning, he has been a past recipient of the Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award, and of the ERC Advanced Grant. Cristianini has been the co-author of influential books in machine learning, as well as dozens of academic articles, published in journals that range from AI to the philosophy of science, from the digital humanities to natural language processing, and from sociology to biology. In 2017, he delivered the annual STOA lecture at the European Parliament on the topic of the social impact of AI, a theme that he is still actively investigating. Cristianini has a degree in Physics from the University of Trieste, an MSc in Computational Intelligence from the University of London, and a PhD from the University of Bristol.
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
Nello Cristianini 在機器學習（machine learning）與 AI 領域從事重要研究工作已超過 20 年。他目前是 University of Bath 的人工智慧（Artificial Intelligence）教授；在此之前，曾任職於 University of Bristol、University of California (Davis) 以及 University of London (Royal Holloway)。
由於在機器學習領域的研究成果，他曾獲頒 Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award，以及 European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant。Cristianini 曾合著多本具有影響力的機器學習書籍，並發表數十篇學術論文，研究主題涵蓋廣泛，從 AI 到科學哲學、從數位人文到自然語言處理（natural language processing），以及從社會學到生物學。
2017 年，他在 European Parliament 發表年度 STOA 演講，主題為 AI 的社會影響；這也是他至今仍持續積極研究的議題。Cristianini 擁有 University of Trieste 的物理學學位、University of London 的計算智慧（Computational Intelligence）碩士學位，以及 University of Bristol 的博士學位。
