{"product_id":"perspectives-on-machine-consciousness-paperback","title":"Perspectives on Machine Consciousness - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCalum Chace\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eTed Lappas\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePerspectives on Machine Consciousness\u003c\/i\u003e asks whether any AIs are conscious today, whether any future ones could be conscious, how we could know, and what implications machine consciousness would have for us and for them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs AI improves rapidly in performance and capability, these questions are becoming increasingly important. We do not fully understand how AIs work, and even some of the leading LLM developers say they cannot be sure that today's models are not sentient, though many people are forming relationships with them, sometimes intimate ones. The book explores consciousness alongside our interactions with AI, including the critical need to avoid committing mind crime by causing artificial minds to suffer, as well as considering that if and when superintelligence arrives, its enormous effect on humanity may be significantly determined by whether or not it is conscious. The authors show that machines becoming conscious means we may learn a great deal about our own consciousness - arguably the most important, and yet most mysterious, thing about us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is required reading for anybody developing advanced AI, working in AI safety, responsible for developing AI policies at an organizational or national level, and indeed anybody concerned with the long-term future of humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCalum Chace \u003c\/b\u003espent 30 years in business and journalism, mostly in strategy consulting. He has written several best-selling books on the future of AI, and has given keynote talks in over 20 countries. He is a co-founder and CMO of Conscium.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTed Lappas \u003c\/b\u003eis an expert in spatio-temporal computation and neural architectures for multimodal data. He jointly leads WPP's AI Lab, and is an assistant professor at the Athens University of Economics and Business. He is a co-founder and CTO of Conscium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 324\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 23, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":71434103292157,"sku":"9781041282341","price":52.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/7sF2rIgaMp9781041282341.webp?v=1790790708","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/perspectives-on-machine-consciousness-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}