Life 3.0

In this 2017 book, MIT physicist Max Tegmark examines how artificial intelligence could change crime, war, justice, jobs, society and what it means to be human. Tegmark asks how to grow prosperity through automation without leaving people without income or purpose, how to make AI systems robust and safe, and whether machines will eventually outsmart us. He describes a range of possible futures, from superintelligence to the limits of life in the cosmos, and invites readers to choose which future they want.

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Elon Musk: “Worth reading Life 3.0 by @Tegmark. AI will be the best or worst thing ever for humanity, so let’s get it right.”
Neil deGrasse Tyson: “And of course Life 3.0, where you're exploring the future of what we even think of as life. And I've enjoyed both of those books.”