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Título:
THE MANIAC
Autor:
BENJAMÍN LABATUT
Editorial:
PUSHKIN VERTIGO
EAN:
9781782279822
Colección:
SCIENCE FICTION
Tema/s:
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From the author of When We Cease to Understand the World: a thrilling, kaleidoscopic book about the destructive chaos lurking in the history of computing and AI.
Sinopsis
In a scintillating mix of fact and fiction, The MANIAC tells of the dark foundations of our modern world and the nascent era of AI.
At its core is John von Neumann, a titan of science who revolutionised fields from game theory to computer systems and helped develop the atomic bomb. As illness unmoored his mind, his work pushed further into areas beyond human comprehension and control.
With dazzling mastery, Benjamín Labatut weaves von Neumanns story together with the crises in physics at the beginning of the twentieth century and humanitys showdown with artificial intelligence a hundred years later. Innovative and disquieting, this book plunges us into the most profound questions of humanity, where reason teeters on the brink of chaos.
At its core is John von Neumann, a titan of science who revolutionised fields from game theory to computer systems and helped develop the atomic bomb. As illness unmoored his mind, his work pushed further into areas beyond human comprehension and control.
With dazzling mastery, Benjamín Labatut weaves von Neumanns story together with the crises in physics at the beginning of the twentieth century and humanitys showdown with artificial intelligence a hundred years later. Innovative and disquieting, this book plunges us into the most profound questions of humanity, where reason teeters on the brink of chaos.
