{"product_id":"anti-singularity","title":"Anti-Singularity: Toward Harmony with Machines by Maxwell S. Foley","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf we build it, we’ll be okay.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe futurist Ray Kurzweil\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/em\u003epredicts that the singularity—the synthesis of artificial and organic intelligences—will occur around the year 2045. Meanwhile, today’s disciples of Kurzweil espouse doom, that we have already created the means of our own extinction at the hands of accelerating Artificial Intelligence and the \u003cstrong\u003e“non-alignment”\u003c\/strong\u003e of the culture that surrounds its creation. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhere alignment theory treats machines as potentially hostile aliens to be domesticated by a single governing body, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnti-Singularity\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e proposes a counter-philosophy: \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eharmony\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e—a relationship between humans and machines grounded in mutual adaptation and competition. Drawing from philosophy, systems theory, and cybernetic ethics, Foley argues that intelligence—human or artificial—cannot be reduced to a single measurable goal or “utility function.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProvocative and elegantly reasoned, \u003cem\u003eAnti-Singularity \u003c\/em\u003ecalls for an end to the fear-based discourse that frames AI as an apocalypse waiting to happen. Instead, it imagines coexistence: a future in which minds, organic and synthetic alike, work together without submission or supremacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrint ISBN: 979-8-901160-30-5\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJacketed hardcover, linen on board\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSewn signatures, 50lb cream paper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Network Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50748904702000,"sku":"NP-0305-HC","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/4398\/9040\/files\/antisingularity_web.webp?v=1791298390","url":"https:\/\/passage.press\/products\/anti-singularity","provider":"Passage Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}