THE MIND MACHINE
An Honest Introduction to AI
Millions of people now use ChatGPT, Claude, or one of their rivals to write, to code, to research, to diagnose. These are systems so new that even the people who built them are sometimes surprised by what they do. What's actually happening, and does any of it, at some level, constitute thinking?
The Mind Machine tells the real story of the small group of researchers who set out to build artificial intelligence that was both powerful and safe. It explains how these systems work, why they sometimes sound certain about things that aren't true, and what they're genuinely good for.
Written for the general reader and the experienced user alike: an honest assessment of where this technology actually stands, what it can and cannot do, and what the next few years are likely to bring.