Artificial Superintelligence : A Futuristic Approach

A day does not go by without a news article reporting some amazing breakthrough in artificial intelligence (AI). Many philosophers, futurists, and AI researchers have conjectured that human-level AI will be developed in the next 20 to 200 years. If these predictions are correct, it raises new and sinister issues related to our future in the age of intelligent machines. Artificial Superintelligence: A Futuristic Approach directly addresses these issues and consolidates research aimed at making sure that emerging superintelligence is beneficial to humanity.While specific predictions regarding the consequences of superintelligent AI vary from potential economic hardship to the complete extinction of humankind, many researchers agree that the issue is of utmost importance and needs to be seriously addressed. Artificial Superintelligence: A Futuristic Approach discusses key topics such as:AI-Completeness theory and how it can be used to see if an artificial intelligent agent has attained human level intelligenceMethods for safeguarding the invention of a superintelligent system that could theoretically be worth trillions of dollarsSelf-improving AI systems: definition, types, and limitsThe science of AI safety engineering, including machine ethics and robot rightsSolutions for ensuring safe and secure confinement of superintelligent systemsThe future of superintelligence and why long-term prospects for humanity to remain as the dominant species on Earth are not greatArtificial Superintelligence: A Futuristic Approach is designed to become a foundational text for the new science of AI safety engineering. AI researchers and students, computer security researchers, futurists, and philosophers should find this an invaluable resource.

The first definitive book on researching gay and lesbian market behavior, Untold Millions: The Truth About Gay and Lesbian Consumers in America will help marketers, advertisers, and public relations managers learn how to successfully market and research products for gay and lesbian consumers. Author Grant Lukenbill, a leading consultant on the cultural and motivational aspects of gay and lesbian consumer behavior, provides you with important procedures, research, and guidelines that businesses today are following in order to develop successful marketing strategies to this growing target audience. From this updated and revised edition, you‘ll receive current methods, new data, and sure-fire strategies that will help your company break into this market segment, satisfy intended customers, and boost company sales.
Providing you with statistics and data from the first market research study of its kind, the Yankelovich MONITOR‘s Gay and Lesbian Perspective, this book gives you suggestions on what things need to be done within your company before planning your marketing strategies. You‘ll benefit from ideas and suggestions in Untold Millions that will help you create consumer-driven market strategies to gays and lesbians, including:

• recognizing that there are families and relationships in society that are not heterosexual
• acknowledging age differences and the needs of particular generations
• attracting customers by circulating non-discriminatory hiring policies through press releases and company memos, installing domestic partner health care plans, and identifying cultural reference points to which gays and lesbians can relate
• remembering that many gays and lesbians may look at business with cynicism and doubt and may be quick to interpret actions as victimization
• referring to the Wall Street project before addressing gay- and lesbian-specific issues
• focusing on the areas of individuality, a need for association, and the need to allevia