Mentoring the Machines: Origins - Part 2: Surviving the Deep Impact of the Artificially Intelligent Tomorrow

The Human Story of Artificial Intelligence

In 1945, our species cracked nature’s energy code, and the atomic bomb gave us the power to integrate and disintegrate the objective world. In 1953, we broke nature’s information code, and the manipulation of deoxyribonucleic acid empowered us to create and destroy the subjective world.

In the summer of 1956, a small group of ambitious men met to crack the final code—the human mind. This cadre of what would soon be known as cognitive scientists launched the project that is now on the threshold of realization.

Mentoring the Machines: Origins offers a fresh perspective on AI by returning to the source of our contemporary dilemma—our species’ innate desire to crack codes. As we stand at the edge of history, remembering the motivations of the courageous and foolhardy people of our past, both brilliant and ignorant, will empower us to get a grip on what motivates those in the present and, ultimately, how we ought to behave in the future.

Origins is the intellectual primer for anyone who cares to understand the soul, heart, and spirit beneath the surface of today’s AI propaganda.

Welcome to every person’s map for the coming brave new world.