MANIAC
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In his new book, Chilean writer Benjamin Labatute continues to develop the ideas of his acclaimed novel When We Stopped Understanding the World, a bestseller about the darker aspects of the great achievements of science, once again turning to a symbiosis of non-fiction and fiction.
The author gives a central place to the biography of the mathematician-wunderkind John von Neumann, a participant of the Manhattan Project and the creator of the architecture of computing machines, on the basis of which was built one of the first computers - MANIAC.
Von Neumann's story is prefaced by an account of the tragic fate of Paul Ehrenfest, and the last chapters are devoted to the fateful Go tournament between Lee Sedol and the AlphaGo program. A series of controversial events from the world of science, from the creation of the hydrogen bomb to the birth of supercomputers, delighting some and terrifying others, culminates in the stunning victory of artificial intelligence over humans, leaving readers wondering where technology has led and will lead us.
The author gives a central place to the biography of the mathematician-wunderkind John von Neumann, a participant of the Manhattan Project and the creator of the architecture of computing machines, on the basis of which was built one of the first computers - MANIAC.
Von Neumann's story is prefaced by an account of the tragic fate of Paul Ehrenfest, and the last chapters are devoted to the fateful Go tournament between Lee Sedol and the AlphaGo program. A series of controversial events from the world of science, from the creation of the hydrogen bomb to the birth of supercomputers, delighting some and terrifying others, culminates in the stunning victory of artificial intelligence over humans, leaving readers wondering where technology has led and will lead us.
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