Brainmaker - by Sukanto Bhattacharya (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

In Brainmaker Sukanto Bhattacharya examines the co-evolution of human and synthetic intelligence from a socio-anthropological perspective. He begins by presenting a history of technology discovery and adoption by human society, underpinning the uniqueness of synthetic intelligence. In subsequent chapters he critically comments on the challenging facets of human-AI co-evolution exacerbated by proliferating AI-labelled gadgets. Bhattacharya identifies indicators signalling that the human-AI co-evolutionary trajectory is about to, or has already, hit a turbulent patch with unknown and likely undesirable outcomes. He highlights the need for a new, more holistic ontological framework to cast intelligence, biological and artificial, as something more than a mere collation of cognitive capabilities. In the final chapter, he posits a few controversial conjectures on human-AI co-evolution.

Review Quotes

"The articulated, sequenced collection of essays offers an original, justified and much needed stressing of the view of human-synthetic intelligence as a co-evolutionary process from a socio-anthropological perspective."Luís Moniz Pereira, Emeritus Professor, NOVA University of Lisbon, Member of Academia Europaea"Interesting and challenging topic. Very timely content."Luiz Moutinho, Professor of Marketing, University of Suffolk"Offers an excellent critical perspective through multidisciplinary lenses - this will be of informative value to anyone interested in the ongoing conversations around the current state as well as the endgame of artificial intelligence."Florentin Smarandache, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics, Physics and Natural Science, University of New Mexico"A must-read for all those who are involved with or intrigued by the rapid spread and uptake of artificial intelligence across business, organisations, and societies - a timely, thought-provoking, and essential read."Parixit Sharma, Chief Information Officer Finance & Performance, Wide Bay Hospital and Health Service, Queensland Government, Australia

About the Author

Dr Sukanto Bhattacharya is a Senior Lecturer in Management in the Deakin Business School, Deakin University, Australia. He has master's degrees in business administration and commerce, and a PhD in information technology. He is broadly interested in AI and ethics. He also has active research interests in the application of machine learning tools in business decision-making. His authored/co-authored articles have been published in a wide range of scholarly journals like Minds and Machines, Decision Support Systems, Group & Organization Management and Business Ethics Quarterly. Sukanto loves motorcycling road trips. He is also a published poet. He lives with his wife in Geelong, Victoria.