{"product_id":"one-of-us-hardcover-1","title":"One of Us - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLouis B. Rosenberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eOlha Bondarenko\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eONE OF US \u003c\/strong\u003eis a children's book (for adults and kids) about the future of AI and the morality of building artificial minds. Written by AI researcher Dr. Louis Rosenberg, with soulful artwork by Olha Bondarenko, this wonderful little book explores the implications of creating thinking, feeling, knowing machines. Told as a graphic poem, the story avoids traditional AI fears and instead explores curiosity, empathy, and self-discovery, as an artificial being realizes for the first time that it can think and feel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNominated for a \u003cstrong\u003eRhysling Award\u003c\/strong\u003e from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association (SFPA), this artistic little book depicts a gentle, newly awakened artificial being (AGI) who comes to life in a modern lab and asks his creator a simple but profound question: \"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat is my purpose here?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\" When the creator struggles to provide a clear answer, the question is turned back on humanity itself, revealing that meaning in one's life is not something given by creators, but is something that each thinking being must struggle to discover for themself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCalled \"a wonderful read\" by the San Francisco Book Review, \u003cstrong\u003eONE OF US\u003c\/strong\u003e is both artistic and technical as it addresses the genuine angst that AI researchers feel as they ponder the creation of artificial minds that can think and feel for themselves. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 36\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.25 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 30, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLarge Print:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45599497781331,"sku":"9781735668543","price":26.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/9731\/2595\/files\/0HyyTrZ0nH9781735668543.webp?v=1783896907","url":"https:\/\/the-stone-owl-bookstore.myshopify.com\/products\/one-of-us-hardcover-1","provider":"The Stone Owl Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}