The original English version of the book was self-published by the 90 year old London born writer, back in August 2014, using Amazon's Print on Demand publishing operation, Createspace, followed by an eBook version for Amazon's popular Kindle eBook reader. 

 

Around the middle of 2015 the  Acquisitions Manager of Posts and Telecommunications Press, the IT Books Division of the Chinese Ministry of Information in Beijing, discovered the book while browsing the Internet. Looking for an easy-to-read title, with concise content, his search resulted in a publishing contract with the author for the Chinese market in paperback and eBook editions.  

The paperback version retails at the attractive equivalent price of $6.20 (US dollars), with the eBook version about half that price..

 

BOOK CONTENTS

 

Artificial (General) Intelligence, or AGI will be with us soon and will change our way of life completely. It will follow on from the impressive Smart Devices we have today. Even more incredible developments are coming, and then more and more again, leading exponentially to computers with AGI, (Artificial General Intelligence). Robotic machines far more intelligent than we are, and able to do any jobs that humans can do… faster and better and for longer. Many experts believe they will also have awareness, and the ability to replicate and develop their “learning” software leading inevitably to ASI (Artificial Super Intelligence).  The runaway consequences of that irreversible event will change our lives, dramatically and nothing will be the same again. Will we be ready for such a devastating situation? Can we prevent it happening? This easy to read book, explains what is about to occur and why. It also includes “For and Against” comments and arguments by experts in the field, plus sections describing the latest developments and speculations about what we will experience in the very near future, plus a comprehensive further reading list.

 

CONTACTS 

 

Chinese Publisher: Jacky Chen

Posts and Telecommunications Press，IT Books Division

Room 412，No.11，ChengShouSi Road, Fengtai District, Beijing 

100164 PR China

Tel：8610-81055369 

Email:chenjikang(at)ptpress.com.cn  

Website:www.ptpress.com.cn/english/

Feature:www.ptpress.com.cn/result.aspx?sk=thorne&what=any&fe=any&teaching=false

 

English Language Distributor: Amazon

Websites: www.amazon.com (USA), www.amazon.co.uk (GB)

 

Author: Tony Thorne MBE

Email: tonythorne(at)aol.com  Website: www.tonythornembe.com