You don't have to be a computer scientist to have discerning conversations about artificial intelligence and technology. We all wonder where we're headed. Even now, technological innovations and machine learning have a daily impact on our lives, and many of us see good reasons to dread the future. Are we doomed to the surveillance society imagined in George Orwell's 1984?

Mathematician and philosopher John Lennox believes that there are credible answers to the daunting questions that AI poses, and he shows that Christianity has some very serious, sensible, evidence-based responses about the nature of our quest for superintelligence.

Includes bibliographic references and indexes.

Mapping out the territory -- First big question: Where do we come from? -- Second big question: Where are we going? -- Narrow artificial intelligence: The future is bright? -- Narrow AI: Perhaps the future is not so bright after all? -- Upgrading humans -- Artificial general intelligence: The future is dark? -- The Genesis files: What is a human being? -- The origin of the human moral sense -- The true Homo Deus -- Future shock: The return of the man who is God -- Homo Deus in the book of Revelation -- The time of the end.

What will the year 2084 hold for you--for your friends, for your family, and for our society? Are we doomed to the grim dystopia imagined in George Orwell's 1984? In 2084, scientist and philosopher John Lennox will introduce you to a kaleidoscope of ideas: the key developments in technological enhancement, bioengineering, and, in particular, artificial intelligence. You will discover the current capacity of AI, its advantages and disadvantages, the facts and the fiction, as well as potential future implications. The questions posed by AI are open to all of us. And they demand answers. From back cover.