Introduction -- Section I: The imperceptible rise of artificial intelligence -- Human naivete -- The beginnings of artificial intelligence -- The seemingly immutable Moore's law -- The rise of intelligent agents -- Raw processing power -- Self-learning machines -- Affective machines -- Self-aware machines -- When intelligent machines equal human brains -- Is strong AI a new life-form? -- Section II: The singluarity approaches without warning -- The presingluarity world -- Can we avoid the intelligence explosion? -- Can we control the singularity? -- Section III: The singularity intelligent machines exceed all human brains -- The technological singularity 00 Will humankind's evolution merge with intelligent machines? -- Will SAMs replace humankind? -- The postsingularity world of the twenty-second century -- Epilogue -- Conversation 1 -- Neeting with a fan club member 9n 2041 -- Conversation 2 -- Meeting with a fan club member in 2099 -- Parting words -- Glossary.;The Artificial Intelligence Revolution by Louis A. Del Monte is a warning regarding the threat new artificial intelligence (AI) technology poses to the survival of humankind. Will the future come down to man versus machine, when machines become more intelligent than humans? Will an artificial intelligence robot be your friend or foe? Scientists are working relentlessly at improving AI technology for the benefit of man. Evolved technology is everywhere--smart TVs, smart phones, and even smart houses. One day the artificial intelligence of these machines will match our own intelligence--and one day it will exceed it. We will have reached the "singularity," a point in time like no other. Then what? Will machines continue to serve us as the balance tips in their favor? These questions are addressed rigorously, their potentialities extrapolated for one reason--the survival of humankind. Are "strong" AI machines (SAMs) a new form of life? Should SAMs have rights? Do SAMs pose a threat to humankind? Del Monte and other AI experts predict that AI capabilities will develop into SAMs with abilities far beyond what human beings can even fathom. Will they serve us, or will SAMs take an entirely different viewpoint? That question and many more are tackled by Del Monte in this sobering look at the The Artificial Intelligence Revolution. -- Provided by publisher.