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24 alternatives to Our Final Invention

Artificial intelligence could easily surpass us soon

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Our Final Invention launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   On Intelligence▲12

   The real future of artificial intelligence

   2017 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies▲71

   What happens when machines surpass humans in intelligence?

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Tools for Thought▲69

   The history and future of mind-expanding technology

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   The Inevitable▲66

   The 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Life 3.0▲92

   Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

   2017 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Smarter Than You Think▲128

   How tech boosts our cognitive abilities

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Artificial Intelligence▲3

   A Modern Approach

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   AI▲5

   Its Nature and Future

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Next Open AI CEO▲24

   Anyone can be a CEO these days

   2023 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    The Inevitable▲87

    The 12 tech forces that will shape our future by Kevin Kelly

    2017 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    The Singularity▲5

    Could AI really out-think us - and would we want it to?

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Future Timeline▲115

    Predicts advancements in science and technology

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Machine Learnings▲146

    Understand how A.I. will change your future.

    2017 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    The Fourth Transformation▲74

    How AR & AI will change everything

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Technotopia▲96

    A book about how the future is going to be pretty awesome.

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Speak: A Novel▲5

    The creation of Artificial Intelligence

    2017 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Dancing Hotdog AI▲143

    We gave the hotdog a brain!

    2017 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    AI Weekly▲117

    Weekly collection of the top news on Artificial Intelligence

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Recode Replay: Jeff Bezos, CEO, Amazon (Code Conference 2016)▲91

    The "gigantic" potential of artificial intelligence

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Alice by Couple▲57

    An AI companion from the folks who built Couple

    2014 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Become An Idea Machine▲88

    Because ideas are the currency of the 21st Century

    2015 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    The Signals Are Talking: Why Today's Fringe Is Tomorrow's Mainstream▲66

    How to predict the future of technology.

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    What If?▲107

    Serious scientific answers to absurd hypothetical questions

    2015 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    The Last Question by Isaac Asimov▲76

    We are the creator and the creation at the same time.

    2016 · its alternatives →

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