"Imagining humans can control superintelligent AI is a little like imagining that an ant can control the outcome of an NFL football game being played around it."
Roman Yampolskiy is a professor and computer scientist at the University of Louisville who specialises in artificial intelligence, AI safety, digital forensics and behavioural biometrics. Yampolskiy has published two decades worth of journal articles and books and his work has been recognised worldwide by science magazines, news and popular podcasts, inlcuding the BBC and New Scientist.
Yampolskiy is the author of multiple books and his most recent works AI: Unexplainable, Unpredictable, Uncontrollable and Artificial Superintelligence: a Futuristic Approach are deep dives into the world of AI safety. In 2023, Yampolskiy was one of many AI experts to sign an open letter titled Pause Giant AI Experiments alongside tech CEOs Elon Musk and Steve Wozniak.
"[AI: Unexplainable, Unpredictable, Uncontrollable] is a captivating and thought-provoking book about the most pressing issue of our time" — Prof. Max Tegmark, MIT