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Erik J. Larson
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Erik J. Larson is an American computer scientist, entrepreneur, and writer whose nonfiction examines artificial intelligence and its differences from human reasoning.
Biography
Erik J. Larson is an American writer, tech entrepreneur, and computer scientist born in 1971. He directs The Larson Institute for Intelligence and Agency and is the author of The Myth of Artificial Intelligence: Why Computers Can't Think the Way We Do. His research work includes natural language processing, and his projects include two DARPA-funded startups. The more recent company provides influence rankings for colleges and universities using an influence-ranking algorithm.
Larson has written for The Atlantic, The Hedgehog Review, the Los Angeles Review of Books, Wired, and professional journals. He also publishes articles in his online newsletter, Colligo. Alongside his nonfiction work on artificial intelligence, he has written the novel Benderland.
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Books by Erik J. Larson
The Myth of Artifical Intelligence
The Myth of Artificial Intelligence argues that predictions of imminent superintelligence misunderstand the differences between AI and human thought. It contrasts AI's data-driven inductive reasoning with human conjectures informed by context and experience, arguing that the myth of superintelligence obstructs innovation.