Includes bibliographical references and index.

Can a machine be built to think like a human? The singularity will arrive by 2030 / John J. Xenakis -- We must model evolution to achieve human-level AI / Roger Whitaker -- Rapid advances in AI raise potential dangers / Luke Westaway -- Machine intelligence will neither make humans extinct nor immortal / Charles T. Rubin -- AI needs consciousness to function safely in society / Hans Peter Willems. How could AI affect our society? Opinions are divided on whether machines will replace workers / Aaron Smith and Janna Anderson -- Intelligent machines will make human workers obsolete / Moshe Y. Vardi -- The workforce of the future must adapt to more robots and fewer jobs / William H. Davidow and Michael S. Malone -- AI should be designed to benefit all of society / Toby Walsh -- AI will change how we learn--and what we need to learn / Anya Kamenetz -- Should machines be built like humans? Current technology cannot emulate human intelligence / Guia Marie Del Prado -- Researchers should focus on emotionally intelligent AI / Gideon Rosenblatt -- We need to define what determines a person / Corin Faife -- AI will take more jobs from humans / Scott Santens -- Collaborating with AI will make humans more creative / Loni Stark -- Is AI a threat to the human race? We must prevent threats from AI now / CyberNole -- Human-level AI cannot easily be controlled / Erica R. Hendry -- Experts say AI unlikely to be an existential threat / Sidney Perkowitz -- AI will benefit humanity, not destroy it / Ray Kurzweil -- The technological singularity will force us to reorganize our values / Rodhlann Jornod.

Grades 9 to 12.