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This deceit has been there from the very beginning. We've been trying to fake it since Alan Turing answered the question 'Can machines think?' by proposing that machines pretend to be humans.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNow we are starting to build AI that truly deceives us. Powerful AIs such as ChatGPT can convince us they are intelligent and blur the distinction between what is real and what is simulated. In reality, they lack true understanding, sentience, and common sense. But this doesn't mean they can't change the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCan AI systems ever be creative? Can they be moral? What can we do to ensure they are not harmful? In this fun and fascinating book, Professor Toby Walsh explores all the ways AI fakes it, and what this means for humanity—now and in the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'AI will be as big a game-changer as the smartphone and the personal computer—or bigger! 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