Completed: May 4, 2025
Recommendation: Recommended
Review:
This book is what it says it is in the title. I thought it might be a book skewed towards AI because it was written by Bennett, but it is not. This book is far more skewed towards the evolution of intelligence and, more pointedly, toward the 5 major changes in that evolution that Bennett thinks led to modern intelligence. Because Bennett is an AI expert and not an evolutionary biologist (or anyone who is an expert in the history of intelligence), I have decided to take his breakthroughs with a grain of salt. In fairness, he makes a good case and he is motivated by his study of AI to do a good job in his analysis. I could see a few obvious mistakes, but I also could feel his passion for the subject and that that made up for the issues. There is nothing glaring and there is good reason to believe that this 5 breakthroughs are pretty reasonable tilting points (thinking of Gladwell) that led to modern intelligence. My ignorance of the field overall makes it difficult for me to claim any sort of understanding that would allow me to judge for certain what is and what is not crucial.
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