Contents // Acknowledgments xi // Prelude: The Tale of the Omega Team 3 // 1 Welcome to the Most Important Conversation of Our Time 22 // A Brief History of Complexity // The Three Stages of Life Controversies Misconceptions The Road Ahead // 2 Matter Turns Intelligent 49 // What Is Intelligence? // What Is Memory? // What Is Computation? // What Is Learning? // 3 The Near Future: Breakthroughs, Bugs, Laws, Weapons and Jobs 82 // Breakthroughs // Bugs vs. Robust AI // Laws // Weapons // Jobs and Wages // Human-Level Intelligence?