Strong Artificial Intelligence: Approaching Superintelligence

Artificial intelligence technologies are becoming ubiquitous - they have penetrated our daily lives and are unlikely to leave. AI is no longer confined to the digital realm, infiltrating our domestic environment. We are beginning to be surrounded by home robots, drones, smart homes, and entire cities, not to mention applications for smartphones and computers.

However, the application of AI technologies is still not as impressive as it could be. This is due to one fundamental factor: most such systems can only achieve optimal solutions for narrow tasks (so-called "narrow" AI). A qualitative transition is intended to be made by the field of artificial general intelligence (AGI), which is capable of solving a wide range of tasks in various contexts.

This book, based on research by the best Russian specialists in AI, is dedicated to scientific approaches to creating AGI, as well as its areas and potential applications. The authors have summarized and systematized the accumulated knowledge in the field of general AI for the first time - from computer science and machine learning to neuroscience and psychology. This is the most complete and in-depth overview of approaches to creating AGI in Russian. It will help specialists from different areas of AI combine their knowledge and develop a unified strategy for creating artificial general intelligence.

The development of AGI instead of existing narrow methods or even alongside them can lay the foundation for a new wave of technological progress, transforming technology, science, and society. General AI is capable of helping humanity tackle the most complex challenges: finding cures for deadly diseases, preventing disasters, and building a more just society.

The book is written in a popular scientific language, making valuable knowledge accessible to a wide audience.