Book review of Yampolskiy, R.V. (2024). AI: Unexplainable, Unpredictable, Uncontrollable. Chapman and Hall/CRC. 264 pp. ISBN: 978-1-003-44026-0

Abstract

The book „AI: Unexplainable, Unpredictable, Uncontrollable“ is a timely response to the developing field of Artificial Intelligence (AI). It provides an overview of the phenomenon of AI and a straightforward explanation of AI controllability issues. It highlights the risks and dangers that AI poses regardless of its objectives. The book elaborates on the phenomena of Unexpectability, Unpredictability, Incomprehensibility, and Non-Verifiability as integral qualities of AI and the reasons why AI is challenging to manage and control. The discussion is further extended by the concepts of AI Uncontrollability as a reflection of a human capacity to manage AI, as well as AI Unownability as a reference to owning the results of AI and being responsible for their consequences.