《未来简史》是2016年中信出版社出版的图书，作者是[以色列] 尤瓦尔·赫拉利。《未来简史:从智人到智神》进入21世纪后，曾经长期威胁人类生存、发展的瘟疫、饥荒和战争已经被攻克，智人面临着新的待办议题：永生不老、幸福快乐和成为具有“神性”的人类。在解决这些新问题的过程中，科学技术的发展将颠覆我们很多当下认为无需佐证的“常识”，比如人文主义所推崇的自由意志将面临严峻挑战，机器将会代替人类做出更明智的选择。更重要的，当以大数据、人工智能为代表的科学技术发展的日益成熟，人类将面临着从进化到智人以来最大的一次改变，绝大部分人将沦为“无价值的群体”，只有少部分人能进化成特质发生改变的“神人”。未来，人类将面临着三大问题：生物本身就是算法，生命是不断处理数据的过程；意识与智能的分离；拥有大数据积累的外部环境将比我们自己更了解自己。如何看待这三大问题，以及如何采取应对措施，将直接影响着人类未来的发展。
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