Recent startling successes in machine intelligence using a technique called ‘deep learning’ seem to blur the line between human and machine as never before. Are computers on the cusp of becoming so intelligent that they will render humans obsolete? Harry Collins argues we are getting ahead of ourselves, caught up in images of a fantastical future dreamt up in fictional portraya...(展开全部)

In this witty, often terrifying work of cultural criticism, the author of Amusing Ourselves to Death chronicles our transformation into a Technopoly: a society that no longer merely uses technology as a support system but instead is shaped by it--with radical consequences for the meanings of politics, art, education, intelligence, and truth.

Recent startling successes in machine intelligence using a technique called ‘deep learning’ seem to blur the line between human and machine as never before. Are computers on the cusp of becoming so intelligent that they will render humans obsolete? Harry Collins argues we are getting ahead of ourselves, caught up in images of a fantastical future dreamt up in fictional portraya...(展开全部)

In this witty, often terrifying work of cultural criticism, the author of Amusing Ourselves to Death chronicles our transformation into a Technopoly: a society that no longer merely uses technology as a support system but instead is shaped by it--with radical consequences for the meanings of politics, art, education, intelligence, and truth.

Very funny and moving...The glimpses of rare fauna seem to have enlarged [Adams'] thinking, enlivened his world; and so might the animals do for us all, if we were to help them live. THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD Join bestselling author Douglas Adams and zooligist Mark Carwardine as they take off around the world in search of exotic, endangered creatures. Hilarious and poignan...(展开全部)

Douglas Adams leads us on an unforgettable journey around the world to see species on the brink of extinction. After years of reflecting on the absurdities of life on other planets, science-fiction author Douglas Adams teams up with zoologist Mark Carwardine on an expedition to find out what’s happening to life on this one.

道格拉斯·亚当斯（Douglas Adams） 1952年生于英国剑桥，科幻小说作家、幽默讽刺文学大师，代表作有《银河系漫游指南》《消逝世界漫游指南》等，亦是活跃的剧作家、音乐家、环保活动者和演讲者。2001年逝世，年仅49岁。 道格拉斯·亚当斯以《银河系漫游指南》系列 作品在科幻迷中享有极高声誉，该作品后来还拍成电影。亚当斯的早逝在科幻和奇幻社群中引起了极大的哀悼。在他去世的前些天，国际天文学协会的小行星中心刚刚将一颗编号18610的小行星命名为“阿瑟·邓特”（《银河系漫游指南》一书中人物）。 马克·卡沃丁（Mark Carwardine） 英国动物学家、自由作家、摄影师。与道格拉斯·亚当斯合著《消逝世界漫游指南》。

道格拉斯·亚当斯（Douglas Adams） 1952年生于英国剑桥，科幻小说作家、幽默讽刺文学大师，代表作有《银河系漫游指南》《消逝世界漫游指南》等，亦是活跃的剧作家、音乐家、环保活动者和演讲者。2001年逝世，年仅49岁。 道格拉斯·亚当斯以《银河系漫游指南》系列 作品在科幻迷中享有极高声誉，该作品后来还拍成电影。亚当斯的早逝在科幻和奇幻社群中引起了极大的哀悼。在他去世的前些天，国际天文学协会的小行星中心刚刚将一颗编号18610的小行星命名为“阿瑟·邓特”（《银河系漫游指南》一书中人物）。 马克·卡沃丁（Mark Carwardine） 英国动物学家、自由作家、摄影师。与道格拉斯·亚当斯合著《消逝世界漫游指南》。

Very funny and moving...The glimpses of rare fauna seem to have enlarged [Adams'] thinking, enlivened his world; and so might the animals do for us all, if we were to help them live. THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD Join bestselling author Douglas Adams and zooligist Mark Carwardine as they take off around the world in search of exotic, endangered creatures. Hilarious and poignan...(展开全部)

柯林•德克斯特（Colin Dexter ，1930— ） 德克斯特生于林肯郡的斯坦福德，就读于斯坦福德中学。完成了皇室通信兵团的服役期之后，他到剑桥大学基督学院攻读古典学，并于一九五八年获得荣誉硕士学位。毕业后，他在东米德兰兹郡开始了自己的教师生涯，一九六六年，他开始受到耳聋的困扰，不得不离开了教师岗位，接受了牛津大学地方考试院高级助理秘书官的职务——他后来一直担任这项职务，直到一九八八年退休。 他从一九七三年开始写推理小说，《开往伍德斯托克的末班车》于一九七五年出版，把莫尔斯探长这一角色介绍给了世人，这位暴躁易怒的侦探醉心于填字游戏、英国文学、桶装鲜啤酒和瓦格纳的音乐，而这些其实就是德克斯特自己的嗜好。主人公莫尔斯探长是英国泰晤士河谷警察局的高级警官，工作地点位于牛津，年龄约五十多岁，单身。从社会政治角度看，莫尔斯探长是一个有趣而复杂的人物，在一...(展开全部)