The internet has become a battleground. Although it was unlikely to live up to the hype and hopes of the 1990s, only the most skeptical cynics could have predicted the World Wide Web as we know it today: commercial, isolating, and full of, even fueled by, bias. This was not inevitable. The Gentrification of the Internet argues that much like our cities, the internet has become ...(展开全部)

Shortlisted for the 2018 Royal Society Investment Science Book Prize and 2018 Baillie Gifford Prize. ‘One of the best books yet written on data and algorithms. . .deserves a place on the bestseller charts.’ (The Times) You are accused of a crime. Who would you rather determined your fate – a human or an algorithm? An algorithm is more consistent and less prone to error of judge...(展开全部)

A look inside the algorithms that are shaping our lives and the dilemmas they bring with them. If you were accused of a crime, who would you rather decide your sentence—a mathematically consistent algorithm incapable of empathy or a compassionate human judge prone to bias and error? What if you want to buy a driverless car and must choose between one programmed to save as many ...(展开全部)

A veteran writing teacher makes a powerful argument that writing is a form of thinking and feeling and shows why it can’t be replaced by AI In the age of artificial intelligence, drafting an essay is as simple as typing a prompt and pressing enter. What does this mean for the art of writing? According to longtime writing teacher John Warner: not very much. More Than Words argue...(展开全部)

A veteran writing teacher makes a powerful argument that writing is a form of thinking and feeling and shows why it can’t be replaced by AI In the age of artificial intelligence, drafting an essay is as simple as typing a prompt and pressing enter. What does this mean for the art of writing? According to longtime writing teacher John Warner: not very much. More Than Words argue...(展开全部)

Three of the world’s most accomplished and deep thinkers come together to explore Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the way it is transforming human society—and what this technology means for us all. An AI learned to win chess by making moves human grand masters had never conceived. Another AI discovered a new antibiotic by analyzing molecular properties human scientists did not...(展开全部)

Unlock the power of data with expert insights to enhance data quality, maximizing the potential of AI, and establishing a data-centric culture Key Features Gain a profound understanding of the interplay between data quality and AI Explore strategies to improve data quality with practical implementation and real-world results Acquire the skills to measure and evaluate data quality, empowering data-driven decisions Purchase of the print or Kindl

Have you heard of the Stone Age? The Gilded Age? Or the Jazz Age? They’re the names of important periods in history. One of the names for the time we’re living in right this minute is the Information Age. It means information is available wherever we go and whatever we do. You’ve probably noticed. Information is all around. Every day we hear and see messages about what’s going ...(展开全部)

For over a hundred years, technological change has been framed using a simple narrative: technology drives history. Reframing Technology challenges this idea of technological determinism through metahistorical and literary analyses that locate the birth of contingent frameworks in the historiography of technology in and around the 1930s. The book also traces how the formal disc...(展开全部)