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Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Science world luminary John Brockman assembles twenty-five of the most important scientific minds, people who have been thinking about the field artificial intelligence for most of their careers, for an unparalleled round-table examination about mind, thinking, intelligence and what it means to be human"--
25) Infinity gate
Author
Series
Pandominion volume 1
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
"The Pandominion: a political and trading alliance of a million worlds. Except that they're really just one world, Earth, in many different realities. And when an A.I. threat arises that could destroy everything the Pandominion has built, they'll eradicate it by whatever means necessary. Scientist Hadiz Tambuwal is looking for a solution to her own Earth's environmental collapse when she stumbles across the secret of inter-dimensional travel, a secret...
26) Rubicon
Author
Publisher
Tor, a Tom Doherty Associates Book
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"J. S. Dewes, author of The Last Watch and The Exiled Fleet, returns with another science fiction space opera, Rubicon, that melds elements of Scalzi's Old Man's War with Edge of Tomorrow. Sergeant Adrienne Valero wants to die. She can't. After enduring a traumatic resurrection for the ninety-sixth time, Valero is reassigned to a special forces unit and outfitted with a cutting-edge virtual intelligence aid. They could turn the tide in the war against...
27) Robots
Author
Series
Publisher
Kingfisher
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Describes the characteristics and uses of robots in different environments.
Author
Series
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Google TensorFlow has become the darling of financial firms and research organizations, but the technology can be intimidating and the learning curve is steep. Luckily, TensorFlow For Dummies is here to offer you a friendly, easy-to-follow book on the subject. Inside, you'll find out how to write applications with TensorFlow, while also grasping the concepts underlying machine learning--all without ever losing your cool!
Author
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"The availability of data and various forms of AI unlock countless possibilities for business decision makers. But what do you do when you feel pressured to cede your position in the decision-making process altogether? Decision Intelligence For Dummies pumps the brakes on the growing trend to take human beings out of the decision loop and walks you through the best way to make data-informed but human-driven decisions. The book shows you how to achieve...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"For all we hear of neuroscience's great advances, the field has generated more questions than answers. We know that the brain combines sensory input from all over your body into a single perception, but not how. We think brains "compute" in some sense, but we can't say what those computations are. We believe that the brain is organized as a hierarchy, with different pieces all working collaboratively to make a single model of the world. But we can...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
No recent scientific enterprise has proved as alluring, terrifying, and filled with extravagant promise and frustrating setbacks as artificial intelligence. An award-winning author and leading computer scientist reveals its turbulent history and the recent surge of successes, grand hopes, and emerging fears that surround AI.
No recent scientific enterprise has proved as alluring, terrifying, and filled with extravagant promise and frustrating setbacks...
32) Void star
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Although the seas have risen and the central latitudes are emptying, it's still a good time to be in San Francisco, where weapons drones patrol the skies to keep out the multitudinous poor. Irina isn't rich, but she does have an artificial memory that gives her perfect recall and lets her act as a medium between her various employers and their AIs, which are complex to the point of opacity. It's a good gig, paying enough for the annual visits to the...
33) Qualityland
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
A U.S. release of an international best-seller imagines a country where a universal ranking system determines its citizens' statuses, careers and romantic partners, where a machine scrapper becomes the unwitting leader of a band of misfit robots. --Publisher
Welcome to QualityLand, the best country on Earth. Here, a universal ranking system determines the social advantages and career opportunities of every member of society. An automated matchmaking...
Author
Publisher
Emily Bestler Books/Atria
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
In this thriller from Ezekiel Boone, author of The Hatching series, a family moves into a home equipped with the world's most intelligent, most cutting-edge, and most intuitive computer ever--with terrifying and catastrophic results.
Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"An eye-opening narrative journey into the rapidly changing world of artificial intelligence by a high profile NBC technology reporter, revealing the dangerous ways that AI is poised to exploit the unconscious habits of our minds"--
Author
Publisher
BenBella Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Recognized national AI expert, and the US Air Force's first Chairperson for Artificial Intelligence, Michael Kanaan weaves an intriguing new spin on our history of innovation and technology to masterfully explain what each of us should know about modern computing, AI, and machine learning"--
40) Puppet master
Author
Series
Puppet master novels volume 1
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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