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The Path to Singularity: How Technology Will Challenge the Future of Humanity
$32.95 Read moreIn a rapidly changing world, are we on the brink of creating technology that outpaces our ability to control it?
Astrophysicist J. Craig Wheeler, former president of the American Astronomical Society,
- Author: Wheeler, J. Craig
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: November 19 2024
- ISBN10: 1493085433
- Language: English
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Artificial General Intelligence
$17.95 Add to cartHow to make AI capable of general intelligence, and what such technology would mean for society.
Artificial intelligence surrounds us. More and more of the systems and services you interact with every
- Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
- Author: Togelius, Julian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 24 2024
- ISBN10: 0262549344
- Language: English
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Program or Be Programmed: Eleven Commands for the AI Future
$19.95 Read moreThis compact new edition of a paradigmatic text packs a big and actionable punch. Updated with a new section on the unique challenges posed by AI, Program or Be Programmed presents a spirited, accessi
- Author: Rushkoff, Douglas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: October 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1682194353
- Language: English
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Revolutionary Algorithms: A Tiktok Manifesto
$22.00 Read moreFrom an artist and TikTok creator, a critical look at the controversial app and its effect on cultural heritage, artificial intelligence, community organizing, and digital censorship.
In Revolutionar- Author: Akers, Torey
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: January 07 2025
- ISBN10: 1538773732
- Language: English
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Genesis: Artificial Intelligence, Hope, and the Human Spirit
$30.00 Add to cartAs Artificial Intelligence (AI) becomes more dynamic and ubiquitous, it is dramatically empowering people in all walks of life while also giving rise to urgent questions about the future of humanity–
- Author: Kissinger, Henry a.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 19 2024
- ISBN10: 0316581291
- Language: English
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Virtual Society: The Metaverse and the New Frontiers of Human Experience
$28.99 Read more“A fascinating, provocative case that the metaverse will not merely transform our virtual experience–it may actually enrich the quality of our lives” (Adam Grant)–from the visionary co-founder of on… [more below]
- Author: Narula, Herman
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 11 2022
- ISBN10: 0593239970
- Language: English
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Collective Wisdom: Co-Creating Media for Equity and Justice
$34.95 Read moreHow to co-create–and why: the emergence of media co-creation as a concept and as a practice grounded in equity and justice.
Co-creation is everywhere: It’s how the internet was built; it generated ma- Author: Cizek, Katerina
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 026254377X
- Language: English
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Data Action: Using Data for Public Good
$29.95 Add to cartHow to use data as a tool for empowerment rather than oppression.
Big data can be used for good, from tracking disease to exposing human rights violations, and for bad, implementing surveillance and c- Author: Williams, Sarah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: September 20 2022
- ISBN10: 0262545314
- Language: English
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The Real World of Technology
$19.95 Read moreIn this expanded edition of her bestselling 1989 CBC Massey Lectures, renowned scientist and humanitarian Ursula M. Franklin examines the impact of technology upon our lives and addresses the extraord… [more below]
- Series: CBC Massey Lectures
- Author: Franklin, Ursula
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 01 1999
- ISBN10: 088784636X
- Language: English
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The Unhackable Internet: How Rebuilding Cyberspace Can Create Real Security and Prevent Financial Collapse
$29.95 Read moreLike most aspects of modern existence, more and more of our financial lives have migrated to the digital realm. With the benefits of ease that our Internet allows us, that transition also raises numer
- Author: Vartanian, Thomas P.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: February 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1633888835
- Language: English
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Our Molecular Future: How Nanotechnology, Robotics, Genetics and Artificial Intelligence Will Transform Our World
$30.99 Read moreWhat Alvin Toffler’s Future Shock was to the 20th century, Our Molecular Future will be to the 21st century.What will happen to our jobs, health care, and investments when the molecular revolution hit… [more below]
- Author: Mulhall, Douglas
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 350
- Publish Date: August 01 2002
- ISBN10: 1573929921
- Language: English
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Right/Wrong: How Technology Transforms Our Ethics
$16.95 Read moreA lively and entertaining guide to ethics in a technological age.
Most people have a strong sense of right and wrong, and they aren’t shy about expressing their opinions. But when we take a polarizing- Author: Enriquez, Juan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 14 2021
- ISBN10: 0262542811
- Language: English
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Winning the Right Game: How to Disrupt, Defend, and Deliver in a Changing World
$24.95 Read moreHow to succeed in an era of ecosystem-based disruption: strategies and tools for offense, defense, timing, and leadership in a changing competitive landscape.
The basis of competition is changing. Are- Series: Management on the Cutting Edge
- Author: Adner, Ron
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: January 03 2023
- ISBN10: 0262546000
- Language: English
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Thou Shalt Innovate: How Israeli Ingenuity Repairs the World
$16.00 Read moreThou Shalt Innovate profiles wondrous Israeli innovations that are collectively changing the lives of billions of people around the world and explores why Israeli innovators of all faiths feel compell
- Author: Jorisch, Avi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: October 01 2018
- ISBN10: 9652294934
- Language: English
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Thinking Better: The Art of the Shortcut in Math and Life
$30.00 Read moreOne of the world’s great mathematicians shows why math is the ultimate timesaver–and how everyone can make their lives easier with a few simple shortcuts.
We are often told that hard work is the key- Author: Du Sautoy, Marcus
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 19 2021
- ISBN10: 1541600363
- Language: English
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The Internet Is for Cats: How Animal Images Shape Our Digital Lives
$27.95 Read moreLOL cats. Grumpy Cat. Dog-rating Twitter. Pet Instagram accounts. It’s generally understood the internet is for pictures of cute cats (and dogs, and otters, and pandas). But what motivates people to m… [more below]
- Author: Maddox, Jessica
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 254
- Publish Date: October 14 2022
- ISBN10: 1978827911
- Language: English
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Air Age Blueprint
$0.00 Read moreHow can humans and non-humans come together to save the planet in an age of climate crisis? In recent years, we have seen a rise in the popular understanding of non-human intelligence, from octopi to … [more below]
- Author: Allado-McDowell, K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: February 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1838003959
- Language: English
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Technically Wrong: Sexist Apps, Biased Algorithms, and Other Threats of Toxic Tech
$15.95 Read moreBuying groceries, tracking our health, finding a date: whatever we want to do, odds are that we can now do it online. But few of us realize just how many oversights, biases, and downright ethical nigh
- Author: Wachter-Boettcher, Sara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 16 2018
- ISBN10: 0393356043
- Language: English
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Voices in the Code: A Story about People, Their Values, and the Algorithm They Made
$48.75 Read moreAlgorithms-rules written into software-shape key moments in our lives: from who gets hired or admitted to a top public school, to who should go to jail or receive scarce public benefits. Today, high s
- Author: Robinson, David G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 212
- Publish Date: September 08 2022
- ISBN10: 0871547775
- Language: English
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Robot-Proof: Higher Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
$19.95 Read moreHow to educate the next generation of college students to invent, to create, and to discover–filling needs that even the most sophisticated robot cannot.
Driverless cars are hitting the road, powered
- Series: Mit Press
- Author: Aoun, Joseph E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 210
- Publish Date: August 14 2018
- ISBN10: 0262535971
- Language: English
