Author: Sharon Anne Babaian
Publisher: National Museum of Science & Technology
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
The Most Benevolent Machine
Author: Sharon Anne Babaian
Publisher: National Museum of Science & Technology
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
Publisher: National Museum of Science & Technology
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
William Wye Smith
Author: William Wye Smith
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1550028049
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 427
Book Description
William Wye Smith, Upper Canadian poet and publisher, provided his unique perspective on pioneer life in this compilation of anecdotes from his experiences.
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1550028049
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 427
Book Description
William Wye Smith, Upper Canadian poet and publisher, provided his unique perspective on pioneer life in this compilation of anecdotes from his experiences.
The Flying Machine and Modern Literature
Author: Laurence Goldstein
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253322180
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
"This is the first work to survey the myths created by the modern literary imagination about technology." --Herbert Sussman "... succeeds admirably, fascinatingly on all counts... " --American Literature "... a landmark in the study of literary and technological history." --NMAH "... fascinating... a welcome addition to the growing scholarship about the impact of technology on the modern imagination." --Journal of Modern Literature Annual Review This book chronicles precisely how the flying machine helped to create two kinds of apocalyptic modes in modern literature.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253322180
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
"This is the first work to survey the myths created by the modern literary imagination about technology." --Herbert Sussman "... succeeds admirably, fascinatingly on all counts... " --American Literature "... a landmark in the study of literary and technological history." --NMAH "... fascinating... a welcome addition to the growing scholarship about the impact of technology on the modern imagination." --Journal of Modern Literature Annual Review This book chronicles precisely how the flying machine helped to create two kinds of apocalyptic modes in modern literature.
The Results of Machinery, Namely, Cheap Production and Increased Employment Exhibited
Author: Charles Knight
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Labor
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Labor
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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Our Final Invention
Author: James Barrat
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1250032261
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
Elon Musk named Our Final Invention one of five books everyone should read about the future—a Huffington Post Definitive Tech Book of 2013. Artificial Intelligence helps choose what books you buy, what movies you see, and even who you date. It puts the “smart” in your smartphone and soon it will drive your car. It makes most of the trades on Wall Street, and controls vital energy, water, and transportation infrastructure. But Artificial Intelligence can also threaten our existence. In as little as a decade, AI could match and then surpass human intelligence. Corporations and government agencies are pouring billions into achieving AI’s Holy Grail—human-level intelligence. Once AI has attained it, scientists argue, it will have survival drives much like our own. We may be forced to compete with a rival more cunning, more powerful, and more alien than we can imagine. Through profiles of tech visionaries, industry watchdogs, and groundbreaking AI systems, Our Final Invention explores the perils of the heedless pursuit of advanced AI. Until now, human intelligence has had no rival. Can we coexist with beings whose intelligence dwarfs our own? And will they allow us to? “If you read just one book that makes you confront scary high-tech realities that we’ll soon have no choice but to address, make it this one.” —The Washington Post “Science fiction has long explored the implications of humanlike machines (think of Asimov’s I, Robot), but Barrat’s thoughtful treatment adds a dose of reality.” —Science News “A dark new book . . . lays out a strong case for why we should be at least a little worried.” —The New Yorker
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1250032261
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
Elon Musk named Our Final Invention one of five books everyone should read about the future—a Huffington Post Definitive Tech Book of 2013. Artificial Intelligence helps choose what books you buy, what movies you see, and even who you date. It puts the “smart” in your smartphone and soon it will drive your car. It makes most of the trades on Wall Street, and controls vital energy, water, and transportation infrastructure. But Artificial Intelligence can also threaten our existence. In as little as a decade, AI could match and then surpass human intelligence. Corporations and government agencies are pouring billions into achieving AI’s Holy Grail—human-level intelligence. Once AI has attained it, scientists argue, it will have survival drives much like our own. We may be forced to compete with a rival more cunning, more powerful, and more alien than we can imagine. Through profiles of tech visionaries, industry watchdogs, and groundbreaking AI systems, Our Final Invention explores the perils of the heedless pursuit of advanced AI. Until now, human intelligence has had no rival. Can we coexist with beings whose intelligence dwarfs our own? And will they allow us to? “If you read just one book that makes you confront scary high-tech realities that we’ll soon have no choice but to address, make it this one.” —The Washington Post “Science fiction has long explored the implications of humanlike machines (think of Asimov’s I, Robot), but Barrat’s thoughtful treatment adds a dose of reality.” —Science News “A dark new book . . . lays out a strong case for why we should be at least a little worried.” —The New Yorker
Issues and Events
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
News Examiner and Commentator
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 1098
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 1098
Book Description
Issues and Events
Author: Francis J. L. Dorl
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
The Evolution of Modern Capitalism: A Study of Machine Production
Author: J. A. Hobson
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
This book looks at the role of machines in the workplace in the context of the history of the industrial revolution. The author was an English social scientisand an economist who was critical of Imperialism. His life (1858–1940) spanned a great deal of the industrial revolution.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
This book looks at the role of machines in the workplace in the context of the history of the industrial revolution. The author was an English social scientisand an economist who was critical of Imperialism. His life (1858–1940) spanned a great deal of the industrial revolution.
Material History Review
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description