Author: Tirath Virdee
Publisher: Lid Publishing
ISBN: 9781912555833
Category : Artificial intelligence
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book addresses issues from defining and sizing projects to continuous development, continuous integration and continuous deployment. --
Data Alchemy
Author: Tirath Virdee
Publisher: Lid Publishing
ISBN: 9781912555833
Category : Artificial intelligence
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book addresses issues from defining and sizing projects to continuous development, continuous integration and continuous deployment. --
Publisher: Lid Publishing
ISBN: 9781912555833
Category : Artificial intelligence
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book addresses issues from defining and sizing projects to continuous development, continuous integration and continuous deployment. --
Robot Alchemy
Author: Texe Marrs
Publisher: Rivercrest Publishing
ISBN: 9781930004801
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Come and take a thrilling excursion across the robot galaxy. Since time immemorial, humans have sought to build artificial creatures that move and talk. You will see and discover many of these fantastic creations in this book.
Publisher: Rivercrest Publishing
ISBN: 9781930004801
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Come and take a thrilling excursion across the robot galaxy. Since time immemorial, humans have sought to build artificial creatures that move and talk. You will see and discover many of these fantastic creations in this book.
What Computers Cant Do
Author: Professor of Philosophy Hubert L Dreyfus
Publisher: Franklin Classics
ISBN: 9780343259341
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Publisher: Franklin Classics
ISBN: 9780343259341
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Promethean Ambitions
Author: William R. Newman
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226577139
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
In an age when the nature of reality is complicated daily by advances in bioengineering, cloning, and artificial intelligence, it is easy to forget that the ever-evolving boundary between nature and technology has long been a source of ethical and scientific concern: modern anxieties about the possibility of artificial life and the dangers of tinkering with nature more generally were shared by opponents of alchemy long before genetic science delivered us a cloned sheep named Dolly. In Promethean Ambitions, William R. Newman ambitiously uses alchemy to investigate the thinning boundary between the natural and the artificial. Focusing primarily on the period between 1200 and 1700, Newman examines the labors of pioneering alchemists and the impassioned—and often negative—responses to their efforts. By the thirteenth century, Newman argues, alchemy had become a benchmark for determining the abilities of both men and demons, representing the epitome of creative power in the natural world. Newman frames the art-nature debate by contrasting the supposed transmutational power of alchemy with the merely representational abilities of the pictorial and plastic arts—a dispute which found artists such as Leonardo da Vinci and Bernard Palissy attacking alchemy as an irreligious fraud. The later assertion by the Paracelsian school that one could make an artificial human being—the homunculus—led to further disparagement of alchemy, but as Newman shows, the immense power over nature promised by the field contributed directly to the technological apologetics of Francis Bacon and his followers. By the mid-seventeenth century, the famous "father of modern chemistry," Robert Boyle, was employing the arguments of medieval alchemists to support the identity of naturally occurring substances with those manufactured by "chymical" means. In using history to highlight the art-nature debate, Newman here shows that alchemy was not an unformed and capricious precursor to chemistry; it was an art founded on coherent philosophical and empirical principles, with vocal supporters and even louder critics, that attracted individuals of first-rate intellect. The historical relationship that Newman charts between human creation and nature has innumerable implications today, and he ably links contemporary issues to alchemical debates on the natural versus the artificial.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226577139
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
In an age when the nature of reality is complicated daily by advances in bioengineering, cloning, and artificial intelligence, it is easy to forget that the ever-evolving boundary between nature and technology has long been a source of ethical and scientific concern: modern anxieties about the possibility of artificial life and the dangers of tinkering with nature more generally were shared by opponents of alchemy long before genetic science delivered us a cloned sheep named Dolly. In Promethean Ambitions, William R. Newman ambitiously uses alchemy to investigate the thinning boundary between the natural and the artificial. Focusing primarily on the period between 1200 and 1700, Newman examines the labors of pioneering alchemists and the impassioned—and often negative—responses to their efforts. By the thirteenth century, Newman argues, alchemy had become a benchmark for determining the abilities of both men and demons, representing the epitome of creative power in the natural world. Newman frames the art-nature debate by contrasting the supposed transmutational power of alchemy with the merely representational abilities of the pictorial and plastic arts—a dispute which found artists such as Leonardo da Vinci and Bernard Palissy attacking alchemy as an irreligious fraud. The later assertion by the Paracelsian school that one could make an artificial human being—the homunculus—led to further disparagement of alchemy, but as Newman shows, the immense power over nature promised by the field contributed directly to the technological apologetics of Francis Bacon and his followers. By the mid-seventeenth century, the famous "father of modern chemistry," Robert Boyle, was employing the arguments of medieval alchemists to support the identity of naturally occurring substances with those manufactured by "chymical" means. In using history to highlight the art-nature debate, Newman here shows that alchemy was not an unformed and capricious precursor to chemistry; it was an art founded on coherent philosophical and empirical principles, with vocal supporters and even louder critics, that attracted individuals of first-rate intellect. The historical relationship that Newman charts between human creation and nature has innumerable implications today, and he ably links contemporary issues to alchemical debates on the natural versus the artificial.
The Alchemy of Us
Author: Ainissa Ramirez
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262542269
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
A “timely, informative, and fascinating” study of 8 inventions—and how they shaped our world—with “totally compelling” insights on little-known inventors throughout history (Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Sixth Extinction) In The Alchemy of Us, scientist and science writer Ainissa Ramirez examines 8 inventions and reveals how they shaped the human experience: • Clocks • Steel rails • Copper communication cables • Photographic film • Light bulbs • Hard disks • Scientific labware • Silicon chips Ramirez tells the stories of the woman who sold time, the inventor who inspired Edison, and the hotheaded undertaker whose invention pointed the way to the computer. She describes how our pursuit of precision in timepieces changed how we sleep; how the railroad helped commercialize Christmas; how the necessary brevity of the telegram influenced Hemingway’s writing style; and how a young chemist exposed the use of Polaroid’s cameras to create passbooks to track black citizens in apartheid South Africa. These fascinating and inspiring stories offer new perspectives on our relationships with technologies. Ramirez shows not only how materials were shaped by inventors but also how those materials shaped culture, chronicling each invention and its consequences—intended and unintended. Filling in the gaps left by other books about technology, Ramirez showcases little-known inventors—particularly people of color and women—who had a significant impact but whose accomplishments have been hidden by mythmaking, bias, and convention. Doing so, she shows us the power of telling inclusive stories about technology. She also shows that innovation is universal—whether it's splicing beats with two turntables and a microphone or splicing genes with two test tubes and CRISPR.
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262542269
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
A “timely, informative, and fascinating” study of 8 inventions—and how they shaped our world—with “totally compelling” insights on little-known inventors throughout history (Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Sixth Extinction) In The Alchemy of Us, scientist and science writer Ainissa Ramirez examines 8 inventions and reveals how they shaped the human experience: • Clocks • Steel rails • Copper communication cables • Photographic film • Light bulbs • Hard disks • Scientific labware • Silicon chips Ramirez tells the stories of the woman who sold time, the inventor who inspired Edison, and the hotheaded undertaker whose invention pointed the way to the computer. She describes how our pursuit of precision in timepieces changed how we sleep; how the railroad helped commercialize Christmas; how the necessary brevity of the telegram influenced Hemingway’s writing style; and how a young chemist exposed the use of Polaroid’s cameras to create passbooks to track black citizens in apartheid South Africa. These fascinating and inspiring stories offer new perspectives on our relationships with technologies. Ramirez shows not only how materials were shaped by inventors but also how those materials shaped culture, chronicling each invention and its consequences—intended and unintended. Filling in the gaps left by other books about technology, Ramirez showcases little-known inventors—particularly people of color and women—who had a significant impact but whose accomplishments have been hidden by mythmaking, bias, and convention. Doing so, she shows us the power of telling inclusive stories about technology. She also shows that innovation is universal—whether it's splicing beats with two turntables and a microphone or splicing genes with two test tubes and CRISPR.
Mind Over Machine
Author: Hubert Dreyfus
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743205510
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Human intuition and perception are basic and essential phenomena of consciousness. As such, they will never be replicated by computers. This is the challenging notion of Hubert Dreyfus, Ph. D., archcritic of the artificial intelligence establishment. It's important to emphasize that he doesn't believe that AI is fundamentally impossible, only that the current research program is fatally flawed. Instead, he argues that to get a device (or devices) with human-like intelligence would require them to have a human-like being in the world, which would require them to have bodies more or less like ours, and social acculturation (i.e. a society) more or less like ours. This helps to explain the practical problems in implementing artificial intelligence algorithms.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743205510
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Human intuition and perception are basic and essential phenomena of consciousness. As such, they will never be replicated by computers. This is the challenging notion of Hubert Dreyfus, Ph. D., archcritic of the artificial intelligence establishment. It's important to emphasize that he doesn't believe that AI is fundamentally impossible, only that the current research program is fatally flawed. Instead, he argues that to get a device (or devices) with human-like intelligence would require them to have a human-like being in the world, which would require them to have bodies more or less like ours, and social acculturation (i.e. a society) more or less like ours. This helps to explain the practical problems in implementing artificial intelligence algorithms.
The Road to Conscious Machines
Author: Michael Wooldridge
Publisher: Pelican
ISBN: 9780241333907
Category : Artificial intelligence
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Publisher: Pelican
ISBN: 9780241333907
Category : Artificial intelligence
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Almost Alchemy
Author: Dan S. Kennedy
Publisher: Forbesbooks
ISBN: 9781950863235
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
CHANGE YOUR MATH CHANGE YOUR BUSINESS CHANGE YOUR LIFE Almost Alchemy challenges your existing beliefs and self-imposed limitations--forcing you to re-imagine, reinvent, and reorganize your business to achieve and exceed goals in a systematic and sustainable way. In this radical new book, Dan Kennedy destroys the myth that "Knowledge is Power" by exposing 20 different proven strategies to ensure business sustainability and maximize wealth extraction. It is thought-provoking, cage-rattling and mind blowing all in one. Alchemy isn't writing slightly better copy or tweaking your marketing to take advantage of some new media or some other hot trend. Instead, it's about reinventing the way you think about your business, recognizing the "brutal realities" that few dare to embrace or refuse to even recognize... and turning information into ACTION and PROFIT. In its mythical context, Alchemy was about one thing and one thing only: transforming ordinary metals into gold. And like thousands of others, you may start this book thinking you're in an ordinary business and finish realizing you instead have a different, bigger, better, more valuable one.
Publisher: Forbesbooks
ISBN: 9781950863235
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
CHANGE YOUR MATH CHANGE YOUR BUSINESS CHANGE YOUR LIFE Almost Alchemy challenges your existing beliefs and self-imposed limitations--forcing you to re-imagine, reinvent, and reorganize your business to achieve and exceed goals in a systematic and sustainable way. In this radical new book, Dan Kennedy destroys the myth that "Knowledge is Power" by exposing 20 different proven strategies to ensure business sustainability and maximize wealth extraction. It is thought-provoking, cage-rattling and mind blowing all in one. Alchemy isn't writing slightly better copy or tweaking your marketing to take advantage of some new media or some other hot trend. Instead, it's about reinventing the way you think about your business, recognizing the "brutal realities" that few dare to embrace or refuse to even recognize... and turning information into ACTION and PROFIT. In its mythical context, Alchemy was about one thing and one thing only: transforming ordinary metals into gold. And like thousands of others, you may start this book thinking you're in an ordinary business and finish realizing you instead have a different, bigger, better, more valuable one.
Markov Logic
Author: Pedro Dechter
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031015495
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
Most subfields of computer science have an interface layer via which applications communicate with the infrastructure, and this is key to their success (e.g., the Internet in networking, the relational model in databases, etc.). So far this interface layer has been missing in AI. First-order logic and probabilistic graphical models each have some of the necessary features, but a viable interface layer requires combining both. Markov logic is a powerful new language that accomplishes this by attaching weights to first-order formulas and treating them as templates for features of Markov random fields. Most statistical models in wide use are special cases of Markov logic, and first-order logic is its infinite-weight limit. Inference algorithms for Markov logic combine ideas from satisfiability, Markov chain Monte Carlo, belief propagation, and resolution. Learning algorithms make use of conditional likelihood, convex optimization, and inductive logic programming. Markov logic has been successfully applied to problems in information extraction and integration, natural language processing, robot mapping, social networks, computational biology, and others, and is the basis of the open-source Alchemy system. Table of Contents: Introduction / Markov Logic / Inference / Learning / Extensions / Applications / Conclusion
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031015495
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
Most subfields of computer science have an interface layer via which applications communicate with the infrastructure, and this is key to their success (e.g., the Internet in networking, the relational model in databases, etc.). So far this interface layer has been missing in AI. First-order logic and probabilistic graphical models each have some of the necessary features, but a viable interface layer requires combining both. Markov logic is a powerful new language that accomplishes this by attaching weights to first-order formulas and treating them as templates for features of Markov random fields. Most statistical models in wide use are special cases of Markov logic, and first-order logic is its infinite-weight limit. Inference algorithms for Markov logic combine ideas from satisfiability, Markov chain Monte Carlo, belief propagation, and resolution. Learning algorithms make use of conditional likelihood, convex optimization, and inductive logic programming. Markov logic has been successfully applied to problems in information extraction and integration, natural language processing, robot mapping, social networks, computational biology, and others, and is the basis of the open-source Alchemy system. Table of Contents: Introduction / Markov Logic / Inference / Learning / Extensions / Applications / Conclusion
Artificial Intelligence
Author: Ronald Chrisley
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780415193320
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 550
Book Description
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780415193320
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 550
Book Description