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Machines Behaving Badly
Artificial intelligence is an essential part of our lives – for better or worse. It can be used to influence what we buy, who gets shortlisted for a job and even how we vote. Without AI, medical technology wouldn't have come so far, we'd still be getting lost on backroads in our GPS-free cars, and smartphones wouldn't be so, well, smart. But as we continue to build more intelligent and autonomous machines, what impact will this have on humanity and the planet?
Professor Toby Walsh, a world-leading researcher in the field of artificial intelligence, explores the ethical considerations and unexpected consequences AI poses – Is Alexa racist? Can robots have rights? What happens if a self-driving car kills someone? What limitations should we put on the use of facial recognition?
Machines Behaving Badly is a thought-provoking look at the increasing human reliance on robotics and the decisions that need to be made now to ensure the future of AI is as a force for good, not evil.
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The emperor's new mind : concerning computers, minds and the laws of physics
In his bestselling work of popular science, Sir Roger Penrose takes us on a fascinating tour through the basic principles of physics, cosmology, mathematics, and philosophy to show that human thinking can never be emulated by a machine.
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The AI delusion
Gary Smith argues that the real danger of artificial intelligence is not that computers are smarter than us, but that we think they are. Through many examples, Smith shows that human reasoning is fundamentally different from artificial intelligence, and it is needed more than ever.
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Information Modelling and Knowledge Bases XIV
This work includes the papers presented in the 12th European-Japanese Conference on Information Modelling and Knowledge Bases. Topics of research in this conference included the theory and practice of information modelling, conceptual modelling, and design and specification of information systems.
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The best writing on mathematics 2013
This annual anthology brings together the year's finest mathematics writing from around the world. Featuring promising new voices alongside some of the foremost names in the field,The Best Writing on Mathematics 2013makes available to a wide audience many articles not easily found anywhere else--and you don't need to be a mathematician to enjoy them. These writings offer surprising insights into the nature, meaning, and practice of mathematics today. They delve into the history, philosophy, teaching, and everyday occurrences of math, and take readers behind the scenes of today's hottest mathematical debates. Here Philip Davis offers a panoramic view of mathematics in contemporary society; Terence Tao discusses aspects of universal mathematical laws in complex systems; Ian Stewart explains how in mathematics everything arises out of nothing; Erin Maloney and Sian Beilock consider the mathematical anxiety experienced by many students and suggest effective remedies; Elie Ayache argues that exchange prices reached in open market transactions transcend the common notion of probability; and much, much more.
In addition to presenting the year's most memorable writings on mathematics, this must-have anthology includes a foreword by esteemed mathematical physicist Roger Penrose and an introduction by the editor, Mircea Pitici. This book belongs on the shelf of anyone interested in where math has taken us--and where it is headed.
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EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION: MOJO AND THE SEXUAL LOGIC OF LATE CAPITALISM
From the recent spate of films dealing with the so-called sexual revolution ranging from Boogie Nights, The People vs Larry Flynt, The Ice Storm, Stonewall and so on, a nostalgic reworking of sexual politics of the 1960s and 70s may be seen as a powerful (if implicit) commentary on constructions of the experience of sexuality today. Beyond the more obvious collusion of cinema and sexology as a convenient, legitimizing plot device for sexual display, author Charlotte Pagni offers an analysis of the film's production history and critical reception as avenues for understanding the continued struggle for sexual liberation today. By unearthing and querying the troubled politics of heterosexuality which he sees at the heart of these films, Waugh shows how their marginalized, subtextual negotiation of homosexuality gets lumped in with other conflicts such as racism, aggression and federalism in Canada's relatively nascent feature film industry.
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