What to Think about Machines That Think: Today's Leading Thinkers on the Age of Machine Intelligence (Brockman John)(Paperback)

What to Think about Machines That Think: Today's Leading Thinkers on the Age of Machine Intelligence (Brockman John)(Paperback)

What Should We be Worried About? - John Brockman

Drawing from the horizons of science, today's leading thinkers reveal the hidden threats nobody is talking about-and expose the false fears everyone else is distracted by. What should we be worried about? That is the question John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org ('The world's smartest website'-The

Make, Think, Imagine - The Future of Civilisation (Browne John)(Paperback / softback)

Today's unprecedented pace of change leaves many people wondering what new technologies are doing to our lives. Has social media robbed us of our privacy and fed us with false information? Are robots going to take our jobs? Will better healthcare lead to an ageing population that cannot be cared

This Will Make You Smarter (Brockman John)(Paperback / softback)

Over 150 of the world's leading scientists and thinkers offer their choice of the ideas, and arguments. Every year the author sets them a question, this year that question was: What Scientific Concept Would Improve Everybody's Cognitive Toolkit? In this book, their answers are collected and

What We Think About When We Think About Football (Critchley Simon)(Paperback / softback)

A philosopher's take on what makes the beautiful

Artificial Intelligence: A Ladybird Expert Book (Wooldridge Michael)(Pevná vazba)

'I propose to consider the question, 'Can machines think?' Alan Turing (1950) Part of the ALL-NEW Ladybird Expert series. This book is for everyone living in the age of Artificial Intelligence. And this is an accessible and authoritative introduction to one of the most important conversations of

Beast (Kingsnorth Paul)(Paperback / softback)

What kind of man am I? I wonder what I think about that now that I have spent a year here, watching the layers peel off, stripping myself back . . .Beast plunges you into the world of Edward Buckmaster, a man living alone on a west-country moor. A creature that will become an obsession

Machines That Think! (Brown Don)(Pevná vazba)

Award-winning author Don Brown explores computers and technology in book two of the Big Ideas series Machines That Think explores machines from ancient history to today that perform a multitude of tasks, from making mind-numbing calculations to working on assembly lines. Included are fascinating

How Smart Machines Think (Gerrish Sean)(Paperback)

Everything you've always wanted to know about self-driving cars, Netflix recommendations, IBM's Watson, and video game-playing computer programs. The future is here: Self-driving cars are on the streets, an algorithm gives you movie and TV recommendations, IBM's Watson triumphed on Jeopardy over

Are We Bodies or Souls? (Swinburne Richard)(Pevná vazba)

What are humans? What makes us who we are? Many think that we are just complicated machines, or animals that are different from machines only by being conscious. In Are We Bodies or Souls? Richard Swinburne comes to the defence of the soul and presents new philosophical arguments that are supported

Anatomy & Physiology for Dummies (Odya Erin)(Paperback)

Learn about the human body from the inside out Some people think that knowing about what goes on inside the human body can sap life of its mystery--which is too bad for them. Anybody who's ever taken a peak under the hood knows that the human body, and all its various structures and functions, is a

Hello World - How to be Human in the Age of the Machine (Fry Hannah)(Paperback / softback)

The Machine Age of Customer Insight (Einhorn Martin)(Paperback)

We are living in a new machine age offering unique opportunities, particularly for generating customer insights, which is radically transforming the way business value is created. Across industries, players are affected by the pace of progress of machine learning tools, novel technologies, and the

How Spies Think: Ten Lessons in Intelligence (Omand David)(Paperback)

LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2021'One of the best books ever written about intelligence analysis and its long-term lessons. Brilliant, lucid and thought-provoking' Christopher Andrew, author of The Defence of the Realm: The Authorized History of MI5 'An invaluable guide to

Think of a Number (Verdon John)(Paperback / softback)

It begins with a letter. The letter contains a request - think of a number - and a sealed envelope. Inside the envelope is that number. When Dave Gurney, retired NYPD homicide detective, is contacted by an old college acquaintance about startling letters he's been receiving. How else was he able to

How Professors Think: Inside the Curious World of Academic Judgment (Lamont Michle)(Paperback)

Excellence. Originality. Intelligence. Everyone in academia stresses quality. But what exactly is it, and how do professors identify it? In the academic evaluation system known as 'peer review,' highly respected professors pass judgment, usually confidentially, on the work of others. But only those

Out of the Mountains: The Coming Age of the Urban Guerrilla (Kilcullen David)(Paperback)

When Americans think of modern warfare, what comes to mind is the US army skirmishing with terrorists and insurgents in the mountains of Afghanistan. But the face of global conflict is ever-changing. In Out of the Mountains, David Kilcullen, one of the world's leading experts on current and future

Insourcing: Bringing Discipleship Back to the Local Church (Pope Randy)(Paperback)

Too many of today's pastors and leaders mistakenly think that thriving programs, lively worship services, and relevant preaching are adequate for developing people into the spiritual dynamos God desires. In many churches, the primary objective of the church--discipleship of people into mature

The Polyglot Lovers (Wolff Lina)(Paperback)

Winner of the 2016 August Prize'Do you have to stare like that?' I asked.'Think about the actors in porn. They've got no problem showing themselves off.''Think about when I broke your nose, ' I replied.Ellinor is thirty-six. She wears soft black sweatpants and a Michelin Man jacket. She fights

Visual Culture (Boylan Alexis L.)(Paperback)

How to think about what it means to look and see: a guide for navigating the complexities of visual culture.The visual surrounds us, some of it invited, most of it not. In this visual environment, everything we see--color, the moon, a skyscraper, a stop sign, a political poster, rising sea levels,

Gender: A Graphic Guide (Barker Meg-John)(Paperback)

Join the creators of Queer: A Graphic History ('Could totally change the way you think about sex and gender' VICE) on an illustrated journey of gender exploration. We'll look at how gender has been 'done' differently - from patriarchal societies to trans communities - and how it has been viewed

Clever Machinery - Amusement Park Science (Allan John)(Paperback / softback)

Clever Machinery uses the thrill of the rides to explain what machines are. Pulleys and levers, incredible propulsion, supporting loads just got a lot more interesting! Amusement Park Science a series of 4 books that explain science, using the thrills and spills of rides that have high interest

The Time Machine (Legend Classics) (Wells H. G.)(Paperback)

Part of the Legend Classics seriesA brilliant scientist constructs a machine that allows him to journey into the future. He travels to the year AD 802,701 where he discovers that humanity has evolved into two separate races: the beautiful vegetarian Eloi people who live purposeless lives and the

Philosophy Bites (Edmonds David)(Paperback)

What does Anthony Grayling think about atheism? Adrian Moore about infinity? For the last three years, some of the world's leading philosophers have held forth on their favorite topics on the immensely popular website philosophybites.com. The site now features more than one hundred short