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Who's Afraid of AI?: Fear and Promise in the Age of Thinking Machines

Thomas Ramge · The Experiment
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback

A penetrating guide to artificial intelligence: what it is, how it works, and the ways it will define our lives - for better and worse Computer programs can recognize human faces more reliably than humans. They beat us at board games, they bluff better than the best poker players in the world,...
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A Human's Guide to Machine Intelligence: How Algorithms Are Shaping Our Lives and How We Can Stay in Control

Kartik Hosanagar · Viking
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

A Wharton professor and tech entrepreneur examines how algorithms and artificial intelligence are starting to run every aspect of our lives, and how we can shape the way they impact usThrough the technology embedded in almost every major tech platform and every web-enabled device, algorithms...
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Practical Augmented Reality: A Guide to the Technologies, Applications, and Human Factors for AR and VR

Steve Aukstakalnis · Addison-Wesley
Pages: 420
Format: Print book

This is the most comprehensive and up-to-date guide to the technologies, applications and human factors considerations of Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) systems and wearable computing devices. Ideal for practitioners and students alike, it brings together comprehensive...
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CCSP Official

Ben Malisow · Sybex
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback

The only official CCSP practice test product endorsed by (ISC) With over 1, 000 practice questions, this book gives you the opportunity to test your level of understanding and gauge your readiness for the Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) exam long before the big day. These...
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Dawn of the New Everything: Encounters with Reality and Virtual Reality

Jaron Lanier · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 351
Format: Hardcover

The father of virtual reality explains its dazzling possibilities by reflecting on his own lifelong relationship with technologyBridging the gap between tech mania and the experience of being inside the human body, Dawn of the New Everything is a look at what it means to be human at a moment...
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Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems

Martin Kleppmann · O'Reilly Media
Pages: 562
Format: Paperback

Data is at the center of many great challenges in system design. There are so many tools to choose from: databases, NoSQL datastores, stream and batch processors, caches, indexes, message brokers, and so on. Moreover, there are so many issues to consider: scalability, consistency, reliability,...
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Mastering Bitcoin: Unlocking Digital Cryptocurrencies

Andreas M. Antonopoulos · O'Reilly Media; 1 edition
Format: Book

Mastering Bitcoin is essential reading for everyone interested in learning about bitcoin basics, the technical operation of bitcoin, or if youre building the next great bitcoin killer app or business. From using a bitcoin wallet to buy a cup of coffee, to running a bitcoin marketplace with...
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OS X Yosemite All-in-One For Dummies

Mark L. Chambers · For Dummies; 1 edition
Format: Print book

Get the most out of the latest version of OS X This reference combines eight content-rich minibooks in one complete package to give you all-access, easy-to-understand coverage of the key features and tools needed to get the most out of the latest OS X release from Apple. In OS X Yosemite...
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A Social Strategy: How We Profit from Social Media

Mikolaj Jan Piskorski · Princeton University Press
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Almost no one had heard of social media a decade ago, but today websites such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn have more than 1 billion users and account for almost 25 percent of Internet use. Practically overnight, social media seems indispensable to our lives--from friendship and dating...
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