Breaking Bots

Author : Amir Shevat
Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05-17
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781491974834

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Designing Bots by Amir Shevat Pdf

From Facebook Messenger to Kik, and from Slack bots to Google Assistant, Amazon Alexa, and email bots, the new conversational apps are revolutionizing the way we interact with software. This practical guide shows you how to design and build great conversational experiences and delightful bots that help people be more productive, whether it’s for a new consumer service or an enterprise efficiency product. Ideal for designers, product managers, and entrepreneurs, this book explores what works and what doesn’t in real-world bot examples, and provides practical design patterns for your bot-building toolbox. You’ll learn how to use an effective onboarding process, outline different flows, define a bot personality, and choose the right balance of rich control and text. Explore different bot use-cases and design best practices Understand bot anatomy—such as brand and personality, conversations, advanced UI controls—and their associated design patterns Learn steps for building a Facebook Messenger consumer bot and a Slack business bot Explore the lessons learned and shared experiences of designers and entrepreneurs who have built bots Design and prototype your first bot, and experiment with user feedback

Author : Chris Bail
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2022-09-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780691241401

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Breaking the Social Media Prism by Chris Bail Pdf

A revealing look at how user behavior is powering deep social divisions online—and how we might yet defeat political tribalism on social media In an era of increasing social isolation, platforms like Facebook and Twitter are among the most important tools we have to understand each other. We use social media as a mirror to decipher our place in society but, as Chris Bail explains, it functions more like a prism that distorts our identities, empowers status-seeking extremists, and renders moderates all but invisible. Breaking the Social Media Prism challenges common myths about echo chambers, foreign misinformation campaigns, and radicalizing algorithms, revealing that the solution to political tribalism lies deep inside ourselves. Drawing on innovative online experiments and in-depth interviews with social media users from across the political spectrum, this book explains why stepping outside of our echo chambers can make us more polarized, not less. Bail takes you inside the minds of online extremists through vivid narratives that trace their lives on the platforms and off—detailing how they dominate public discourse at the expense of the moderate majority. Wherever you stand on the spectrum of user behavior and political opinion, he offers fresh solutions to counter political tribalism from the bottom up and the top down. He introduces new apps and bots to help readers avoid misperceptions and engage in better conversations with the other side. Finally, he explores what the virtual public square might look like if we could hit "reset" and redesign social media from scratch through a first-of-its-kind experiment on a new social media platform built for scientific research. Providing data-driven recommendations for strengthening our social media connections, Breaking the Social Media Prism shows how to combat online polarization without deleting our accounts.

Author : Jason Mars
Publisher : Forbesbooks
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1946633399

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Breaking Bots by Jason Mars Pdf

THE FUTRE IS OURS When humans first evolved, we were basically indistinguishable from animals. Then we harnessed the power of fire, and it catapulted us beyond a state of animalism. Since then, human innovation has propelled us from one technological revolution to the next. We are now at the next world-altering wave of technological evolution: artificial intelligence. But the current AI offerings cannot fulfill our fundamental desire to communicate with our technology through speech. We didn't evolve to type or use a mouse; we evolved to have conversations, including with our technology. We want the USS Enterprise shipboard computer, J.A.R.V.I.S. from Iron Man, the interface from Her. But we are not there yet. Conversational AI and AI in general are collectively our next fire, light bulb, or internet. And we must thank Apple, Google, and Amazon for whetting our appetite with Siri, Google Home, and Alexa. But now we're ready for what's next. That's where the groundbreaking work of computer scientist Jason Mars and Clinc, the company he founded, comes in. Breaking Bots paints a thrilling portrait of the past, present, and future of the AI revolution through Jason's unlikely journey to AI stardom, the extraordinary rise of Clinc from a scrappy start-up to a juggernaut toppler, and the paradigm-shifting technical and cultural DNA that makes Jason's work and Clinc's technology the future of AI. The AI revolution is at hand--and you are part of the journey!

Author : Karen Harris Tully
Publisher : Blue Zephyr Press
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Break the Sky by Karen Harris Tully Pdf

Welcome to the universe of Galactic Dreams, where fairy tales are reimagined for a new age—the future. Years after an apocalyptic attack radiated planet Epiphany, pick-pocket Jakarta “Jak” Moon wants nothing more than to protect her younger brother—and survive. But when an old ally steals her last prized possession, Jak is out of options. Desperate, she breaks into the Tower, the home of Epiphany’s winged dictator, the Godmother, and ends up on a dangerous mission—to climb the enormous elevator and retrieve the last working transport to the giant space stations in orbit. If successful, the Godmother promises Jak one life-changing wish, a wish Jak is determined to win or die trying. Forced to team up with Gill Cuvier, the hunky crush she’s not sure she can trust, Jak ascends the elevator three times, each with a mission more dangerous than the last. Can Jak and Gill retrieve the treasures the Godmother demands, discover the secret of the Golden Eggs, and protect their planet from an evil, time-travelling scientist? Can they learn to trust the love they’ve found to escape the giant space station and certain death? Or is that all too much for a pick-pocket to ask? Galactic Dreams is a unique series of science-fiction novellas from Blue Zephyr Press featuring retellings of classic tales from different authors, all sharing the same universe, technology, and history. If you liked Marissa Meyers’ Lunar Chronicles or James S.A. Corey’s The Expanse, you’ll love Galactic Dreams.

Author : John Best
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781119421955

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Breaking Digital Gridlock, + Website by John Best Pdf

Strategic technology strategy for smaller financial institutions Breaking Digital Gridlock empowers credit unions and community banks to make the shift to digital—even without a seven-figure consulting budget. From leadership, to technology, to security, and more, this book provides effective, real-world strategies for taking the leap without tearing your organization apart. With an emphasis on maintaining the culture, services, and features you have carefully crafted for your customers over the years, these strategies allow you to make your organization more resistant to digital disruption by adopting key technologies at key points in their evolution. Expert advice grounded in practicality shows how FinTech partnerships and strategic technology acquisition can foster new growth with minimal disruption, and how project management can be restructured to most effectively implement any digital solution and how to implement and leverage analytics. Specific implementation advice coupled with expert approaches offer the ability to modernize in an efficient, organized, financially-sound manner. The companion website features a digital readiness assessment that helps clarify the breadth and scope of the change, and serves as a progress check every step of the way. Access to digital assets helps smooth the path to implementation, and a reader forum facilitates the exchange of ideas, experiences, and advice. Identify revolutionary versus evolutionary technology opportunities Empower employee innovation, and stop managing all risk out of good ideas Understand blockchain, machine learning, cloud computing, and other technologies Forge strategic partnerships that will drive growth and success amidst technological upheaval It is widely accepted that digital is the future of banking, but knowing is not the same as doing. If your organization has been riding the fence for too long amidst uncertainty and budget constraints, Breaking Digital Gridlock provides the solutions, strategies, and knowledge you need to begin moving forward.

Author : Bruce Christianson,Bruno Crispo,James A. Malcolm,Michael Roe
Publisher : Springer
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783642049040

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Security Protocols by Bruce Christianson,Bruno Crispo,James A. Malcolm,Michael Roe Pdf

Welcome back to the International Security Protocols Workshop. Our theme for this, the 14th workshop in the series, is “Putting the Human Back in the Protocol”. We’ve got into the habit of saying “Of course, Alice and Bob aren’t really people. Alice and Bob are actually programs running in some computers.” But we build computer systems in order to enable people to interact in accordance with certain social protocols. So if we’re serious about system services being end-to-end then, at some level of abstraction, the end points Alice and Bob are humanafterall.Thishascertainconsequences.Weexploresomeoftheminthese proceedings, in the hope that this will encourage you to pursue them further. Is Alice talking to the correct stranger? Our thanks to Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge for the use of their faci- ties, and to the University of Hertfordshire for lending us several of their sta?. Particular thanks once again to Lori Klimaszewska of the University of C- bridge Computing Service for transcribing the audio tapes, and to Virgil Gligor for acting as our advisor.

Author : Scott Billups
Publisher : Netcastle Press
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2024-03-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Quantum State by Scott Billups Pdf

QUANTUM STATE - Book #2 Recap of MARS LEGACY - Book #1 The initial colonization of Mars exceeded all expectations; a genuine triumph of one man's vision and relentless dedication to scientific progress. But as greed took hold and nations fought for their slice of the pie, the bold endeavor turned into a deadly mess. With advanced AI and an abundant workforce, the task of rebuilding the fledgling colonies should have been simple, but humans just aren’t made that way. Tragic losses and financial ruin plagued the endeavor until the United Nations formed the Joint Academic Research and Development Organization (JARDO) and chose world-renowned scientist Marvin Dryer to head it up. Armed with the authority to handpick the best and brightest minds, Dr. Dryer assembled a team of brilliant young scientists, each with their own unique set of strengths and personal peccadilloes. Dr. Lauren Sommers, the world’s leading AI scientist, and her quirky AI sidekick, SAMI, quickly formed an incontrovertible authority on the red dust ball. Tasked with colonizing the Valles Mariners after her former fiancé is murdered, Lauren relies on SAMI’s unwavering focus to keep the Mars project on track. Fresh off his Nobel Prize-winning discovery of faster-than-light communications, Dr. Bradley Yeager, widely regarded as the young Howard Hughes of advanced science, arrives at Mars a few weeks ahead of his offbeat team. Together on Mars, with the world’s fastest quantum computer and an idiosyncratic synthetic cognizance named Quattro, they’ve just discovered a signal that comes from another solar system. It is a signal that is about to change everything “Stand aside, Douglas Adams and Kurt Vonnegut; Scott Billups has more mind-blowing ideas than you can shake a particle beam at.” Brian McKernan Former Editor - OMNI Magazine Back in 1993, Stan Lee and Roger Corman asked if I could help them make a superhero movie for under a million dollars. We made the original Fantastic Four for less than the catering budget of my next movie. After that, Stan came to me from time to time with various technology-related questions and ideas. With the sale of Marvel to Disney, he could see his superhero universe slipping deeper into fantasy. He had an idea to update the genre with a whole alternative universe of superheroes for the quantum age. His idea was simple: develop a story about superheroes who save the world using actual science. They face threats on the same scale as those found in science fantasies, but they win their battles through technical intelligence rather than unexplained supernatural powers. After his death, Stan Lee Entertainment and the Stan Lee estate asked if I would help revive that vision. The script I wrote was a bold departure from the current fantasy-based superhero genre, but people with more lawyers and deeper pockets than me felt that it would interfere with the Stan Lee brand - so I decided to write this book. This is the origin story for a new superhero universe. It is full of real and emerging science because that was Stan’s idea.

Author : Kayla Miller
Publisher : Walker Books Australia
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2024-03-06
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781760656348

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Break by Kayla Miller Pdf

New York Times bestselling author/illustrator Kayla Miller returns with another vibrant and emotional story about the power of second chances and how the fear of missing out can lead to missing out on what’s right in front of you. Spring break is full of possibilities… but not for Olive. This year, Olive is leaving her friends and all of their exciting vacation plans behind to visit her dad at his new apartment in the city. Goober is thrilled to spend a whole week with their father and has a long list of activities for their time together. Olive, on the other hand, still remembers the hurt of their dad moving halfway across the world. She would rather spend time with her friend Bree or scrolling through her new phone to keep up with everything she’s missing back home, than catch up with him. As the week winds on, the normally easygoing Olive finds feelings of loneliness and resentment throwing her out of whack. Is there any hope of salvaging the visit – or will Olive’s Spring break be a Spring bust?

Author : Nick Monaco,Samuel Woolley
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2022-05-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781509543601

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Bots by Nick Monaco,Samuel Woolley Pdf

Bots – automated software applications programmed to perform tasks online – have become a feature of our everyday lives, from helping us navigate online systems to assisting us with online shopping. Yet, despite enabling internet users, bots are increasingly associated with disinformation and concerning political intervention. In this ground-breaking book, Monaco and Woolley offer the first comprehensive overview of the history of bots, tracing their varied applications throughout the past sixty years and bringing to light the astounding influence these computer programs have had on how humans understand reality, communicate with each other, and wield power. Drawing upon the authors' decade of experience in the field, this book examines the role bots play in politics, social life, business, and artificial intelligence. Despite bots being a fundamental part of the web since the early 1990s, the authors reveal how the socially oriented ones continue to play an integral role in online communication globally, especially as our daily lives become increasingly automated. This timely book is essential reading for students and scholars in Media and Communication Studies, Sociology, Politics, and Computer Science, as well as general readers with an interest in technology and public affairs.

Author : Dennis Magner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Livestock
ISBN : UCAL:$B710251

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The Standard Horse and Stock Book: a Complete Pictorial Encyclopedia of Practical Reference for Horse and Stock Owners by Dennis Magner Pdf

Author : Dennis Magner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 684 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Horses
ISBN : HARVARD:HN3EXG

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The Standard Horse Book by Dennis Magner Pdf

Author : Dennis Magner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1270 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Domestic animals
ISBN : UCD:31175035220063

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Magner's Standard Horse and Stock Book by Dennis Magner Pdf

Author : Jeff Heaton
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2006-10-11
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780782152326

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Programming Spiders, Bots, and Aggregators in Java by Jeff Heaton Pdf

The content and services available on the web continue to be accessed mostly through direct human control. But this is changing. Increasingly, users rely on automated agents that save them time and effort by programmatically retrieving content, performing complex interactions, and aggregating data from diverse sources. Programming Spiders, Bots, and Aggregators in Java teaches you how to build and deploy a wide variety of these agents-from single-purpose bots to exploratory spiders to aggregators that present a unified view of information from multiple user accounts. You will quickly build on your basic knowledge of Java to quickly master the techniques that are essential to this specialized world of programming, including parsing HTML, interpreting data, working with cookies, reading and writing XML, and managing high-volume workloads. You'll also learn about the ethical issues associated with bot use--and the limitations imposed by some websites. This book offers two levels of instruction, both of which are focused on the library of routines provided on the companion CD. If your main concern is adding ready-made functionality to an application, you'll achieve your goals quickly thanks to step-by-step instructions and sample programs that illustrate effective implementations. If you're interested in the technologies underlying these routines, you'll find in-depth explanations of how they work and the techniques required for customization.

Author : Leonard Gaultois
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2018-02-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781525520822

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Break Out by Leonard Gaultois Pdf

Having already fended off planetary destruction by a malicious alien race, the denizens of Earth are now keenly aware that they are not alone in the universe. The Earth Protection Services (EPS) has been established, and for the first time, humans are braving the dark regions of space to meet other races, both friendly and dangerous. In due time, it is expected that Earth will become part of the Federation, linked to other solar systems through money and trade—but this transition will not come easily. Dr. Doug Hansen is the captain of the Ranger, Earth’s first spaceship capable of moving at speeds faster than light. While on a secret mission to salvage abandoned alien aircrafts, the ship intercepts a disturbing distress call from an uncharted solar system: “To whoever receives this message; we beseech you, please help us.” Torn between his duties for the EPS, his desire to protect Earth from intergalactic threats, and his inclination to help the oppressed, Doug makes a decision that catalyzes a major shift in Earth’s role in the known universe; alliances and enemies quickly begin to reveal themselves, all wanting to seize this opportunity. As the second book in Leonard Gaultois’ The Founders Series, Break Out expands the vast and fascinating universe introduced in Brain Drain (2014). With complex characters and believable futuristic technologies, Gaultois brings us a space opera full of unexpected turns, as well as a surprising glimpse into what politics would look like when expanded beyond the limits of Earth.

Author : György Kampis,István Karsai,Eörs Szathmáry
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2011-05-21
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783642212826

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Advances in Artificial Life by György Kampis,István Karsai,Eörs Szathmáry Pdf

The two-volume set LNAI 5777 and LNAI 5778 constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 10th European Conference, ECAl 2009, held in Budapest, Hungary, in September 2009. The 141 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from161 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on evolutionary developmental biology and hardware, evolutionary robotics, protocells and prebiotic chemistry, systems biology, artificial chemistry and neuroscience, group selection, ecosystems and evolution, algorithms and evolutionary computation, philosophy and arts, optimization, action, and agent connectivity, and swarm intelligence.