Great Thinking Machine

Author : Amy Webb
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2019-03-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781541773745

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The Big Nine by Amy Webb Pdf

A call-to-arms about the broken nature of artificial intelligence, and the powerful corporations that are turning the human-machine relationship on its head. We like to think that we are in control of the future of "artificial" intelligence. The reality, though, is that we -- the everyday people whose data powers AI -- aren't actually in control of anything. When, for example, we speak with Alexa, we contribute that data to a system we can't see and have no input into -- one largely free from regulation or oversight. The big nine corporations -- Amazon, Google, Facebook, Tencent, Baidu, Alibaba, Microsoft, IBM and Apple--are the new gods of AI and are short-changing our futures to reap immediate financial gain. In this book, Amy Webb reveals the pervasive, invisible ways in which the foundations of AI -- the people working on the system, their motivations, the technology itself -- is broken. Within our lifetimes, AI will, by design, begin to behave unpredictably, thinking and acting in ways which defy human logic. The big nine corporations may be inadvertently building and enabling vast arrays of intelligent systems that don't share our motivations, desires, or hopes for the future of humanity. Much more than a passionate, human-centered call-to-arms, this book delivers a strategy for changing course, and provides a path for liberating us from algorithmic decision-makers and powerful corporations.

Author : Laurie Wallmark
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 23 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Computer scientists
ISBN : 9781939547200

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Ada Byron Lovelace and the Thinking Machine by Laurie Wallmark Pdf

Offers an illustrated telling of the story of Ada Byron Lovelace, from her early creative fascination with mathematics and science and her devastating bout with measles, to the ground-breaking algorithm she wrote for Charles Babbage's analytical engine.

Author : Jacques Futrelle
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Fiction
ISBN : STANFORD:36105037061269

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Best "Thinking Machine" Detective Stories by Jacques Futrelle Pdf

Author : Jacques Futrelle
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2018-12-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780486829104

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Great Thinking Machine by Jacques Futrelle Pdf

Suppose you were locked into one of the most secure prisons in America at the turn of the twentieth century. You've been put into solitary confinement, with periodic inspections by the warden, whom you'd informed that you would escape in less than a week. How would you communicate with the outside, how would you smuggle in tools and weapons, and how would you finally break out? This was the situation confronting Professor Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen, aka The Thinking Machine, in "The Problem of Cell 13," one of the most famous "locked-room" mysteries ever written. Eventually The Thinking Machine did escape, and his method is known to generations of fans. Less well known, however, is the fact that Jacques Futrelle wrote many other stories about this unique detective. This volume presents twelve tales of The Thinking Machine, adventures that concern a perfect alibi and a perfect accusation, an impossible theft of a container of radium, a precise sealed room mystery, a flaming phantom, and other "impossible" situations. Rich in Edwardian period flavor, the realistic tales anticipate many of the major developments in modern crime fiction.

Author : Jacques Futrelle
Publisher : Modern Library
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2007-12-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307431332

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Jacques Futrelle's "The Thinking Machine" by Jacques Futrelle Pdf

This irascible genius, this diminutive egghead scientist, known to the world as “The Thinking Machine,” is no less than the newly rediscovered literary link between Sherlock Holmes and Nero Wolfe: Professor Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen, who—with only the power of ratiocination—unravels problems of outrageous criminous activity in dazzlingly impossible settings. He can escape from the inescapable death-row “Cell 13.” He can fathom why the young woman chopped off her own finger. He can solve the anomaly of the phone that could not speak. These twenty-three Edwardian-era adventures prove (as The Thinking Machine reiterates) that “two and two make four, not sometimes, but all the time.”

Author : Luke Dormehl
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-07
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781524704414

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Thinking Machines by Luke Dormehl Pdf

A fascinating look at Artificial Intelligence, from its humble Cold War beginnings to the dazzling future that is just around the corner. When most of us think about Artificial Intelligence, our minds go straight to cyborgs, robots, and sci-fi thrillers where machines take over the world. But the truth is that Artificial Intelligence is already among us. It exists in our smartphones, fitness trackers, and refrigerators that tell us when the milk will expire. In some ways, the future people dreamed of at the World's Fair in the 1960s is already here. We're teaching our machines how to think like humans, and they're learning at an incredible rate. In Thinking Machines, technology journalist Luke Dormehl takes you through the history of AI and how it makes up the foundations of the machines that think for us today. Furthermore, Dormehl speculates on the incredible--and possibly terrifying--future that's much closer than many would imagine. This remarkable book will invite you to marvel at what now seems commonplace and to dream about a future in which the scope of humanity may need to broaden itself to include intelligent machines.

Author : Dennis Haseley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Brothers
ISBN : PSU:000050455201

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The Amazing Thinking Machine by Dennis Haseley Pdf

This beautifully crafted novel is both funny and poignant as it traces the emotionally charged tale of a young boy coming into his own.

Author : Garry Kasparov
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2017-05-02
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781610397872

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Deep Thinking by Garry Kasparov Pdf

Garry Kasparov's 1997 chess match against the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue was a watershed moment in the history of technology. It was the dawn of a new era in artificial intelligence: a machine capable of beating the reigning human champion at this most cerebral game. That moment was more than a century in the making, and in this breakthrough book, Kasparov reveals his astonishing side of the story for the first time. He describes how it felt to strategize against an implacable, untiring opponent with the whole world watching, and recounts the history of machine intelligence through the microcosm of chess, considered by generations of scientific pioneers to be a key to unlocking the secrets of human and machine cognition. Kasparov uses his unrivaled experience to look into the future of intelligent machines and sees it bright with possibility. As many critics decry artificial intelligence as a menace, particularly to human jobs, Kasparov shows how humanity can rise to new heights with the help of our most extraordinary creations, rather than fear them. Deep Thinking is a tightly argued case for technological progress, from the man who stood at its precipice with his own career at stake.

Author : Jacques Futrelle
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2023-06-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781728276090

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The Thinking Machine by Jacques Futrelle Pdf

This entertaining short story collection features Professor Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen, nicknamed "The Thinking Machine"—a brilliant but abrasive scientist who proves time and again that any puzzle can be solved by the application of logic. Could you beat the world chess master in one try if you'd never played or studied the game? Or plot and execute a successful escape from an inescapable prison cell? And could you do it at the turn of the twentieth century, without benefit of modern technology? Sound impossible? Never use that word in the presence of The Thinking Machine—it angers him greatly and does not give him a favorable impression of the user. Professor Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen knows that both feats are indeed possible, having accomplished them himself. But he also applies his superior intellect and deductive reasoning to more official ends—namely helping the police solve "impossible" crimes. With assistance from reporter Hutchinson Hatch, who is only too happy to suggest potential cases and then write about the outcome, The Thinking Machine proves that no puzzle is unsolvable—not corporate espionage, nor a kidnapped baby, nor a pilfered necklace, And certainly not a "perfect murder."

Author : Jaques Futrelle
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020-07-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783752354263

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The Problem of Cell 13 by Jaques Futrelle Pdf

Reproduction of the original: The Problem of Cell 13 by Jaques Futrelle

Author : Jacques Futrelle
Publisher : New York : Dover Publications
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Boston (Mass.)
ISBN : UCAL:B4373983

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Great Cases of the Thinking Machine by Jacques Futrelle Pdf

Author : Tory Woollcott
Publisher : First Second
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-16
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781250229373

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Science Comics: The Brain by Tory Woollcott Pdf

With Science Comics, you can explore the depths of the ocean, the farthest reaches of space, and everything in between! These gorgeously illustrated graphic novels offer wildly entertaining views of their subjects. In this volume, Fahama has been kidnapped by a mad scientist and his zombie assistant, and they are intent on stealing her brain! She'll need to learn about the brain as fast as possible in order to plan her escape! How did the brain evolve? How do our senses work in relation to the brain? How do we remember things? What makes you, YOU? Get an inside look at the human brain, the most advanced operating system in the world . . . if you have the nerve!

Author : Richard Urwin
Publisher : Arcturus Publishing
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-21
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781784281908

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Artificial Intelligence by Richard Urwin Pdf

What is Artificial Intelligence (AI)? What can it do and how is it created? In this highly accessible guide to the subject, Richard Urwin bases his assessment of AI on the definition of AI as a tool that is 'constructed to aid or substitute for human thought'. He explains how AI came about, the importance of the development of the computer and then examines how AI has developed over the years through the construction of computer programs and how the language used to construct these programs has become more and more sophisticated, thus allowing AI to become better and better. Along the way, you will discover numerous intriguing examples of how scientists have progressed the development of AI, learn about Fuzzy Logic and the ups and downs of computer programming, as well as finding out how research into brain function is continually influencing the field of AI. By turns fascinating and scary, Artificial Intelligence will take the reader on an amazing journey that covers everything from the habits of ants to the world of the stock market.

Author : Jacques Futrelle
Publisher : Random House LLC
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780812970142

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The Thinking Machine by Jacques Futrelle Pdf

THE PROBLEM OF CELL 13 and Other Thinking Machine Stories comprises an edition of the best of a group of detective stories written by Jacques Futrelle, an early American mystery writer and the North American equivalent of Arthur Conan Doyle, whose promising career was cut short when he died on Titanic. Considered some of the best crime stories ever by Ellery Queen and Julian Symons among others, the Thinking Machine tales feature Professor Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen, aka the "Thinking Machine," an eccentric scientist possessing a superior intellect who solves impossible crimes.

Author : John Brockman
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780062425669

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What to Think About Machines That Think by John Brockman Pdf

Weighing in from the cutting-edge frontiers of science, today’s most forward-thinking minds explore the rise of “machines that think.” Stephen Hawking recently made headlines by noting, “The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race.” Others, conversely, have trumpeted a new age of “superintelligence” in which smart devices will exponentially extend human capacities. No longer just a matter of science-fiction fantasy (2001, Blade Runner, The Terminator, Her, etc.), it is time to seriously consider the reality of intelligent technology, many forms of which are already being integrated into our daily lives. In that spirit, John Brockman, publisher of Edge. org (“the world’s smartest website” – The Guardian), asked the world’s most influential scientists, philosophers, and artists one of today’s most consequential questions: What do you think about machines that think?