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A brief history of intelligence: evolution, AI and the five breakthroughs that made our brains
Bennett M., Mariner Books, Boston, MA, 2023. 432 pp. Type: Book (978-0063286344)
Scientists have long explored the intelligence quotient among animals and specifically humans. The book presents five breakthroughs in 21 chapters, with a separate introduction to these breakthroughs and an extensive conclusion. The introduction g...
Jun 27 2024
Digital platforms and the press
Meese J., INTELLECT, Chicago, IL, 2023. 186 pp. Type: Book (9781789388343)
In
Digital platforms and the press
, James Meese lays out his central argument: the news media industry is becoming increasingly dependent on digital platforms like Google, Meta (Facebook), and others. This dependency manifests in several ke...
May 2 2024
Mental health in the digital age (2nd ed.)
Bauman S., Rivers I., Palgrave Macmillan, New York, NY, 2023. 220 pp. Type: Book (3031321219)
Mental health and mental illness are two different terms that are often used interchangeably. The terms refer to the the scale or measurement of the state of mind and issues or problems related to that state of mind, respectively. Notably, this ed...
Apr 24 2024
Automating empathy: decoding technologies that gauge intimate life
McStay A., Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, 2023. 304 pp. Type: Book (0197615554)
This book is a travel guide to the future. It is a scholarly reimagination of life in the age of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered technologies. It made my head hurt and my heart ache....
Jan 17 2024
The age of prediction: algorithms, AI, and the shifting shadows of risk
Tulchinsky I., Mason C., MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2023. 232 pp. Type: Book (026204773X)
Minority Report
, a film directed by Steven Spielberg, was released in 2002. The story is set in a futuristic Washington, D.C., in the year 2054, where a specialized police department known as the PreCrime Division uses three psychics, calle...
Dec 15 2023
The impact of artificial intelligence on human rights legislation: a plea for an AI convention
Gordon J., Palgrave Macmillan, New York, NY, 2023. 101 pp. Type: Book (3031313879)
In this easy read on artificial intelligence (AI), human rights, and robot rights, the author states different arguments from many different points of view. He refers to this futuristic topic in a very objective way. The main idea of the book is t...
Dec 13 2023
Should robots have rights or rites?
Kim T., Strudler A. Communications of the ACM 66(6): 78-85, 2023. Type: Article
Imagining a future where robots routinely interact with people has raised debate about whether robots deserve special treatment, and eventually rights. Instead of discussing the legal status of robots, the authors propose a view rooted in Confucia...
Aug 18 2023
Technology’s child: digital media’s role in the ages and stages of growing up
Davis K., MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2023. 256 pp. Type: Book (0262046962)
The title of this interesting work presents the author’s basic idea: to bring readers closer to understanding the digital media environment’s impact on our lives, from the early days to full maturity. It is amazing how easy this book i...
Jul 21 2023
Applying the metaverse
Kirkpatrick K. Communications of the ACM 65(11): 16-18, 2022. Type: Article
The introductory article “Applying the metaverse” provides a brief summary of the state of the art, giving some references that, if insufficient, are useful. As mentioned in the article, James Kaplan, cofounder and chief executive offi...
Jul 13 2023
Prophets of computing: visions of society transformed by computing
van Lente D., ACM Books, New York, NY, 2022. 556 pp. Type: Book (1450398154)
The dramatic rise of digital computers in the second half of the 20th century did not just happen. This profound change was driven by governments and a number of inspired individuals, with levels of success varying across different countries and c...
Jul 4 2023
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