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  Constructed truths: truth and knowledge in a post-truth world
Zoglauer T., Springer International Publishing, Cham, Switzerland, 2023. 162 pp.  Type: Book (3658399414), Reviews: (2 of 2)

Families gather during the holiday season, and heated discussions often erupt over politics and cultural values. This situation has become so frequent that it is standard fare in comedy sketches, jokes, and cartoons. It seems as though the opposin...

Mar 11 2024
  Constructed truths: truth and knowledge in a post-truth world
Zoglauer T., Springer International Publishing, Cham, Switzerland, 2023. 162 pp.  Type: Book (3658399414), Reviews: (1 of 2)

Many of us grew up used to having some news sources we could implicitly trust, such as well-positioned newspapers and radio or TV news programs. We knew they would only hire responsible journalists rather than risk diluting public trust and losing...

Mar 6 2024
  The future of work: challenges and prospects for organisations, jobs and workers
Lynn T., Rosati P., Conway E., van der Werff L., Palgrave Macmillan, New York, NY, 2023. 186 pp.  Type: Book (303131493X)

This collection of ten articles written as research papers--each constituting a different chapter of the book--is authored by 27 scholars and edited by four of them. The collection is essentially “a projection of how work, working,...

Feb 23 2024
  10 things software developers should learn about learning
Brown N., Hermans F., Margulieux L. Communications of the ACM 6778-87, 2024.  Type: Article

As software developers, we understand the detailed workings of the different components of our computer systems. And--probably due to how computers were presented since their appearance as “digital brains” in the 1940s--we so...

Feb 22 2024
  Keywords in and out of context
Van der Veer Martens B., Springer International Publishing, Cham, Switzerland, 2023. 164 pp.  Type: Book (303132529X)

In a literate society, the use of keywords is such a common everyday activity that we rarely reflect on the origins of their use. It seems so normal and inherent to our lives that using keywords is in our DNA. This is an enlightening short book on...

Feb 9 2024
   The threshold: leading in the age of AI
Chatrath N., Diversion Books, New York, NY, 2023. 304 pp.  Type: Book (9781635768930)

Nick Chatrath’s thoughtful book on artificial intelligence (AI) is of vital significance for leaders across all levels, urging managers to align actions to guide AI for humanity’s benefit. Few leaders move beyond machine-like approache...

Feb 2 2024
   The maniac
Labatut B., Penguin Press, Westminster, London, 2023. 368 pp.  Type: Book (9780593654477)

At the confluence of physics, mathematics, and computing, in the middle of the 20th century, lived a community of unique and sometimes troubled geniuses whose work created today’s technological marvels and dangers. Einstein, of course, Hilbe...

Jan 31 2024
  Experimental studies in learning technology and child–computer interaction
Giannakos M., Springer International Publishing, Cham, Switzerland, 2022. 107 pp.  Type: Book (9783031143496)

The impact of technology on learning has increased tremendously over the years. Computers play a major and undeniable role in this, and there is no doubt that small children are being increasingly exposed to them. It is therefore worth exploring t...

Jan 24 2024
   Imagining AI
Cave S., Dihal K., OXFORD UNIVERISTY PRESS, Oxford, UK, 2023. 448 pp.  Type: Book (0192865366)

This collection of essays explores how different cultures around the world imagine intelligent machines. It notes that visions of intelligent machines predate modern technology, but the term “artificial intelligence (AI),” coined in 19...

Jan 22 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
 
 
 
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