| You Look Like a Thing and I Love You Lib/E: How Artificial Intelligence Works and Why It's Making the World a Weirder Place Contributor(s): Shane, Janelle (Author), Sands, Xe (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1549128566 ISBN-13: 9781549128561 Publisher: Little Brown and Company OUR PRICE: $66.49 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: November 2019 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Science | Applied Sciences - Computers | Intelligence (ai) & Semantics - Humor | Topic - Language |
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| Publisher Description: AI is everywhere. It powers the autocorrect function of your iPhone, helps Google Translate understand the complexity of language, and interprets your behavior to decide which of your friends' Facebook posts you most want to see. In the coming years, it'll perform medical diagnoses and drive your car--and maybe even help our authors write the first lines of their novels. But how does it actually work?Janelle Shane, a scientist and engineer, is also the go-to contributor about computer science for the New York Times, Slate, and the New Yorker. Through her hilarious experiments, real-world examples, and illuminating cartoons, she explains how AI understands our world, and what it gets wrong. More than just a working knowledge of AI, she hands readers the tools to be skeptical about claims of a smarter future.A comprehensive study of the cutting-edge technology that will soon power our world, YOU LOOK LIKE A THING AND I LOVE YOU is an accessible, hilarious exploration of the future of technology and society. It's ASTROPHYSICS FOR PEOPLE IN A HURRY meets THING EXPLAINER: An approachable guide to a fascinating scientific topic, presented with clarity, levity, and brevity by an expert in the field with a powerful and growing platform. |
Contributor Bio(s): Shane, Janelle: - Janelle Shane has a PhD in engineering and a masters in physics. Her graduate research was in the applications of high-powered lasers, and as her day job, she designs artificial reality for insects. In her spare time, she experiments with training an AI to understand humans. She lives in Colorado. |