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The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI

How to Think About Artificial Intelligence—Before It's Too Late

by Cory Doctorow ...

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNational Indie Bestseller"[Doctorow] resembles the great rock critics of an earlier era, a high-tech Greil Marcus or even a Lester Bangs." —Stephen Marche, The New York Times Book ReviewA short, provocative guide to what's good, bad, and stupid about AI and the discourse around AI, by the author of Enshittification.In modern tech parlance, a c... ... Read more

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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNational Indie Bestseller"[Doctorow] resembles the great rock critics of an earlier era, a high-tech Greil Marcus or even a Lester Bangs." —Stephen Marche, The New York Times Book ReviewA short, provocative guide to what's good, bad, and stupid about AI and the discourse around AI, by the author of Enshittification.In modern tech parlance, a c...
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The AGI Chronicles

The Inside Story of the Race to Create an Artificial Superintelligence

by Kevin Roose ...

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLEROne of Publishers Weekly's Ten Best Books of the Year"Exciting and brilliantly reported . . . Roose makes the technology understandable while also conveying the historic nature of a new world being born." —Walter Isaacson, author of Elon Musk"[Kevin Roose] came out with the most important story in AI: how a few executives, and the relationships be... ... Read more

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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLEROne of Publishers Weekly's Ten Best Books of the Year"Exciting and brilliantly reported . . . Roose makes the technology understandable while also conveying the historic nature of a new world being born." —Walter Isaacson, author of Elon Musk"[Kevin Roose] came out with the most important story in AI: how a few executives, and the relationships be...
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The Digital Mind

by Pradip Das ...

Technology has changed the way we work, learn, communicate, shop, decide and even think. But are we becoming better at using technology—or simply becoming better at responding to it?Your phone can connect you to almost anyone, answer almost any question, entertain you whenever you are bored and help you complete tasks in seconds. Yet the same technology can quietly fragment your attention, ... Read more

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Technology has changed the way we work, learn, communicate, shop, decide and even think. But are we becoming better at using technology—or simply becoming better at responding to it?Your phone can connect you to almost anyone, answer almost any question, entertain you whenever you are bored and help you complete tasks in seconds. Yet the same technology can quietly fragment your attention,
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Co-Existence

The Next Phase of AI

by Ethan Mollick ...

**The New York Times bestselling author of Co-Intelligence now asks: How do we live alongside machines that are sometimes smarter than us?“You will not be sorry that you start and finish this masterpiece... Ethan Mollick—who understands how to use AI better than anyone else on the planet—explains how it really works.”—Angela Duckworth, author of Grit**We are entering a new era. AI systems can ... Read more

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**The New York Times bestselling author of Co-Intelligence now asks: How do we live alongside machines that are sometimes smarter than us?“You will not be sorry that you start and finish this masterpiece... Ethan Mollick—who understands how to use AI better than anyone else on the planet—explains how it really works.”—Angela Duckworth, author of Grit**We are entering a new era. AI systems can
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A Brief History of Intelligence

Evolution, AI, and the Five Breakthroughs That Made Our Brains

by Max S. Bennett ...

“I found this book amazing. I read it through quickly because it was so interesting, then turned around and read much of it again.”—Daniel Kahneman, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics and bestselling author of Thinking Fast & Slow“I've been recommending A Brief History of Intelligence to everyone I know. A truly novel, beautifully crafted thesis on what intelligence is and how it has developed ... Read more

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“I found this book amazing. I read it through quickly because it was so interesting, then turned around and read much of it again.”—Daniel Kahneman, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics and bestselling author of Thinking Fast & Slow“I've been recommending A Brief History of Intelligence to everyone I know. A truly novel, beautifully crafted thesis on what intelligence is and how it has developed
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How to AI

Cut Through the Hype. Master the Basics. Transform Your Work.

by Christopher Mims ...

**A frank, hands-on guide to using AI at work, unpacking for the curious and skeptical alike the “24 Laws” of AI and revealing strategies that businesses of every size can use to free up time, innovate, and add to the bottom line—from a Wall Street Journal tech columnist“The antidote to AI panic. Read it. You’ll breathe easier.”—Scott Galloway, NYU Stern School of Business professor and co-host of ... Read more

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**A frank, hands-on guide to using AI at work, unpacking for the curious and skeptical alike the “24 Laws” of AI and revealing strategies that businesses of every size can use to free up time, innovate, and add to the bottom line—from a Wall Street Journal tech columnist“The antidote to AI panic. Read it. You’ll breathe easier.”—Scott Galloway, NYU Stern School of Business professor and co-host of
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Ways of Being

Animals, Plants, Machines: The Search for a Planetary Intelligence

by James Bridle ...

Artist, technologist, and philosopher James Bridle’s Ways of Being is a brilliant, searching exploration of different kinds of intelligence—plant, animal, human, artificial—and how they transform our understanding of humans’ place in the cosmos.What does it mean to be intelligent? Is it something unique to humans or shared with other beings— beings of flesh, wood, stone, and silicon? The last few ... Read more

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Artist, technologist, and philosopher James Bridle’s Ways of Being is a brilliant, searching exploration of different kinds of intelligence—plant, animal, human, artificial—and how they transform our understanding of humans’ place in the cosmos.What does it mean to be intelligent? Is it something unique to humans or shared with other beings— beings of flesh, wood, stone, and silicon? The last few
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Encyclopedia of Color Science and Technology

Edited by Renzo Shamey ...

Series series Reference Module Chemistry, Materials and Physics
This fully revised and expanded 2nd edition provides a single authoritative resource describing the concepts of color and the application of color science across research and industry.Significant changes for the 2nd edition include:New and expanded sections on color engineeringMore entries on fundamental concepts of color science and color termsMany additional entries on specific materialsFurther ... Read more

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This fully revised and expanded 2nd edition provides a single authoritative resource describing the concepts of color and the application of color science across research and industry.Significant changes for the 2nd edition include:New and expanded sections on color engineeringMore entries on fundamental concepts of color science and color termsMany additional entries on specific materialsFurther
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Evals for AI Engineers

Systematically Measuring and Improving AI Applications

by Shreya Shankar, Hamel Husain ...

Stop using guesswork to find out how your AI applications are performing. Evals for AI Engineers gives you a practical framework for systematically testing, measuring, and improving AI applications, especially those built with LLMs. Written by Shreya Shankar and Hamel Husain, AI engineers with extensive experience across 35+ AI products and cutting-edge research, this book focuses on the ... Read more

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Stop using guesswork to find out how your AI applications are performing. Evals for AI Engineers gives you a practical framework for systematically testing, measuring, and improving AI applications, especially those built with LLMs. Written by Shreya Shankar and Hamel Husain, AI engineers with extensive experience across 35+ AI products and cutting-edge research, this book focuses on the
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The Sounds of Life

How Digital Technology Is Bringing Us Closer to the Worlds of Animals and Plants

by Karen Bakker ...

An amazing journey into the hidden realm of nature’s soundsThe natural world teems with remarkable conversations, many beyond human hearing range. Scientists are using groundbreaking digital technologies to uncover these astonishing sounds, revealing vibrant communication among our fellow creatures across the Tree of Life.At once meditative and scientific, The Sounds of Life shares fascinating and ... Read more

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An amazing journey into the hidden realm of nature’s soundsThe natural world teems with remarkable conversations, many beyond human hearing range. Scientists are using groundbreaking digital technologies to uncover these astonishing sounds, revealing vibrant communication among our fellow creatures across the Tree of Life.At once meditative and scientific, The Sounds of Life shares fascinating and
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Clean Code

A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship

by Robert Martin ...

Series series Robert C. Martin Series
Bestselling author Robert C. Martin brings new life and updated code to his beloved Clean Code bookWith Clean Code, Second Edition, Robert C. Martin ("Uncle Bob") reinvigorates the classic guide to software craftsmanship with updated insights, broader scope, and enriched content. This new edition--a comprehensive rewrite of the original bestseller--is poised to transform the way developers ... Read more

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Bestselling author Robert C. Martin brings new life and updated code to his beloved Clean Code bookWith Clean Code, Second Edition, Robert C. Martin ("Uncle Bob") reinvigorates the classic guide to software craftsmanship with updated insights, broader scope, and enriched content. This new edition--a comprehensive rewrite of the original bestseller--is poised to transform the way developers
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Quantum Readiness

Are You Ready?

by Mike Kalinovich ...

The Future Is ComingQuantum computing, cryptography and the opportunities they unlock are arriving faster than most people expect. New breakthroughs in capability and our understanding of Quantum Computing are happening weekly and that is only what makes the news. Hostile actors will not be so public.Preparing for the quantum era is unlike any challenge we have faced. There are no shortcuts. It ... Read more

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The Future Is ComingQuantum computing, cryptography and the opportunities they unlock are arriving faster than most people expect. New breakthroughs in capability and our understanding of Quantum Computing are happening weekly and that is only what makes the news. Hostile actors will not be so public.Preparing for the quantum era is unlike any challenge we have faced. There are no shortcuts. It
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The Promise of Artificial Intelligence

Reckoning and Judgment

by Brian Cantwell Smith ...

An AI expert argues that—despite dramatic advances in the field—artificial intelligence is nowhere near developing systems that are genuinely intelligent.In this provocative book, Brian Cantwell Smith argues that artificial intelligence is nowhere near developing systems that are genuinely intelligent. Second-wave AI, machine learning, even visions of third-wave AI: none will lead to human-level ... Read more

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An AI expert argues that—despite dramatic advances in the field—artificial intelligence is nowhere near developing systems that are genuinely intelligent.In this provocative book, Brian Cantwell Smith argues that artificial intelligence is nowhere near developing systems that are genuinely intelligent. Second-wave AI, machine learning, even visions of third-wave AI: none will lead to human-level
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AI for Equity

Creating a More Equitable Society for All

by Jenny Garrett, OBE, Leah-Sunshine Garrett ...

AI for Equity explores how Artificial Intelligence can be harnessed to dismantle systemic inequities and build a fairer society. Drawing on global expert insights and the dynamic conversations from the AI for Equity podcast, authors Jenny Garrett OBE and Leah-Sunshine Garrett offer a compelling roadmap for using AI to address challenges in areas such as gender-based violence, neurodiversity, ... Read more

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AI for Equity explores how Artificial Intelligence can be harnessed to dismantle systemic inequities and build a fairer society. Drawing on global expert insights and the dynamic conversations from the AI for Equity podcast, authors Jenny Garrett OBE and Leah-Sunshine Garrett offer a compelling roadmap for using AI to address challenges in areas such as gender-based violence, neurodiversity,
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The Human Advantage

What AI Can't Do Without You

by Jeremy Utley ...

Imagine waking up one morning, feeling fully invigorated in your career, almost like you have a superpower.That is the real power of AI. And it’s here.In The Human Advantage, award-winning podcaster, teacher and innovation expert Jeremy Utley makes the case that the most interesting thing about AI isn’t the technology itself. It’s what you bring to it.Inside these pages you will learn how to:- ... Read more

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Imagine waking up one morning, feeling fully invigorated in your career, almost like you have a superpower.That is the real power of AI. And it’s here.In The Human Advantage, award-winning podcaster, teacher and innovation expert Jeremy Utley makes the case that the most interesting thing about AI isn’t the technology itself. It’s what you bring to it.Inside these pages you will learn how to:-
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Sandworm

A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers

by Andy Greenberg ...

**"With the nuance of a reporter and the pace of a thriller writer, Andy Greenberg gives us a glimpse of the cyberwars of the future while at the same time placing his story in the long arc of Russian and Ukrainian history." —Anne Applebaum, bestselling author of Twilight of DemocracyThe true story of the most devastating act of cyberwarfare in history and the desperate hunt to identify and track ... Read more

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**"With the nuance of a reporter and the pace of a thriller writer, Andy Greenberg gives us a glimpse of the cyberwars of the future while at the same time placing his story in the long arc of Russian and Ukrainian history." —Anne Applebaum, bestselling author of Twilight of DemocracyThe true story of the most devastating act of cyberwarfare in history and the desperate hunt to identify and track
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Designing Data-Intensive Applications

The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems

by Martin Kleppmann, Chris Riccomini ...

Data is at the center of many challenges in system design today. Difficult issues such as scalability, consistency, reliability, efficiency, and maintainability need to be resolved. In addition, there's an overwhelming variety of systems, including relational databases, NoSQL datastores, data warehouses, and data lakes. There are cloud services, on-premises services, and embedded databases. What ... Read more

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Data is at the center of many challenges in system design today. Difficult issues such as scalability, consistency, reliability, efficiency, and maintainability need to be resolved. In addition, there's an overwhelming variety of systems, including relational databases, NoSQL datastores, data warehouses, and data lakes. There are cloud services, on-premises services, and embedded databases. What
... Read more
The Outcome Generation

How a New Generation of Technology Vendors Thrives Through True Customer Success

by Paul J Henderson ...

Stand aside, we’re coming through!That’s the cry of a new generation of technology vendors. They have a new approach to enabling success for their customers. And they’re thriving as a result.These vendors all have subscription pricing at the heart of their business. Each has learned that if customers don’t feel they’ve had success, recurring revenue doesn’t grow and may even decline.What makes ... Read more

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Stand aside, we’re coming through!That’s the cry of a new generation of technology vendors. They have a new approach to enabling success for their customers. And they’re thriving as a result.These vendors all have subscription pricing at the heart of their business. Each has learned that if customers don’t feel they’ve had success, recurring revenue doesn’t grow and may even decline.What makes
... Read more
Enshittification

Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It

by Cory Doctorow ...

A New York Times BestsellerWinner of the 2026 Locus Award for Nonfiction**As seen in Alex Gibney's 2026 documentary MuskEnshittification: It’s not just you—the internet sucks now. It’s been enshittified. That was no accident, and it’s not gonna fix itself. Here’s how we’ll disenshittify it so we can have a new, good internet.**We are all living through the Enshittocene—the Great Enshittening—a ... Read more

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A New York Times BestsellerWinner of the 2026 Locus Award for Nonfiction**As seen in Alex Gibney's 2026 documentary MuskEnshittification: It’s not just you—the internet sucks now. It’s been enshittified. That was no accident, and it’s not gonna fix itself. Here’s how we’ll disenshittify it so we can have a new, good internet.**We are all living through the Enshittocene—the Great Enshittening—a
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AI Superpowers

China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order

by Kai-Fu Lee ...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER"Kai-Fu Lee believes China will be the next tech-innovation superpower and in AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order, he explains why. Taiwan-born Lee is perfectly positioned for the task."—New York MagazineIn this thought-provoking book, Lee argues powerfully that because of the unprecedented developments in ... Read more

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THE NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER"Kai-Fu Lee believes China will be the next tech-innovation superpower and in AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order, he explains why. Taiwan-born Lee is perfectly positioned for the task."—New York MagazineIn this thought-provoking book, Lee argues powerfully that because of the unprecedented developments in
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Passez à la vitesse IA : vie pro, vie perso et études

101 prompts pour simplifier votre quotidien avec ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot...

by Maëlle Bertrand, Patrick Chataignier, Yann Ruello ...

De nos jours, tout le monde a entendu parler de ChatGPT et des autres intelligences artificielles génératives. Pourtant, au-delà de la création d’un portrait façon Miyazaki ou d’un starter pack amusant, rares sont ceux qui savent réellement à quoi ces outils peuvent servir de manière concrète et, encore moins, comment les utiliser efficacement.C’est précisément l’objectif de cet ouvrage : répondre ... Read more

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De nos jours, tout le monde a entendu parler de ChatGPT et des autres intelligences artificielles génératives. Pourtant, au-delà de la création d’un portrait façon Miyazaki ou d’un starter pack amusant, rares sont ceux qui savent réellement à quoi ces outils peuvent servir de manière concrète et, encore moins, comment les utiliser efficacement.C’est précisément l’objectif de cet ouvrage : répondre
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More Than Words

How to Think About Writing in the Age of AI

by John Warner ...

In this revised and updated paperback edition, a veteran writing teacher argues that writing is a form of thinking and feeling and shows why it can’t be replaced by AI.“Compelling.” —Joseph Epstein, Wall Street JournalIn the age of artificial intelligence, generating an essay is as simple as typing a prompt and pressing enter. What does this mean for the art of writing? According to longtime ... Read more

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In this revised and updated paperback edition, a veteran writing teacher argues that writing is a form of thinking and feeling and shows why it can’t be replaced by AI.“Compelling.” —Joseph Epstein, Wall Street JournalIn the age of artificial intelligence, generating an essay is as simple as typing a prompt and pressing enter. What does this mean for the art of writing? According to longtime
... Read more
The Greatest Capitalist Who Ever Lived

Tom Watson Jr. and the Epic Story of How IBM Created the Digital Age

by Ralph Watson McElvenny, Marc Wortman ...

“A compelling new biography… [The Greatest Capitalist Who Ever Lived] spins the Watsons into near-Shakespearean figures, as if ‘Succession’ were set in the era of ‘Mad Men’.” ―The New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceThe enduring story of Thomas Watson Jr.—a figure more important to the creation of the modern world than Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, and Morgan.Nearly fifty years into IBM’s ... Read more

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“A compelling new biography… [The Greatest Capitalist Who Ever Lived] spins the Watsons into near-Shakespearean figures, as if ‘Succession’ were set in the era of ‘Mad Men’.” ―The New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceThe enduring story of Thomas Watson Jr.—a figure more important to the creation of the modern world than Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, and Morgan.Nearly fifty years into IBM’s
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Learn Python in 24 Hours: The Complete Crash Course

Master Coding in 24 Hours

by Aniket Jain ...

Series series Master Coding in 24 Hours
Unlock the Power of Python with Learn Python in 24 Hours: The Complete Crash CourseYour ultimate guide to mastering Python programming in just one day! Designed for beginners and programmers alike, this learning Python book combines simplicity and practicality to teach you Python's core concepts, applications, and tools. Whether you're new to coding or looking to add Python to your skill set, this ... Read more

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Unlock the Power of Python with Learn Python in 24 Hours: The Complete Crash CourseYour ultimate guide to mastering Python programming in just one day! Designed for beginners and programmers alike, this learning Python book combines simplicity and practicality to teach you Python's core concepts, applications, and tools. Whether you're new to coding or looking to add Python to your skill set, this
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