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The God Test

Artificial Intelligence and Our Coming Cosmic Reckoning

by Robert Wright ...

From bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize finalist Robert Wright comes a sweeping new view of artificial intelligence—as an evolutionary force that will pose deep political and spiritual challenges and could, in the process, give our species a unifying sense of purpose.The God Test is the first book to capture the power behind the AI revolution—to clearly explain the breakthroughs that sparked ... Read more

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From bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize finalist Robert Wright comes a sweeping new view of artificial intelligence—as an evolutionary force that will pose deep political and spiritual challenges and could, in the process, give our species a unifying sense of purpose.The God Test is the first book to capture the power behind the AI revolution—to clearly explain the breakthroughs that sparked
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Four Laws for the Artificially Intelligent

by Ian Domowitz ...

Ask not what AI can do for a company, rather what artificial intelligence may do to a company.How does a company successfully integrate artificial intelligence into its operations?What are the problems in doing so?And how does the introduction of AI into society change the answer to the first question?As companies delay or even cancel initiatives in artificial intelligence, Four Laws for the ... Read more

$17.99 CAD

Ask not what AI can do for a company, rather what artificial intelligence may do to a company.How does a company successfully integrate artificial intelligence into its operations?What are the problems in doing so?And how does the introduction of AI into society change the answer to the first question?As companies delay or even cancel initiatives in artificial intelligence, Four Laws for the
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Hands-On Internet of Things with MQTT

Build connected IoT devices with Arduino and MQ Telemetry Transport (MQTT)

by Tim Pulver ...

Develop a variety of projects and connect them to microcontrollers and web servers using the lightweight messaging protocol MQTTKey FeaturesLeverage the power of MQTT to build a pet food dispenser, e-ink to-do list, and a productivity cubeLearn about technologies like laser cutting, 3D printing, and PCB production for building robust prototypesExplore practical uses cases to gain an in-depth ... Read more

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Develop a variety of projects and connect them to microcontrollers and web servers using the lightweight messaging protocol MQTTKey FeaturesLeverage the power of MQTT to build a pet food dispenser, e-ink to-do list, and a productivity cubeLearn about technologies like laser cutting, 3D printing, and PCB production for building robust prototypesExplore practical uses cases to gain an in-depth
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The AI-Driven Leader

Harnessing AI to Make Faster, Smarter Decisions

by Geoff Woods ...

The difference between growing your business and going out of business is your ability to think strategically. The problem is, most leaders are stuck in the operational weeds, struggling to find the time to make better strategic decisions. This challenge is only heightened by the rise of AI. While you know AI is the future, current demands leave you with no time to explore its benefits. Meanwhile, ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

The difference between growing your business and going out of business is your ability to think strategically. The problem is, most leaders are stuck in the operational weeds, struggling to find the time to make better strategic decisions. This challenge is only heightened by the rise of AI. While you know AI is the future, current demands leave you with no time to explore its benefits. Meanwhile,
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What to Think About Machines That Think

Today's Leading Thinkers on the Age of Machine Intelligence

by John Brockman ...

Series Book 19 - Edge Question Series
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 ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

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
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The End of Lawyers?: Rethinking the nature of legal services

Rethinking the nature of legal services

by Richard Susskind OBE ...

This widely acclaimed legal bestseller has provoked a tidal wave of debate within the legal profession, being hailed as an inspiration by some and as heresy by others. Susskind lays down a challenge to all lawyers, and indeed all those in a professional service environment. He urges them to ask themselves, with their hands on their hearts, what elements of their current workload could be ... Read more

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This widely acclaimed legal bestseller has provoked a tidal wave of debate within the legal profession, being hailed as an inspiration by some and as heresy by others. Susskind lays down a challenge to all lawyers, and indeed all those in a professional service environment. He urges them to ask themselves, with their hands on their hearts, what elements of their current workload could be
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Deep Thinking

Where Machine Intelligence Ends and Human Creativity Begins

by Garry Kasparov ...

**Garry Kasparov gives his account of his landmark 1997 chess match with the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue, and explains why, twenty years later, he's become convinced that artificial intelligence is good for humans."This important and optimistic book explains what we as humans are uniquely qualified to do. Instead of wringing our hands about robots, we should all read this book and embrace the ... Read more

$21.99 CAD

**Garry Kasparov gives his account of his landmark 1997 chess match with the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue, and explains why, twenty years later, he's become convinced that artificial intelligence is good for humans."This important and optimistic book explains what we as humans are uniquely qualified to do. Instead of wringing our hands about robots, we should all read this book and embrace the
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Decoding the Universe

How the New Science of Information Is Explaining Everythingin the Cosmos, fromOur Brains to Black Holes

by Charles Seife ...

The author of Zero explains the scientific revolution that is transforming the way we understand our worldPreviously the domain of philosophers and linguists, information theory has now moved beyond the province of code breakers to become the crucial science of our time. In Decoding the Universe, Charles Seife draws on his gift for making cutting-edge science accessible to explain how this new ... Read more

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The author of Zero explains the scientific revolution that is transforming the way we understand our worldPreviously the domain of philosophers and linguists, information theory has now moved beyond the province of code breakers to become the crucial science of our time. In Decoding the Universe, Charles Seife draws on his gift for making cutting-edge science accessible to explain how this new
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Machine Learning with PyTorch and Scikit-Learn

Develop machine learning and deep learning models with Python

by Sebastian Raschka, Yuxi (Hayden) Liu, Vahid Mirjalili ...

This book of the bestselling and widely acclaimed Python Machine Learning series is a comprehensive guide to machine and deep learning using PyTorch s simple to code framework. Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free eBook in PDF format.Key FeaturesLearn applied machine learning with a solid foundation in theoryClear, intuitive explanations take you deep into the theory and practice ... Read more

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This book of the bestselling and widely acclaimed Python Machine Learning series is a comprehensive guide to machine and deep learning using PyTorch s simple to code framework. Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free eBook in PDF format.Key FeaturesLearn applied machine learning with a solid foundation in theoryClear, intuitive explanations take you deep into the theory and practice
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The AIpreneur: 30+ AI Business Tools to Save Time, Increase Sales, and Improve the Bottom Line

by T. A. ...

One of the Best AI Books for BusinessesArtificial Intelligence is no longer science fiction, but changing the way we do everything, including business.And it's getting better and faster than ever!So, the need to adapt to AI has never been greater.This book presents a straightforward approach to integrating AI for businessIt doesn't waste time on ethics, theory, or t... ... Read more

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One of the Best AI Books for BusinessesArtificial Intelligence is no longer science fiction, but changing the way we do everything, including business.And it's getting better and faster than ever!So, the need to adapt to AI has never been greater.This book presents a straightforward approach to integrating AI for businessIt doesn't waste time on ethics, theory, or t...
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Amazon Echo Manual Guide: Top 30 Hacks And Secrets To Master Amazon Echo & Alexa For Beginners

by The Blokehead ...

Series series The Blokehead Success Series
Your Perfect Guide to Amazon Echo! This book is a complete and handy companion that will enable you to set up and use your Amazon Echo device quickly and efficiently for beginners. By reading this book you will understand and be able to receive all the benefits that this wonderful device has to offer, allowing you to keep up with your busy schedule. You will learn: Hacking The Remote Control Fake ... Read more

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Your Perfect Guide to Amazon Echo! This book is a complete and handy companion that will enable you to set up and use your Amazon Echo device quickly and efficiently for beginners. By reading this book you will understand and be able to receive all the benefits that this wonderful device has to offer, allowing you to keep up with your busy schedule. You will learn: Hacking The Remote Control Fake
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Semantic Systems. The Power of AI and Knowledge Graphs

15th International Conference, SEMANTiCS 2019, Karlsruhe, Germany, September 9–12, 2019, Proceedings

Edited by Maribel Acosta, Philippe Cudré-Mauroux, Maria Maleshkova, Tassilo Pellegrini, Harald Sack, York Sure-Vetter ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This open access book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Semantic Systems, SEMANTiCS 2019, held in Karlsruhe, Germany, in September 2019.The 20 full papers and 8 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 88 submissions. They cover topics such as: web semantics and linked (open) data; machine learning and deep learning ... Read more

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This open access book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Semantic Systems, SEMANTiCS 2019, held in Karlsruhe, Germany, in September 2019.The 20 full papers and 8 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 88 submissions. They cover topics such as: web semantics and linked (open) data; machine learning and deep learning
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Practical JIRA Administration

Using JIRA Effectively: Beyond the Documentation

by Matthew B. Doar ...

If you're familiar with JIRA for issue tracking, bug tracking, and other uses, you know it can sometimes be tricky to set up and manage. In this concise book, software toolsmith Matt Doar clarifies some of the more confusing aspects by answering difficult and frequently asked questions about JIRA administration.Practical JIRA Administration shows you how JIRA is intended to be used, making it an ... Read more

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If you're familiar with JIRA for issue tracking, bug tracking, and other uses, you know it can sometimes be tricky to set up and manage. In this concise book, software toolsmith Matt Doar clarifies some of the more confusing aspects by answering difficult and frequently asked questions about JIRA administration.Practical JIRA Administration shows you how JIRA is intended to be used, making it an
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Beyond Vibe Coding

From Coder to AI-Era Developer

by Addy Osmani ...

AI is transforming software development, shifting programmers from writing code to collaborating with AI in an intent-driven workflow. Vibe coding—a prompt-first, exploratory approach where you describe what you want in natural language and let a large language model fill in the blanks—represents a radical shift in the developer's role from writing code todirecting it. However, vibe coding comes ... Read more

$59.99 CAD

AI is transforming software development, shifting programmers from writing code to collaborating with AI in an intent-driven workflow. Vibe coding—a prompt-first, exploratory approach where you describe what you want in natural language and let a large language model fill in the blanks—represents a radical shift in the developer's role from writing code todirecting it. However, vibe coding comes
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Foundation Models for Natural Language Processing

Pre-trained Language Models Integrating Media

by Gerhard Paaß, Sven Giesselbach ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This open access book provides a comprehensive overview of the state of the art in research and applications of Foundation Models and is intended for readers familiar with basic Natural Language Processing (NLP) concepts.Over the recent years, a revolutionary new paradigm has been developed for training models for NLP. These models are first pre-trained on large collections of text documents to ... Read more

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This open access book provides a comprehensive overview of the state of the art in research and applications of Foundation Models and is intended for readers familiar with basic Natural Language Processing (NLP) concepts.Over the recent years, a revolutionary new paradigm has been developed for training models for NLP. These models are first pre-trained on large collections of text documents to
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Managing Mission - Critical Domains and DNS

Demystifying nameservers, DNS, and domain names

by Mark E.Jeftovic ...

This book will give you an all encompassing view of the domain name ecosystem combined with a comprehensive set of operations strategies. Key FeaturesManage infrastructure, risk, and management of DNS name servers. Get hands-on with factors like types of name servers, DNS queries and and so on.Practical guide for system administrators to manage mission-critical serversBased on real-world ... Read more

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This book will give you an all encompassing view of the domain name ecosystem combined with a comprehensive set of operations strategies. Key FeaturesManage infrastructure, risk, and management of DNS name servers. Get hands-on with factors like types of name servers, DNS queries and and so on.Practical guide for system administrators to manage mission-critical serversBased on real-world
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Artificial Intelligence All-in-One For Dummies

by Chris Minnick, John Paul Mueller, Luca Massaron, Stephanie Diamond, Pam Baker, Daniel Stanton, Shiv Singh, Paul Mladjenovic, Sheryl Lindsell-Roberts, Jeffrey Allan ...

A comprehensive roadmap to using AI in your career and in your lifeArtificial intelligence is everywhere. Major software organizations like Microsoft, Google, and Apple have built AI directly into products and invited the world to become part of the AI revolution. And it's impossible to use these tools to their fullest potential without understanding the basics of what AI is and what it can do ... Read more

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A comprehensive roadmap to using AI in your career and in your lifeArtificial intelligence is everywhere. Major software organizations like Microsoft, Google, and Apple have built AI directly into products and invited the world to become part of the AI revolution. And it's impossible to use these tools to their fullest potential without understanding the basics of what AI is and what it can do
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How Decision Intelligence Connects Data, Actions, and Outcomes for a Better World

by Lorien Pratt ...

Why aren't the most powerful new technologies being used to solve the world's most important problems: hunger, poverty, conflict, inequality, employment, disease? What's missing?From a pioneer in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning comes a thought-provoking book that answers these questions. In Link: How Decision Intelligence Connects Data, Actions, and Outcomes for a Better World, Dr. ... Read more

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Why aren't the most powerful new technologies being used to solve the world's most important problems: hunger, poverty, conflict, inequality, employment, disease? What's missing?From a pioneer in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning comes a thought-provoking book that answers these questions. In Link: How Decision Intelligence Connects Data, Actions, and Outcomes for a Better World, Dr.
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Adventures in Rule-Based Programming

A CLIPS Tutorial

by Gary Riley ...

Adventures in Rule-Based Programming is a fun introduction to writing applications using CLIPS, a popular rule-based programming language written in C. Originally developed at NASA, CLIPS has been in use for over thirty-five years. CLIPS and the CLIPS source code are available for free.In this tutorial you'll learn the basic concepts of rule-based programming, where rules are used to specify the ... Read more

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Adventures in Rule-Based Programming is a fun introduction to writing applications using CLIPS, a popular rule-based programming language written in C. Originally developed at NASA, CLIPS has been in use for over thirty-five years. CLIPS and the CLIPS source code are available for free.In this tutorial you'll learn the basic concepts of rule-based programming, where rules are used to specify the
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From Opinion Mining to Financial Argument Mining

by Chung-Chi Chen, Hen-Hsen Huang, Hsin-Hsi Chen ...

Series series SpringerBriefs in Computer Science
Opinion mining is a prevalent research issue in many domains. In the financial domain, however, it is still in the early stages. Most of the researches on this topic only focus on the coarse-grained market sentiment analysis, i.e., 2-way classification for bullish/bearish. Thanks to the recent financial technology (FinTech) development, some interdisciplinary researchers start to involve in the in ... Read more

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Opinion mining is a prevalent research issue in many domains. In the financial domain, however, it is still in the early stages. Most of the researches on this topic only focus on the coarse-grained market sentiment analysis, i.e., 2-way classification for bullish/bearish. Thanks to the recent financial technology (FinTech) development, some interdisciplinary researchers start to involve in the in
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Internet of Things with Raspberry Pi 3

Leverage the power of Raspberry Pi 3 and JavaScript to build exciting IoT projects

by Maneesh Rao ...

Unleash the power of the Raspberry Pi 3 board to create interesting IoT projectsKey FeaturesLearn how to interface various sensors and actuators with the Raspberry Pi 3 and send this data to the cloud.Explore the possibilities offered by the IoT by using the Raspberry Pi to upload measurements to Google Docs.A practical guide that will help you create a Raspberry Pi robot using IoT modules.Book ... Read more

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Unleash the power of the Raspberry Pi 3 board to create interesting IoT projectsKey FeaturesLearn how to interface various sensors and actuators with the Raspberry Pi 3 and send this data to the cloud.Explore the possibilities offered by the IoT by using the Raspberry Pi to upload measurements to Google Docs.A practical guide that will help you create a Raspberry Pi robot using IoT modules.Book
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LLMs in Production

Engineering AI Applications

by Christopher Brousseau, Matt Sharp ...

Goes beyond academic discussions deeply into the applications layer of Foundation Models.This practical book offers clear, example-rich explanations of how LLMs work, how you can interact with them, and how to integrate LLMs into your own applications. Find out what makes LLMs so different from traditional software and ML, discover best practices for working with them out of the lab, and dodge ... Read more

$65.99 CAD

Goes beyond academic discussions deeply into the applications layer of Foundation Models.This practical book offers clear, example-rich explanations of how LLMs work, how you can interact with them, and how to integrate LLMs into your own applications. Find out what makes LLMs so different from traditional software and ML, discover best practices for working with them out of the lab, and dodge
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AI 2027: The Future We Choose: The Truth About Artificial Intelligence, AGI, and the AI Singularity—From the Dark Scenarios to the Breakthroughs That Could Save Humanity

by Himanshoo Jaiswal ...

AI 2027: The Future We Choose is a powerful, future-focused AI book that explores the next phase of artificial intelligence and its impact on society, business, and human survival. Perfect for beginners, futurists, entrepreneurs, and business leaders, this essential guide explains AI in education, healthcare, governance, ethics, and generative AI technologies in simple, engaging language.Author ... Read more

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AI 2027: The Future We Choose is a powerful, future-focused AI book that explores the next phase of artificial intelligence and its impact on society, business, and human survival. Perfect for beginners, futurists, entrepreneurs, and business leaders, this essential guide explains AI in education, healthcare, governance, ethics, and generative AI technologies in simple, engaging language.Author
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Mastering Claude AI : The Complete Beginner's Guide to Prompt Engineering, Automating Work, and Saving Time

by Himanshoo Jaiswal ...

Stop typing. Start commanding.The modern professional is drowning in digital friction. You lose hours every day to endless emails, messy spreadsheets, and the terrifying paralysis of the blank page. You are burning elite cognitive energy on robotic, administrative chores.It is time to build your digital workforce.Mastering Claude AI strips away the theoretical hype to deliver a tactical, zero ... Read more

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Stop typing. Start commanding.The modern professional is drowning in digital friction. You lose hours every day to endless emails, messy spreadsheets, and the terrifying paralysis of the blank page. You are burning elite cognitive energy on robotic, administrative chores.It is time to build your digital workforce.Mastering Claude AI strips away the theoretical hype to deliver a tactical, zero
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