Advanced Computing in Computers & Nonfiction Audiobooks

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The Singularity is Nearer

When We Merge with AI

by Ray Kurzweil ...

Narrated by Adam Barr ...

Unabridged

10 hours 25 min

**Brought to you by Penguin.THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER.**The legendary oracle of technological change explains how AI will transform our species beyond recognition within two decades.What will it mean to live free from the limits of our bodies? Who will we become if our minds can be stored and duplicated? What new realms of beauty, connection and wonder might we inhabit? How will we navigate the ... Read more

£14.99

**Brought to you by Penguin.THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER.**The legendary oracle of technological change explains how AI will transform our species beyond recognition within two decades.What will it mean to live free from the limits of our bodies? Who will we become if our minds can be stored and duplicated? What new realms of beauty, connection and wonder might we inhabit? How will we navigate the
... Read more
Audiobook

The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI

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

by Cory Doctorow ...

Narrated by Cory Doctorow ...

Unabridged

5 hours 28 min

A short, provocative guide to what's good, bad, and stupid about AI and the discourse around AI, by the author of Enshittification. This program is read by the author."[Cory] Doctorow's writing is best when he delivers it, and this...is no exception." — Kirkus on EnshittificationIn modern tech parlance, a centaur is a person who is able to use technology to be a better, more productive version of ... Read more

£17.99

A short, provocative guide to what's good, bad, and stupid about AI and the discourse around AI, by the author of Enshittification. This program is read by the author."[Cory] Doctorow's writing is best when he delivers it, and this...is no exception." — Kirkus on EnshittificationIn modern tech parlance, a centaur is a person who is able to use technology to be a better, more productive version of
... Read more
Audiobook

Empire of AI

Inside the reckless race for total domination

by Karen Hao ...

Narrated by Karen Hao ...

Unabridged

17 hours 50 min

**Brought to you by Penguin.An eye-opening account of the tech arms race shaping out planet, from an award-winning journalist and AI insider to the world of Sam Altman and OpenAI**When longtime AI expert and journalist Karen Hao first began covering OpenAI in 2019, she thought they were the good guys. Founded as a nonprofit with safety enshrined as its core mission, it was meant, its leader Sam ... Read more

£16.99

**Brought to you by Penguin.An eye-opening account of the tech arms race shaping out planet, from an award-winning journalist and AI insider to the world of Sam Altman and OpenAI**When longtime AI expert and journalist Karen Hao first began covering OpenAI in 2019, she thought they were the good guys. Founded as a nonprofit with safety enshrined as its core mission, it was meant, its leader Sam
... Read more
Audiobook

The New Age of Sexism

How the AI Revolution is Reinventing Misogyny

by Laura Bates ...

Narrated by Laura Bates ...

Unabridged

8 hours 35 min

‘Laura Bates explains how they built the future – and forgot to put women in it’ CAITLIN MORAN'Fascinating and essential... I urge you to read every syllable' JO BRAND‘All men must read this book if they have any interest in a truly just, fair and equal society’ ROBIN INCEAI is here, bringing a seismic shift in the way our society operates. Might this mean a future reimagined on equitable terms ... Read more

£17.99

‘Laura Bates explains how they built the future – and forgot to put women in it’ CAITLIN MORAN'Fascinating and essential... I urge you to read every syllable' JO BRAND‘All men must read this book if they have any interest in a truly just, fair and equal society’ ROBIN INCEAI is here, bringing a seismic shift in the way our society operates. Might this mean a future reimagined on equitable terms
... Read more
Audiobook

72 Claude Code Tips for Beginners

Practical Workflows, Prompts, and Strategies to Build Real Projects with Claude AI

by Tom Anderson ...

Narrated by AI Voice Robert Smith ...

Unabridged

6 hours 41 min

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Turn Claude AI Into Your Most Productive Coding Partner – Build Real Applications 10x FasterAre you tired of spending hours debugging obscure errors, writing repetitive boilerplate code, or feeling overwhelmed by modern development stacks? What if you could have an AI pair programmer who never gets tired, never judges your questions, and helps you ship ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Turn Claude AI Into Your Most Productive Coding Partner – Build Real Applications 10x FasterAre you tired of spending hours debugging obscure errors, writing repetitive boilerplate code, or feeling overwhelmed by modern development stacks? What if you could have an AI pair programmer who never gets tired, never judges your questions, and helps you ship
... Read more
Audiobook

Don’t Burn Anyone at the Stake Today

(and other lessons from history from the bestselling, award-winning author of The Power)

by Naomi Alderman ...

Narrated by Naomi Alderman ...

Unabridged

3 hours 22 min

Brought to you by Penguin.What’s the most useful thing you could know about your own life?In this era-defining book, developed from her groundbreaking Radio 4 essay series, Naomi Alderman turns her boundless curiosity and incisive thinking to a question that affects us all: how do we understand, and navigate, the epoch we’re living through? She calls this epoch the Information Crisis.The internet ... Read more

£14.99

Brought to you by Penguin.What’s the most useful thing you could know about your own life?In this era-defining book, developed from her groundbreaking Radio 4 essay series, Naomi Alderman turns her boundless curiosity and incisive thinking to a question that affects us all: how do we understand, and navigate, the epoch we’re living through? She calls this epoch the Information Crisis.The internet
... Read more
Audiobook

AI Snake Oil

What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can't, and How to Tell the Difference

by Arvind Narayanan, Sayash Kapoor ...

Narrated by Landon Woodson ...

Unabridged

10 hours 31 min

This audiobook narrated by Landon Woodson reveals what you need to know about AI—and how to defend yourself against bogus AI claims and productsComes with a bonus track featuring an illuminating discussion by Arvind Narayanan and Sayash KapoorIncludes a new preface and epilogue by the authorsConfused about AI and worried about what it means for your future and the future of the world? You're not ... Read more

£20.99 or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook narrated by Landon Woodson reveals what you need to know about AI—and how to defend yourself against bogus AI claims and productsComes with a bonus track featuring an illuminating discussion by Arvind Narayanan and Sayash KapoorIncludes a new preface and epilogue by the authorsConfused about AI and worried about what it means for your future and the future of the world? You're not
... Read more
Audiobook

Nexus

The Sunday Times bestselling history about humans, technology and AI from the author of Sapiens

by Yuval Noah Harari ...

Narrated by Vidish Athavale ...

Unabridged

17 hours 28 min

The mind-blowing story of how information networks – from the stone age to AI - have shaped our world from the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of SapiensStories brought us together.Books spread our ideas – and our mythologies.The internet promised infinite knowledge.The algorithm learned our secrets – and then turned us against each other.What wi... ... Read more

£18.00

The mind-blowing story of how information networks – from the stone age to AI - have shaped our world from the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of SapiensStories brought us together.Books spread our ideas – and our mythologies.The internet promised infinite knowledge.The algorithm learned our secrets – and then turned us against each other.What wi...
... Read more
Audiobook

The Coming Wave

AI, Power and Our Future: The instant Sunday Times bestseller from the ultimate AI insider

by Mustafa Suleyman, Michael Bhaskar ...

Narrated by Mustafa Suleyman ...

Unabridged

12 hours 7 min

This is the only book you need to understand our new world – from the ultimate AI insider, the CEO of Microsoft AI and co-founder of the pioneering AI company DeepMind.Soon you will live surrounded by AIs. In a world of quantum computers, robot assistants and abundant energy, they will organise your life, operate your business, and run government services.None of us are prepared.Mustafa Suleyman ... Read more

£14.99

This is the only book you need to understand our new world – from the ultimate AI insider, the CEO of Microsoft AI and co-founder of the pioneering AI company DeepMind.Soon you will live surrounded by AIs. In a world of quantum computers, robot assistants and abundant energy, they will organise your life, operate your business, and run government services.None of us are prepared.Mustafa Suleyman
... Read more
Audiobook

Weapons of Math Destruction

How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy

by Cathy O'Neil ...

Narrated by Cathy O'Neil ...

Unabridged

6 hours 23 min

Brought to you by Penguin.In this New York Times bestseller, Cathy O'Neil, one of the first champions of algorithmic accountability, sounds an alarm on the mathematical models that pervade modern life -- and threaten to rip apart our social fabric.We live in the age of the algorithm. Increasingly, the decisions that affect our lives - where we go to school, whether we get a loan, how much we pay ... Read more

£13.99

Brought to you by Penguin.In this New York Times bestseller, Cathy O'Neil, one of the first champions of algorithmic accountability, sounds an alarm on the mathematical models that pervade modern life -- and threaten to rip apart our social fabric.We live in the age of the algorithm. Increasingly, the decisions that affect our lives - where we go to school, whether we get a loan, how much we pay
... Read more
Audiobook

Artificial Intelligence

A Guide for Thinking Humans

by Melanie Mitchell ...

Narrated by Melanie Mitchell, Abby Craden, Tony Wolf ...

Unabridged

9 hours 33 min

This program includes an introduction read by the author.No recent scientific enterprise has proved as alluring, terrifying, and filled with extravagant promise and frustrating setbacks as artificial intelligence. The award-winning author Melanie Mitchell, a leading computer scientist, now reveals its turbulent history and the recent surge of apparent successes, grand hopes, and emerging fears ... Read more

£20.99

This program includes an introduction read by the author.No recent scientific enterprise has proved as alluring, terrifying, and filled with extravagant promise and frustrating setbacks as artificial intelligence. The award-winning author Melanie Mitchell, a leading computer scientist, now reveals its turbulent history and the recent surge of apparent successes, grand hopes, and emerging fears
... Read more
Audiobook

The Unaccountability Machine

Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions - and How The World Lost its Mind

by Dan Davies ...

Narrated by Peter Dickson ...

Unabridged

9 hours 2 min

'A corporation, or a government department isn't a conscious being, but it is an artificial intelligence. It has the capability to take decisions which are completely distinct from the intentions of any of the people who compose it. And under stressful conditions, it can go stark raving mad.'When we avoid taking a decision, what happens to it? In The Unaccountability Machine, Dan Davies examines ... Read more

£24.99

'A corporation, or a government department isn't a conscious being, but it is an artificial intelligence. It has the capability to take decisions which are completely distinct from the intentions of any of the people who compose it. And under stressful conditions, it can go stark raving mad.'When we avoid taking a decision, what happens to it? In The Unaccountability Machine, Dan Davies examines
... Read more
Audiobook

If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies

The Case Against Superintelligent AI

by Eliezer Yudkowsky, Nate Soares ...

Narrated by Rafe Beckley ...

Unabridged

6 hours 18 min

**Brought to you by Penguin.An instant NEW YORK TIMES bestseller** A Guardian biggest book of the autumn ****AI is the greatest threat to our existence that we have ever faced.The scramble to create superhuman AI has put us on the path to extinction – but it’s not too late to change course. Two pioneering researchers in the field, Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares, explain why artificial ... Read more

£14.99

**Brought to you by Penguin.An instant NEW YORK TIMES bestseller** A Guardian biggest book of the autumn ****AI is the greatest threat to our existence that we have ever faced.The scramble to create superhuman AI has put us on the path to extinction – but it’s not too late to change course. Two pioneering researchers in the field, Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares, explain why artificial
... Read more
Audiobook

The Infinity Machine

Demis Hassabis, DeepMind and the Quest for Superintelligence

by Sebastian Mallaby ...

Narrated by Vidish Athavale ...

Unabridged

15 hours 6 min

Brought to you by Penguin.A revelatory portrait of the visionary behind Google DeepMind, the race to control the future – and what it means to winEven in a tech world crowded with visionary leaders, Demis Hassabis is recognized as a special case. Born to working class, immigrant parents in North London, a chess prodigy by five and wizard coder in his teens, he turned down a seven-figure job offer ... Read more

£16.99

Brought to you by Penguin.A revelatory portrait of the visionary behind Google DeepMind, the race to control the future – and what it means to winEven in a tech world crowded with visionary leaders, Demis Hassabis is recognized as a special case. Born to working class, immigrant parents in North London, a chess prodigy by five and wizard coder in his teens, he turned down a seven-figure job offer
... Read more
Audiobook

Co-Intelligence

The Definitive, Bestselling Guide to Living and Working with AI

by Ethan Mollick ...

Narrated by Ethan Mollick ...

Unabridged

4 hours 39 min

Brought to you by Penguin.Consumer AI has arrived. And with it, inescapable upheaval as we grapple with what it means for our jobs, lives and the future of humanity.Cutting through the noise of AI evangelists and AI doom-mongers, Wharton professor Ethan Mollick has become one of the most prominent and provocative explainers of AI, focusing on the practical aspects of how these new tools for ... Read more

£14.99

Brought to you by Penguin.Consumer AI has arrived. And with it, inescapable upheaval as we grapple with what it means for our jobs, lives and the future of humanity.Cutting through the noise of AI evangelists and AI doom-mongers, Wharton professor Ethan Mollick has become one of the most prominent and provocative explainers of AI, focusing on the practical aspects of how these new tools for
... Read more
Audiobook

Easy Money

Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud

by Ben McKenzie, Jacob Silverman ...

Narrated by Ben McKenzie ...

Unabridged

10 hours 33 min

A wildly entertaining debunking of cryptocurrency, one of the greatest frauds in history and on course for a spectacular crash.From a famous actor and an experienced journalist, a wildly entertaining debunking of cryptocurrency, one of the greatest frauds in history and on course for a spectacular crashAt the height of the pandemic, TV star Ben McKenzie (The O.C., Gotham) was the perfect mark for ... Read more

£16.99 or Free with Kobo Plus

A wildly entertaining debunking of cryptocurrency, one of the greatest frauds in history and on course for a spectacular crash.From a famous actor and an experienced journalist, a wildly entertaining debunking of cryptocurrency, one of the greatest frauds in history and on course for a spectacular crashAt the height of the pandemic, TV star Ben McKenzie (The O.C., Gotham) was the perfect mark for
... Read more
Audiobook

QUANTUM PHYSICS FOR BEGINNERS

The Principal Quantum Physics Theories made Easy to Discover the Hidden Secrets of the Universe with the Most Famous Quantum Experiments

by Richard J. Schrödinger ...

Narrated by Eric Bright ...

Unabridged

3 hours 1 min

Is it possible for two objects to be in two places at once? Can cause and effect happen in reverse? Is time travel possible?Believe it or not, it is possible: welcome to the Quantum World!Unlike other arguments, however, the real difficulty is not in understanding, but in accepting something completely senseless, precisely in the right meaning of the term: not sensible, that is, contrary to the ... Read more

£13.99 or Free with Kobo Plus

Is it possible for two objects to be in two places at once? Can cause and effect happen in reverse? Is time travel possible?Believe it or not, it is possible: welcome to the Quantum World!Unlike other arguments, however, the real difficulty is not in understanding, but in accepting something completely senseless, precisely in the right meaning of the term: not sensible, that is, contrary to the
... Read more
Audiobook

Tidy First?

A Personal Exercise in Empirical Software Design

by Kent Beck ...

Narrated by Stephen R. Thorne ...

Unabridged

2 hours 41 min

Messy code is a nuisance. "Tidying" code, to make it more readable, requires breaking it up into manageable sections. In this practical guide, author Kent Beck, creator of Extreme Programming and pioneer of software patterns, suggests when and where you might apply tidyings to improve your code while keeping the overall structure of the system in mind.Instead of trying to master tidying all at ... Read more

£8.99

Messy code is a nuisance. "Tidying" code, to make it more readable, requires breaking it up into manageable sections. In this practical guide, author Kent Beck, creator of Extreme Programming and pioneer of software patterns, suggests when and where you might apply tidyings to improve your code while keeping the overall structure of the system in mind.Instead of trying to master tidying all at
... Read more
Audiobook

How to Talk to AI

(And How Not To), the must-read new book on artificial intelligence - the Sunday Times bestseller

by Jamie Bartlett ...

Narrated by Jamie Bartlett ...

Unabridged

5 hours 42 min

**Brought to you by Penguin.Discover how artificial intelligence thinks and reasons, and how we can make the most of their super-human abilities, in the must read new book from the prize-winning technology writer and author of The Dark Net and The People vs Tech****.**Knowing how to speak to AI – and how not to – is a skill that everyone now needs.Hundreds of millions of people now talk to AI, ... Read more

£14.99

**Brought to you by Penguin.Discover how artificial intelligence thinks and reasons, and how we can make the most of their super-human abilities, in the must read new book from the prize-winning technology writer and author of The Dark Net and The People vs Tech****.**Knowing how to speak to AI – and how not to – is a skill that everyone now needs.Hundreds of millions of people now talk to AI,
... Read more
Audiobook

How To Think About AI

A Guide For The Perplexed

by Richard Susskind ...

Narrated by Richard Susskind ...

Unabridged

6 hours 26 min

In recent years, there has been massive public and professional interest in Artificial Intelligence. But people are confused about what AI is, what it can and cannot do, what is yet to come, and whether AI is good or bad for humanity and civilization—whether it will provide solutions to mankind's major challenges or become our gravest existential threat. There is also confusion about how we should ... Read more

£11.99

In recent years, there has been massive public and professional interest in Artificial Intelligence. But people are confused about what AI is, what it can and cannot do, what is yet to come, and whether AI is good or bad for humanity and civilization—whether it will provide solutions to mankind's major challenges or become our gravest existential threat. There is also confusion about how we should
... Read more
Audiobook

AI Engineering

Building Applications with Foundation Models

by Chip Huyen ...

Narrated by Edelyn Okano ...

Unabridged

21 hours 12 min

Recent breakthroughs in AI have not only increased demand for AI products, they've also lowered the barriers to entry for those who want to build AI products. The model-as-a-service approach has transformed AI from an esoteric discipline into a powerful development tool that anyone can use. Everyone, including those with minimal or no prior AI experience, can now leverage AI models to build ... Read more

£22.99

Recent breakthroughs in AI have not only increased demand for AI products, they've also lowered the barriers to entry for those who want to build AI products. The model-as-a-service approach has transformed AI from an esoteric discipline into a powerful development tool that anyone can use. Everyone, including those with minimal or no prior AI experience, can now leverage AI models to build
... Read more
Audiobook

Software Architecture: The Hard Parts

Modern Trade-Off Analyses for Distributed Architectures

by Neal Ford, Mark Richards, Pramod Sadalage, Zhamak Dehghani ...

Narrated by Dena Dahilig ...

Unabridged

12 hours 53 min

There are no easy decisions in software architecture. Instead, there are many hard parts—difficult problems or issues with no best practices—that force you to choose among various compromises. With this book, you'll learn how to think critically about the trade-offs involved with distributed architectures.Architecture veterans and practicing consultants Neal Ford, Mark Richards, Pramod Sadalage, ... Read more

£19.99

There are no easy decisions in software architecture. Instead, there are many hard parts—difficult problems or issues with no best practices—that force you to choose among various compromises. With this book, you'll learn how to think critically about the trade-offs involved with distributed architectures.Architecture veterans and practicing consultants Neal Ford, Mark Richards, Pramod Sadalage,
... Read more
Audiobook

We Are Not Machines

The Fight for the Future of Work

by Sarah O'Connor ...

Narrated by Sarah O'Connor ...

Unabridged

6 hours 30 min

From award-winning Financial Times journalist Sarah O’Connor, a deeply reported investigation into how AI is transforming our working lives in unpredictable waysA tsunami of change, we are told, is sweeping the economy, as robots and AI threaten to take over tasks done by humans. But while we worry that we’re robotizing our work, what if the bigger risk is that we’re robotizing ourselves?When ... Read more

£14.99

From award-winning Financial Times journalist Sarah O’Connor, a deeply reported investigation into how AI is transforming our working lives in unpredictable waysA tsunami of change, we are told, is sweeping the economy, as robots and AI threaten to take over tasks done by humans. But while we worry that we’re robotizing our work, what if the bigger risk is that we’re robotizing ourselves?When
... Read more
Audiobook

Body is Your AVATAR, The

Your Health AI Co-Pilot

by AF Awareness Framework ...

Narrated by Bill Fed ...

Unabridged

1 hour 57 min

Your body is not failing you — it's asking for your attention.A gentle guide to your body — with AI as your co-pilotLearn how to listen before it has to shout.The Body Is Your AVATAR is for the kind of tired that doesn't have a name.Not a medical textbook.Not a health overhaul.A steady, practical guide to listening to your body — and responding with clarity instead of fear.Using a simple but ... Read more

£5.99 or Free with Kobo Plus

Your body is not failing you — it's asking for your attention.A gentle guide to your body — with AI as your co-pilotLearn how to listen before it has to shout.The Body Is Your AVATAR is for the kind of tired that doesn't have a name.Not a medical textbook.Not a health overhaul.A steady, practical guide to listening to your body — and responding with clarity instead of fear.Using a simple but
... Read more

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