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Hello World

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Moral AI

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by Jana Schaich Borg, Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, Vincent Conitzer ...

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7 hours 42 min

**Brought to you by Penguin.A reassuring and thought-provoking guide to all the big questions about AI and ethics**Should robots ever be considered free? Will computers transcend human intelligence? And what can we do to make sure AI is safe?The artificial intelligence revolution has begun. Today, there are self-driving cars on our streets, autonomous weapons in our armies, robot surgeons in our ... Read more

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Narrated by Valentina Palmieri ...

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Was ist real? Bevor wir in der Naturwissenschaft ein Experiment durchführen, bilden wir auf theoretischer Basis bestimmte Annahmen. Das Versuchsergebnis gleichen wir damit ab. Passt alles? Wunderbar, wir haben ein Modell der Realität! Ähnliches leistet unser Gehirn andauernd. Im Lauf unseres Lebens lernt es, erstaunlich gute Hypothesen für die Wirklichkeit zu erstellen. In letzter Zeit hat sich
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Reflections on the Mind of Plato

by Joseph Norio Uemura ...

Narrated by Ray Childs ...

Unabridged

3 hours 28 min

"Plato was not a Platonist! I would like to show in the following audio that anyone who reads the dialogues of Plato without bias or an ax to grind will find a humorous, witty, pleasant friend and not a desiccated scholarly mandarin. Plato was an open-minded, tolerant, reasonable individual, not a tight-lipped, pietistic puritan. In a word, Plato was an Athenian, not a Spartan!"In the 24 centuries ... Read more

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"Plato was not a Platonist! I would like to show in the following audio that anyone who reads the dialogues of Plato without bias or an ax to grind will find a humorous, witty, pleasant friend and not a desiccated scholarly mandarin. Plato was an open-minded, tolerant, reasonable individual, not a tight-lipped, pietistic puritan. In a word, Plato was an Athenian, not a Spartan!"In the 24 centuries
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Whole Self: A Concise History of the Birth & Evolution of Human Consciousness

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Narrated by Michael Ahr ...

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2 hours 14 min

Kendrick Mercer's Whole Self tells the story of the birth, evolution, and history of human consciousness and its impact on the human psyche. Human consciousness is the most powerful unfolding force on the Earth with the potential either to lead us to annihilate ourselves by generating conflict or to work together wisely and in common purpose. Deep inside of everybody living today is an elemental ... Read more

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Teaching Methods

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The theories and techniques used by teachers to allow pupil learning is included in the teaching methods. These approaches are calculated in portion by the content to be studied and besides by the learner's temperament. To be suitable and profitable for a specific teaching method, it must be related to the learner's characteristics and the species of learning it is assumed to bring about. There ... Read more

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The theories and techniques used by teachers to allow pupil learning is included in the teaching methods. These approaches are calculated in portion by the content to be studied and besides by the learner's temperament. To be suitable and profitable for a specific teaching method, it must be related to the learner's characteristics and the species of learning it is assumed to bring about. There
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The Madness Pill

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by Justin Garson ...

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by Alex Kantrowitz ...

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6 hours 9 min

Brought to you by Penguin.At Amazon, 'Day One' is code for inventing like a startup with little regard for legacy. Day Two is, in Jeff Bezos's own words, is 'stasis, followed by irrelevance, followed by excruciating, painful decline, followed by death.'Most companies today are set up for Day Two. They build advantages and defend them fiercely rather than invent the future. But Amazon and fellow ... Read more

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by Introbooks Team ...

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Думай как великие. Говорим с мыслителями о самом важном

by Алекс Белл ...

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Series series Думай как император
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13 hours 32 min

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