The Future of Violence - Robots and Germs, Hackers and Drones - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Future of Violence - Robots and Germs, Hackers and Drones write by Benjamin Wittes. This book was released on 2016-03-15. The Future of Violence - Robots and Germs, Hackers and Drones available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The terrifying new role of technology in a world at war
The Circle
The Circle - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Circle write by Dave Eggers. This book was released on 2013-10-08. The Circle available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • A bestselling dystopian novel that tackles surveillance, privacy and the frightening intrusions of technology in our lives—a “compulsively readable parable for the 21st century” (Vanity Fair). When Mae Holland is hired to work for the Circle, the world’s most powerful internet company, she feels she’s been given the opportunity of a lifetime. The Circle, run out of a sprawling California campus, links users’ personal emails, social media, banking, and purchasing with their universal operating system, resulting in one online identity and a new age of civility and transparency. As Mae tours the open-plan office spaces, the towering glass dining facilities, the cozy dorms for those who spend nights at work, she is thrilled with the company’s modernity and activity. There are parties that last through the night, there are famous musicians playing on the lawn, there are athletic activities and clubs and brunches, and even an aquarium of rare fish retrieved from the Marianas Trench by the CEO. Mae can’t believe her luck, her great fortune to work for the most influential company in the world—even as life beyond the campus grows distant, even as a strange encounter with a colleague leaves her shaken, even as her role at the Circle becomes increasingly public. What begins as the captivating story of one woman’s ambition and idealism soon becomes a heart-racing novel of suspense, raising questions about memory, history, privacy, democracy, and the limits of human knowledge.
The Emerging Risk of Virtual Societal Warfare
The Emerging Risk of Virtual Societal Warfare - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Emerging Risk of Virtual Societal Warfare write by Michael J. Mazarr. This book was released on 2019. The Emerging Risk of Virtual Societal Warfare available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The evolution of advanced information environments is rapidly creating a new category of possible cyberaggression, which RAND researchers are calling virtual societal warfare in an analysis of the characteristics and future of this growing threat.
The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect
The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect write by Roger Williams. This book was released on 2003-10-14. The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In a time not far from our own, Lawrence sets out simply to build an artifical intelligence that can pass as human, and finds himself instead with one that can pass as a god. Taking the Three Laws of Robotics literally, Prime Intellect makes every human immortal and provides instantly for every stated human desire. Caroline finds no meaning in this life of purposeless ease, and forgets her emptiness only in moments of violent and profane exhibitionism. At turns shocking and humorous, "Prime Intellect" looks unflinchingly at extremes of human behavior that might emerge when all limits are removed. An international Internet phenomenon, "Prime Intellect" has been downloaded more than 10,000 times since its free release in January 2003. It has been read and discussed in Australia, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Slovenia, South Africa, and other countries. This Lulu edition is your chance to own "Prime Intellect" in conventional book form.
New Laws of Robotics
New Laws of Robotics - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook New Laws of Robotics write by Frank Pasquale. This book was released on 2020-10-27. New Laws of Robotics available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. AI is poised to disrupt our work and our lives. We can harness these technologies rather than fall captive to them—but only through wise regulation. Too many CEOs tell a simple story about the future of work: if a machine can do what you do, your job will be automated. They envision everyone from doctors to soldiers rendered superfluous by ever-more-powerful AI. They offer stark alternatives: make robots or be replaced by them. Another story is possible. In virtually every walk of life, robotic systems can make labor more valuable, not less. Frank Pasquale tells the story of nurses, teachers, designers, and others who partner with technologists, rather than meekly serving as data sources for their computerized replacements. This cooperation reveals the kind of technological advance that could bring us all better health care, education, and more, while maintaining meaningful work. These partnerships also show how law and regulation can promote prosperity for all, rather than a zero-sum race of humans against machines. How far should AI be entrusted to assume tasks once performed by humans? What is gained and lost when it does? What is the optimal mix of robotic and human interaction? New Laws of Robotics makes the case that policymakers must not allow corporations or engineers to answer these questions alone. The kind of automation we get—and who it benefits—will depend on myriad small decisions about how to develop AI. Pasquale proposes ways to democratize that decision making, rather than centralize it in unaccountable firms. Sober yet optimistic, New Laws of Robotics offers an inspiring vision of technological progress, in which human capacities and expertise are the irreplaceable center of an inclusive economy.
