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Why Machines Learn: The Elegant Maths Behind Modern AI | Anil Ananthaswamy

Here are my Valentine's gifts from Barnes & Noble.

Two books that seem very interesting
And a Moomin bag, because... I love the Moomins!!!!

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mhillis

Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI | Ethan Mollick

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If you are curious about AI, and especially if you work in education, then this book would be a great one to read. The author also has a Substack called One Useful Thing.

The writing is engaging and even JRR Tolkien is quoted!
I especially enjoyed the chapters on AI as a creative, as a tutor, and as a coach.

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Amberrg96

Brave New Words: How AI Will Revolutionize Education (and Why That's a Good Thing) | Salman Khan

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This book completely changed my perception on AI.

mhillis

Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI | Ethan Mollick

I had a three day weekend, so with plenty of time for reading, I alternated between two mysteries and two
nonfiction books #WeekendReads @rachelsbrittain
🌹 Kill Her Twice
🇮🇸 Puffin of Death
🤖 Co-Intelligence
🇮🇩 The Jakarta Method

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mhillis

Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI | Ethan Mollick

#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl

“I believe the cost of getting to know AI—really getting to know AI—is at least three sleepless nights.

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Floresj

Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI | Yuval Noah Harari

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Harari consistently writes thought provoking, historical, interesting books about our species, intelligence and information. This doesn‘t disappoint and gives perspective about information now is different than other advances in technology. It‘s fantastic and terrifying.

Tamra I‘m glad you like it! I got this for my husband for Xmas. 🎅🏾 2mo

SqueakyChu I had to bail on this book because it was due back at the library with no renewal. Bummer. 😢 4w

SqueakyChu @Tamra I love reading books by this author. They are so immensely thought-provoking. 4w

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Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI | Yuval Noah Harari

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Not exactly “brief” at 17+ hours, I felt like I was taking a college class on AI and the history of communications. YNH shares ideas about how humans network, how information travels and how terrifying our online world currently is and where we go from here. If you have an interest in AI and its future, internet bots, how our online information is taken and used, this book gives you a lot to think about. I enjoyed the ideas I leaned about.

ChaoticMissAdventures What if you have a deep seeded hatred for AI to the point that your firms IT director will not let anyone in the firm mention AI to you any longer? Will this help give me ammunition to fight "progress"? ? Or maybe make me less angry about how much water these programs are using? 3mo

Cortg @ChaoticMissAdventures Ha! Where I work we actually have an AI teams page where everyone bitches about it and how we can do our job while minimally using it and it‘s where I came across this title. Unfortunately, AI‘s not going away. My thought is to stay informed and understand it. Keep your friends close and your enemies closer kind of thing. It has so much potential to be dangerous in so many ways. (edited) 3mo

Cortg @ChaoticMissAdventures Yes, it‘ll give you ammunition in many of his ideas. 3mo

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ChaoticMissAdventures @Cortg for sure on enemies closer! I have figured out searching Google by putting -noAI gives you responses with out the AI crap which has helped so much. 3mo

SqueakyChu I‘m reading this book now and only finished three chapters before it was due back at the library. Now I‘m back on the waiting list for me to get it again! 😦 3mo

Cortg @SqueakyChu I have a physical copy on hold because I wanted to (re)read a section towards the end. 🧐 3mo

SqueakyChu @Cortg You, too!! 😂 3mo

Cortg @SqueakyChu I checked today and I‘m #25 on the hold list, which actually makes me happy because people will hopefully read it! 3mo

SqueakyChu 👍 3mo

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WeAreLegion

Made in Korea | Jeremy Holt

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Ironically, this tale about a young android is one of the most humane and heartfelt stories I‘ve read in a while. By turns it seems the narrative might go to some disturbing places, but it eventually ends up hitting right in the feels. Very touching, and emotional. Recommended!

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God, Human, Animal, Machine: Technology, Metaphor, and the Search for Meaning | Meghan O'Gieblyn

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American tech writer, essayist, philosopher and former Fundamentalist Christian, O‘Gieblyn points out similar promises of science and religion as her essays take on this phenomenon as well as transhumanism, AI, consciousness and more. I thought her insights were brilliant. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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katemccord

The School for Whatnots | Margaret Peterson Haddix

“No matter what any tells you, I'm real.“

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