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Driving 5G Mobile Communications with Artificial Intelligence towards 6G (Hardcover): agorad A. Milovanovic, Zoran S. Bojkovic,... Driving 5G Mobile Communications with Artificial Intelligence towards 6G (Hardcover)
agorad A. Milovanovic, Zoran S. Bojkovic, Tulsi Pawan Fowdur
R4,367 Discovery Miles 43 670 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

- provides some fundamental concepts related to 5G networks and the 5G NR signal processing. A review of AI and state of the art machine learning techniques is also given. - deals with the 5G/6G and AI enabled applications such as AR/VR, autonomous vehicles, mobile multimedia services, context aware communications, Industrial IoT and security. -elaborates on how AI techniques can enhance network and traffic management in 5G/6G networks. These include AI based mobility management, routing, scheduling, network performance optimization and even energy efficiency. -discusses the application of AI to 5G/6G NR signal processing and also the air interface. AI and deep learning techniques for channel coding, automatic modulation detection, channel estimation and equalization as well as spectrum management are presented with a view to highlight the benefits of using AI as compared to traditional techniques.

Cunning Machines - Your Pocket Guide to the World of Artificial Intelligence (Hardcover): Jedrzej Osinski Cunning Machines - Your Pocket Guide to the World of Artificial Intelligence (Hardcover)
Jedrzej Osinski
R3,171 Discovery Miles 31 710 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

There are many myths and mistakes which make the topics of artificial intelligence complex and confusing. But the truth is that the foundations of AI are not rocket science. People do not need a PhD to understand how a basic neural network works. In fact, one does not even need computer skills to learn this. Cunning Machines: Your Pocket Guide to the World of Artificial Intelligence explains the main concepts: what does AI really mean, where do we find it, how do scientists try to evaluate it, what are its main limitations and what future we can expect with it? It also describes the most popular AI techniques in an easy-to-digest form: Artificial neural networks Genetic algorithms The Monte Carlo method Natural language processing Ontologies and their applications This book is for everyone. Still, it may be especially valuable to teachers who wish to enrich their classes with some interesting and popular topics, sales managers and business analysts who wish to better understand the IT world, and finally politicians and journalists who take part in debates on the latest technologies. Jedrzej Osinski earned a PhD in artificial intelligence, has worked on government grants and has published 14 scientific papers to date. He is also the co-author of two books. At the same time, he has over ten years of experience working in IT companies of different sizes, domains (the web, telecoms, banking, e-learning), organisation structures and locations (Poland, Ireland and the UK). He is also involved in various initiatives promoting AI, science and modern technologies including blog posts, invited talks and TV and radio appearances

For the Love of Cybernetics - Personal Narratives by Cyberneticians (Hardcover): Jocelyn Chapman For the Love of Cybernetics - Personal Narratives by Cyberneticians (Hardcover)
Jocelyn Chapman
R3,903 Discovery Miles 39 030 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

For the Love of Cybernetics: Personal Narratives by Cyberneticians is a collection of personal accounts that offer unique insights into cybernetics via the personal journeys of nine individuals. For the authors in this collection, cybernetics is not their "area of interest"-it is how they think about what they do, and it is their practice. Ray Ison, Bruce Clarke, Frank Galuzska, Paul Pangaro, Klaus Krippendorff, Peter Tuddenham, Lucas Pawlik, Bernard Scott, and Jocelyn Chapman differ in their lineage, emphasis, and engagement with cybernetics. What they have in common is that they share the belief that cybernetics is not a tool to apply here and there, but a unifying way of seeing the world that transforms how we behave, thus increasing possibilities for positive systemic change. This book was originally published as a special issue of the journal, World Futures.

AI for Death and Dying (Paperback): Maggi Savin-Baden AI for Death and Dying (Paperback)
Maggi Savin-Baden
R739 Discovery Miles 7 390 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

What is artificial intelligence (AI)? How does AI affect death matters and the digital beyond? How are death and dying handled in our digital age? AI for Dying and Death covers a broad range of literature, research and challenges around this topic. It explores ethical memorisation, digital legacies and bereavement, post death avatars and AI and the digital beyond. It also analyzes religious perspectives on AI for death and dying, and planning for death in a digital age.

Industrial and Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems - Proceedings of the Tenth International... Industrial and Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems - Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference (Hardcover)
Don Potter, Manton Matthews, Moonis Ali
R5,130 Discovery Miles 51 300 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book presents the Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Industrial and Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems, focusing on the theoretical aspects of intelligent systems research as well as extensions of theory of intelligent thinking machines.

Cyber Arms - Security in Cyberspace (Hardcover): Stanislav Abaimov, Maurizio Martellini Cyber Arms - Security in Cyberspace (Hardcover)
Stanislav Abaimov, Maurizio Martellini
R4,942 Discovery Miles 49 420 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book will raise awareness on emerging challenges of AIempowered cyber arms used in weapon systems and stockpiled in the global cyber arms race. Based on real life events, it provides a comprehensive analysis of cyber offensive and defensive landscape, analyses the cyber arms evolution from prank malicious codes into lethal weapons of mass destruction, reveals the scale of cyber offensive conflicts, explores cyber warfare mutation, warns about cyber arms race escalation and use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for military purposes. It provides an expert insight into the current and future malicious and destructive use of the evolved cyber arms, AI and robotics, with emphasis on cyber threats to CBRNe and critical infrastructure. The book highlights international efforts in regulating the cyber environment, reviews the best practices of the leading cyber powers and their controversial approaches, recommends responsible state behaviour. It also proposes information security and cyber defence solutions and provides definitions for selected conflicting cyber terms. The disruptive potential of cyber tools merging with military weapons is examined from the technical point of view, as well as legal, ethical, and political perspectives.

Artificial Intelligence for Solar Photovoltaic Systems - Approaches, Methodologies, and Technologies (Hardcover): Bhavnesh... Artificial Intelligence for Solar Photovoltaic Systems - Approaches, Methodologies, and Technologies (Hardcover)
Bhavnesh Kumar, Bhanu Pratap, Vivek Shrivastava
R3,621 Discovery Miles 36 210 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Discusses the way technological advancements have revolutionized solar technology with the help of and case studies. Covers advanced artificial intelligence techniques useful for improving the study related to solar systems. Focuses on finding the solution to the actual operating difficulties. Discusses core concepts and principles of artificial intelligence in the control and management of solar energy systems.

Brain-Computer Interfaces Handbook - Technological and Theoretical Advances (Paperback): Chang S. Nam, Anton Nijholt, Fabien... Brain-Computer Interfaces Handbook - Technological and Theoretical Advances (Paperback)
Chang S. Nam, Anton Nijholt, Fabien Lotte
R3,109 Discovery Miles 31 090 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Brain-Computer Interfaces Handbook: Technological and Theoretical Advances provides a tutorial and an overview of the rich and multi-faceted world of Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs). The authors supply readers with a contemporary presentation of fundamentals, theories, and diverse applications of BCI, creating a valuable resource for anyone involved with the improvement of people's lives by replacing, restoring, improving, supplementing or enhancing natural output from the central nervous system. It is a useful guide for readers interested in understanding how neural bases for cognitive and sensory functions, such as seeing, hearing, and remembering, relate to real-world technologies. More precisely, this handbook details clinical, therapeutic and human-computer interfaces applications of BCI and various aspects of human cognition and behavior such as perception, affect, and action. It overviews the different methods and techniques used in acquiring and pre-processing brain signals, extracting features, and classifying users' mental states and intentions. Various theories, models, and empirical findings regarding the ways in which the human brain interfaces with external systems and environments using BCI are also explored. The handbook concludes by engaging ethical considerations, open questions, and challenges that continue to face brain-computer interface research. Features an in-depth look at the different methods and techniques used in acquiring and pre-processing brain signals, extracting features, and classifying the user's intention Covers various theories, models, and empirical findings regarding ways in which the human brain can interface with the systems or external environments Presents applications of BCI technology to understand various aspects of human cognition and behavior such as perception, affect, action, and more Includes clinical trials and individual case studies of the experimental therapeutic applications of BCI Provides human factors and human-computer interface concerns in the design, development, and evaluation of BCIs Overall, this handbook provides a synopsis of key technological and theoretical advances that are directly applicable to brain-computer interfacing technologies and can be readily understood and applied by individuals with no formal training in BCI research and development.

Genius Makers - The Mavericks Who Brought A.I. to Google, Facebook, and the World (Paperback): Cade Metz Genius Makers - The Mavericks Who Brought A.I. to Google, Facebook, and the World (Paperback)
Cade Metz
R240 R192 Discovery Miles 1 920 Save R48 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

'This colourful page-turner puts artificial intelligence into a human perspective . . . Metz explains this transformative technology and makes the quest thrilling.' Walter Isaacson, author of Steve Jobs ____________________________________________________ This is the inside story of a small group of mavericks, eccentrics and geniuses who turned Artificial Intelligence from a fringe enthusiasm into a transformative technology. It's the story of how that technology became big business, creating vast fortunes and sparking intense rivalries. And it's the story of breakneck advances that will shape our lives for many decades to come - both for good and for ill. ________________________________________________ 'One day soon, when computers are safely driving our roads and speaking to us in complete sentences, we'll look back at Cade Metz's elegant, sweeping Genius Makers as their birth story - the Genesis for an age of sentient machines.' Brad Stone, author of The Everything Store and The Upstarts 'A ringside seat at what may turn out to be the pivotal episode in human history . . . easy and fun to read . . . undeniably charming.' Forbes

Intelligent Systems - Modeling, Optimization, and Control (Hardcover): Yung C Shin, Chengying Xu Intelligent Systems - Modeling, Optimization, and Control (Hardcover)
Yung C Shin, Chengying Xu
R4,829 Discovery Miles 48 290 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Providing a thorough introduction to the field of soft computing techniques, Intelligent Systems: Modeling, Optimization, and Control covers every major technique in artificial intelligence in a clear and practical style. This book highlights current research and applications, addresses issues encountered in the development of applied systems, and describes a wide range of intelligent systems techniques, including neural networks, fuzzy logic, evolutionary strategy, and genetic algorithms. The book demonstrates concepts through simulation examples and practical experimental results. Case studies are also presented from each field to facilitate understanding.

Data Science for Wind Energy (Hardcover): Yu Ding Data Science for Wind Energy (Hardcover)
Yu Ding
R3,195 Discovery Miles 31 950 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Data Science for Wind Energy provides an in-depth discussion on how data science methods can improve decision making for wind energy applications, near-ground wind field analysis and forecast, turbine power curve fitting and performance analysis, turbine reliability assessment, and maintenance optimization for wind turbines and wind farms. A broad set of data science methods covered, including time series models, spatio-temporal analysis, kernel regression, decision trees, kNN, splines, Bayesian inference, and importance sampling. More importantly, the data science methods are described in the context of wind energy applications, with specific wind energy examples and case studies. Please also visit the author's book site at https://aml.engr.tamu.edu/book-dswe. Features Provides an integral treatment of data science methods and wind energy applications Includes specific demonstration of particular data science methods and their use in the context of addressing wind energy needs Presents real data, case studies and computer codes from wind energy research and industrial practice Covers material based on the author's ten plus years of academic research and insights

AI 2041 - Ten Visions for Our Future (Paperback): Kai-Fu Lee, Chen Qiufan AI 2041 - Ten Visions for Our Future (Paperback)
Kai-Fu Lee, Chen Qiufan
R505 R416 Discovery Miles 4 160 Save R89 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

A WALL STREET JOURNAL, WASHINGTON POST, AND FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR In this ground-breaking blend of imaginative storytelling and scientific forecasting, a pioneering AI expert and a leading writer of speculative fiction join forces to answer an imperative question: How will artificial intelligence change our world within twenty years? AI will be the defining development of the twenty-first century. Within two decades, aspects of daily human life will be unrecognizable. AI will generate unprecedented wealth, revolutionize medicine and education through human-machine symbiosis, and create brand new forms of communication and entertainment. In liberating us from routine work, however, AI will also challenge the organizing principles of our economic and social order. Meanwhile, AI will bring new risks in the form of autonomous weapons and smart technology that inherits human bias. AI is at a tipping point, and people need to wake up-both to AI's radiant pathways and its existential perils for life as we know it. In this provocative, utterly original work of "scientific fiction," Kai-Fu Lee, the former president of Google China and bestselling author of AI Superpowers, joins forces with celebrated novelist Chen Qiufan to imagine our world in 2041 and how it will be shaped by AI. In ten gripping short stories, set twenty years in the future, they introduce readers to an array of eye-opening 2041 settings: In San Francisco, a new industry, "job reallocation," arises to serve displaced workers In Tokyo, a music fan is swept up in an immersive form of celebrity worship In Mumbai, a teenage girl rebels when AI gets in the way of romance In Seoul, virtual teachers offer orphaned twins new ways to learn and connect In Munich, a rogue quantum computer scientist's revenge plot imperils the world By gazing toward a not-so-distant horizon, AI 2041 offers urgent insights into our collective future-while reminding readers that, ultimately, humankind remains the author of its destiny.

How Things Work - The Technology Edition (Paperback): Charles F. Bowman How Things Work - The Technology Edition (Paperback)
Charles F. Bowman
R1,423 Discovery Miles 14 230 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

* Provides simple, conceptual descriptions of everyday technologies * Includes clear examples and diagrams that demonstrate the principles and techniques, not just a "how-to" punch list * Covers advanced topics for readers who want to dive into the deep end of the technology pool * Avoids jargon-where terminology does appear, the text will provide clear, concise definitions

The Digital Transformation of Labor - Automation, the Gig Economy and Welfare (Hardcover): Anthony Larsson, Robin Teigland The Digital Transformation of Labor - Automation, the Gig Economy and Welfare (Hardcover)
Anthony Larsson, Robin Teigland
R4,084 Discovery Miles 40 840 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Through a series of studies, the overarching aim of this book is to investigate if and how the digitalization/digital transformation process causes (or may cause) the autonomy of various labor functions, and its impact in creating (or stymieing) various job opportunities on the labor market. This book also seeks to illuminate what actors/groups are mostly benefited by the digitalization/digital transformation and which actors/groups that are put at risk by it. This book takes its point of departure from a 2016 OECD report that contends that the impact digitalization has on the future of labor is ambiguous, as on the one hand it is suggested that technological change is labor-saving, but on the other hand, it is suggested that digital technologies have not created new jobs on a scale that it replaces old jobs. Another 2018 OECD report indicated that digitalization and automation as such does not pose a real risk of destroying any significant number of jobs for the foreseeable future, although tasks would by and large change significantly. This would affects welfare, as most of its revenue stems from taxation, and particularly so from the taxation on labor (directly or indirectly). For this reason, this book will set out to explore how the future technological and societal advancements impact labor conditions. The book seeks to provide an innovative, enriching and controversial take on how various aspects of the labor market can be (and are) affected the ongoing digitalization trend in a way that is not covered by extant literature. As such, this book intends to cater to a wider readership, from a general audience and students, to specialized professionals and academics wanting to gain a deeper understanding of the possible future developments of the labor market in light of an accelerating digitalization/digital transformation of society at large.

Artificial Intelligence - An Introduction for the Inquisitive Reader (Paperback): Robert H. Chen, Chelsea C. Chen Artificial Intelligence - An Introduction for the Inquisitive Reader (Paperback)
Robert H. Chen, Chelsea C. Chen
R1,146 Discovery Miles 11 460 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Features Only mathematical prerequisite is an elementary knowledge of calculus Accessible to anyone with an interest in AI and its mathematics and computer science Suitable as a supplementary reading for a course in AI or the History of Mathematics and Computer Science in regard to artificial intelligence.

Is Intelligence an Algorithm? (Paperback): Antonin Tuynman Is Intelligence an Algorithm? (Paperback)
Antonin Tuynman
R378 Discovery Miles 3 780 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

How do we understand the world around us? How do we solve problems? Often the answer to these questions follows a certain pattern, an algorithm if you wish. This is the case when our analytical left-brain side is at work. However, there are also elements in our behaviour where intelligence appears to follow a more elusive path, which cannot easily be characterised as a specific sequence of steps. Is Intelligence an Algorithm? offers an insight into intelligence as it functions in nature, like human or animal intelligence, but also sheds light on modern developments in the field of artificial intelligence, proposing further architectural solutions for the creation of a so-called global Webmind.

Context-Aware Pervasive Systems - Architectures for a New Breed of Applications (Hardcover): Seng Loke Context-Aware Pervasive Systems - Architectures for a New Breed of Applications (Hardcover)
Seng Loke
R2,893 Discovery Miles 28 930 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The concept of aware systems is among the most exciting trends in computing today, fueled by recent developments in pervasive computing, including new computers worn by users, embedded devices, smart appliances, sensors, and varieties of wireless networking technology. Context-Aware Pervasive Systems: The Architecture of a New Breed of Applications introduces a diverse set of application areas and provides blueprints for building context-aware behavior into applications. Reviewing the anatomy of context-aware pervasive applications, this resource covers abstract architecture. It examines mobile services, appliances, smart devices, software agents, electronic communication, sensor networks, security frameworks, and intelligent software agents. The book also discusses the use of context awareness for communication among people, devices, and software agents and how sensors can be aware of their own situations. Exploring the use of physical context for controlling and enhancing security in pervasive computing environments, this guide addresses mirror worlds and elucidates design perspectives based on a declarative programming language paradigm. This carefully paced volume presents a timely and relevant introduction to the emergence of context-aware systems and brings together architectures and principles of context-aware computing in one source.

Industrial Transformation - Implementation and Essential Components and Processes of Digital Systems (Hardcover): Om Prakash... Industrial Transformation - Implementation and Essential Components and Processes of Digital Systems (Hardcover)
Om Prakash Jena, Sudhansu Shekhar Patra, Utyunjaya Panda, Zdzislaw Polkowski, S. Balamurugan
R4,084 Discovery Miles 40 840 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Discusses the industry transformation aligned with computerization of manufacturing and the concept of required skills needed to build the new workforce Covers the role of Artificial Intelligence in the management of resource flow and decision-making in the industrial transformation of operations and supply chain management Presents sustainability efficiency for industrial transformation with IoT, machine learning, data analysis and blockchain technologies Focuses on industrial development, design, implementation, and transformation using technologies such as Big Data Analytics, Blockchain among others Showcases the incorporation of complex processes and functions as one central component of digital systems Explores current trends that are accelerating the industrial transformation and influencing the transition of the fourth industrial revolution related to industrial infrastructure, biodiversity, and production enhancement

Introduction to the Theory of Neural Computation (Hardcover): John A. Hertz Introduction to the Theory of Neural Computation (Hardcover)
John A. Hertz
R4,081 Discovery Miles 40 810 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Comprehensive introduction to the neural network models currently under intensive study for computational applications. It also provides coverage of neural network applications in a variety of problems of both theoretical and practical interest.

Modeling Human Behavior With Integrated Cognitive Architectures - Comparison, Evaluation, and Validation (Paperback, New):... Modeling Human Behavior With Integrated Cognitive Architectures - Comparison, Evaluation, and Validation (Paperback, New)
Kevin A. Gluck, Richard W. Pew
R1,684 Discovery Miles 16 840 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Resulting from the need for greater realism in models of human and organizational behavior in military simulations, there has been increased interest in research on integrative models of human performance, both within the cognitive science community generally, and within the defense and aerospace industries in particular. This book documents accomplishments and lessons learned in a multi-year project to examine the ability of a range of integrated cognitive modeling architectures to explain and predict human behavior in a common task environment that requires multi-tasking and concept learning.

This unique project, called the Agent-Based Modeling and Behavior Representation (AMBR) Model Comparison, involved a series of human performance model evaluations in which the processes and performance levels of computational cognitive models were compared to each other and to human operators performing the identical tasks. In addition to quantitative data comparing the performance of the models and real human performance, the book also presents a qualitatively oriented discussion of the practical and scientific considerations that arise in the course of attempting this kind of model development and validation effort.

The primary audiences for this book are people in academia, industry, and the military who are interested in explaining and predicting complex human behavior using computational cognitive modeling approaches. The book should be of particular interest to individuals in any sector working in Psychology, Cognitive Science, Artificial Intelligence, Industrial Engineering, System Engineering, Human Factors, Ergonomics and Operations Research. Any technically or scientificallyoriented professional or student should find the material fully accessible without extensive mathematical background.

The Industrialization of Intelligence - Mind and Machine in the Modern Age (Hardcover): Noah Kennedy The Industrialization of Intelligence - Mind and Machine in the Modern Age (Hardcover)
Noah Kennedy
R3,209 Discovery Miles 32 090 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Originally published in 1989 The Industrialization of Intelligence is a spirited blend of the principles of social science and computer technology. Critically praised in the United States and England by leading lights both literary and technological, it develops an original and provocative model of the interplay between computer systems and social systems. Noah Kennedy has composed a compelling story from key episodes in the development of the computer, and coupled it with a probing analysis of the true role of automation in modem society. The result firmly plants computer technology in the soil of western culture and denies the shrill claims that the information age represents a sudden break with the historical past. He starts with biographical vignettes from the lives of five pivotal thinkers, weaving their crucial insights into the larger fabric of contemporary and future society. He then gives a provocative forecast of the role of artificial intelligence in future society, and examines the probable impact of new computer technologies on employment and on the relationships between nations. The result is a reasoned understanding of our imminent future through a thoughtful analysis of our historical past.

Novice Programming Environments - Explorations in Human-Computer Interaction and Artificial Intelligence (Hardcover): Marc... Novice Programming Environments - Explorations in Human-Computer Interaction and Artificial Intelligence (Hardcover)
Marc Eisenstadt, Mark Keane, Tim Rajan
R3,497 Discovery Miles 34 970 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book, originally published in 1992, encapsulates ten years of research at the Open University's Human Cognition Research Laboratory. The research investigates the problems of novice programmers, and is strongly oriented toward the design and implementation of "programming environments" aimed at eliminating or easing novices' problems. A range of languages is studied: Pascal, SOLO, Lisp, Prolog and "Knowledge Engineering Programming". The primary emphasis of the empirical studies is to gain some understanding of novices' "mental models" of the inner workings of computers. Such (erroneous) models are constructed by novices in their own heads to account for the idiosyncrasies of particular programming languages. The primary emphasis of the implementations described in the book is the provision of "automatic debugging aids", i.e. artificial intelligence programs which can analyse novices' buggy programs, and make sense of them, thereby providing useful advice for the novices. Another related strand taken in some of the work is the concept of "pre-emptive design", i.e. the provision of tools such as syntax-directed editors and graphical tracers which help programmers avoid many frequently-occurring errors. A common thread throughout the book is its Cognitive Science/Artificial Intelligence orientation. AI tools are used, for instance, to construct simulation models of subjects writing programs, in order to provide insights into what their deep conceptual errors are. At the other extreme, AI programs which were developed in order to help student debug their programs are observed empirically in order to ensure that they provide facilities actually needed by real programmers. This book will be of great interest to advanced undergraduate, postgraduate, and professional researchers in Cognitive Science, Artificial Intelligence, and Human-Computer Interaction.

Computer Psychotherapy Systems - Theory and Research Foundations (Hardcover): Morton Wagman Computer Psychotherapy Systems - Theory and Research Foundations (Hardcover)
Morton Wagman
R3,192 Discovery Miles 31 920 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Originally published in 1988, this was the first book to examine the development, application and evaluation of computer counselling and psychotherapy. Integrating concepts of artificial intelligence and psychotherapy, this book provided extensive research data that compared the human therapist to the computer therapist at the time. This title was intended for researchers, professionals, and students of psychotherapy and artificial intelligence. By exploring the automation of therapy and the design of empathetic software this book challenges counsellors and computer scientists to look at what may have been the most fascinating topic to arise in their fields for years to come.

Routledge Library Editions: Artificial Intelligence (Hardcover): Various Routledge Library Editions: Artificial Intelligence (Hardcover)
Various
R27,949 Discovery Miles 279 490 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

"Artificial Intelligence" (AI) a term coined in the 1950s actually dates back as far as 1943. Now very much in the public consciousness, AI research has fallen in and out of favour over the years. Routledge Library Editions: Artificial Intelligence (10 Volumes) brings together as one set, or individual volumes, a small interdisciplinary series of previously out-of-print titles, originally published between 1970 and 1994. Covering ground in computer science, literature, philosophy, psychology, psychotherapy and sociology, this set is a fascinating insight into the development of ideas surrounding AI.

Machines That Become Us - The Social Context of Personal Communication Technology (Hardcover): James E. Katz Machines That Become Us - The Social Context of Personal Communication Technology (Hardcover)
James E. Katz
R3,044 Discovery Miles 30 440 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Social critics and artificial intelligence experts have long prophesized that computers and robots would soon relegate humans to the dustbin of history. Many among the general population seem to have shared this fear of a dehumanized future. But how are people in the twenty-first century actually reacting to the ever-expanding array of gadgets and networks at their disposal? Is computer anxiety a significant problem, paralyzing and terrorizing millions, or are ever-proliferating numbers of gadgets being enthusiastically embraced? "Machines That Become Us" explores the increasingly intimate relationship between people and their personal communication technologies.
In the first book of its kind, internationally recognized scholars from the United States and Europe explore this topic. Among the technologies analyzed are the Internet, personal digital assistants (PDAs), mobile phones, networked homes, "smart" fabrics and wearable computers, interactive location badges, and implanted monitoring devices. The authors discuss critical policy issues, such as the problems of information resource access and equity, and the recently discovered "digital dropouts" phenomena.
The use of the word "become" in the book's title has three different meanings. The first suggests how people use these technologies to broaden their abilities to communicate and to represent themselves to others. Thus the technologies "become" extensions and representatives of the communicators. A second sense of "become" applies to analysis of the way these technologies become physically integrated with the user's clothing and even their bodies.
Contributors examine fashion aspects and uses of these technologies, that is, how they are used in ways becoming to the wearer. The conclusions of many chapters are supported by data, including ethnographic observations, attitude surveys and case studies from the United States, Britain, France, Italy, Finland, and Norway. This approach is especially valuable in a field that has been traditionally dominated by extrapolation and speculation, and that has focused on possible future states rather than analysis of current situations. Other chapters are integrative, seeking to advance emerging theoretical perspectives.
This exciting volume generates new insights concerning the burgeoning electronic confusion that increasingly penetrates and blurs the boundaries of various spheres of life in modern society. "Machines That Become Us" will be of interest to students of communications and technology, sociologists, and social psychologists.
James E. Katz is professor of communication at the School of Communication, Information, and Library Studies at Rutgers University. He is the author of "Connections: Social and Cultural Studies of the Telephone in American Life," published by Transaction.
"From cell phones to smart homes, James Katz shows how "ICTs" (information and communication technologies) not only serve as extensions of human capabilities, but are being integrated into all aspects of our lives and our "selves." This book presents timely and valuable insights into how pervasive information technologies are latering the way people live, act, relate to others and think of themselves. Bravo " --Starr Roxanne Hiltz, New Jersey Institute of Technology
"A valuable addition to our growing understanding of the wide ranging implications of new technologies. From teenagers' use of mobile phones to the aesthetics of astronauts' clothing, "Machines That Become Us" offers a rich compendium of insights into why we think new machines both "improve" and "jumble" our lives."--Steve Woolgar, University of Oxford
"A fascinating excursion into the realm of mind-body relationships in the Information Age, led by a multinational team of farsighted scholars." --Robert La Rose, Michigan State University

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