by Thomas Arnold | Sep 14, 2021 | Book Review
When my oldest daughter was born prematurely, her life depended for a mercifully short but crucial time on a ventilator. Her lungs needed the help of automation if they ever were to have a chance to breathe on their own. It is a memory that has stayed with me...
by David Zvi Kalman, Ph.D | Aug 19, 2021 | Book Review
Among both those who are giddiest and those who are most terrified about technological change, there’s this phrase that gets thrown around a lot: technological singularity. The singularity, they say, is a point in the future—perhaps the near future?—when global...
by Nathan Kutz, Ph.D | Aug 19, 2021 | Book Review
Genius Makers: The Mavericks Who Brought AI to Google, Facebook, and the World, by New York Times Technology Reporter Cade Metz is a highly entertaining and enjoyable account of the long back story behind the rise of modern deep learning approaches (neural networks)...
by Nicoleta Acatrinei, Ph.D. | Apr 12, 2021 | Book Review
Masters or Slaves? AI and The Future of Humanity asks a fundamental question in a crucial moment of human civilization. How will AI impact, and finally shape, humanity’s future and, mainly, the humanity of the future? The author’s background and experience...
by Tripp Parker | Jan 6, 2021 | Book Review
John Lennox is an emeritus professor of mathematics at Oxford University, and often ventures into the intersection of faith and technology. In this book Lennox offers an overview of AI in order to establish a framework for discussion, then ventures into the promises...
by David Brenner | Sep 9, 2020 | Book Review
First there was SUNY Professor and sociologist Virginia Eubanks’ 2018 ground-breaking book, Automating Inequality, which spotlighted how even well-intentioned technology solutions to complex social needs often only spawn new problems. Now Princeton sociologist Ruha...
