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Robot-Proof, revised and updated edition

Author : Joseph E. Aoun
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262549859
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (625 download)

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Download or read book Robot-Proof, revised and updated edition written by Joseph E. Aoun and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2024-10-15 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fresh look at a “robot-proof” education in the new age of generative AI. In 2017, Robot-Proof, the first edition, foresaw the advent of the AI economy and called for a new model of higher education designed to help human beings flourish alongside smart machines. That economy has arrived. Creative tasks that, seven years ago, seemed resistant to automation can now be performed with a simple prompt. As a result, we must now learn not only to be conversant with these technologies, but also to comprehend and deploy their outputs. In this revised and updated edition, Joseph Aoun rethinks the university’s mission for a world transformed by AI, advocating for the lifelong endeavor of a “robot-proof” education. Aoun puts forth a framework for a new curriculum, humanics, which integrates technological, data, and human literacies in an experiential setting, and he renews the call for universities to embrace lifelong learning through a social compact with government, employers, and learners themselves. Drawing on the latest developments and debates around generative AI, Robot-Proof is a blueprint for the university as a force for human reinvention in an era of technological change—an era in which we must constantly renegotiate the shifting boundaries between artificial intelligence and the capacities that remain uniquely human.

The Robot That Helped to Make a President

Author : Charles Hamilton
Publisher : Recollections
ISBN 13 : 9780964682900
Total Pages : 63 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (829 download)

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Download or read book The Robot That Helped to Make a President written by Charles Hamilton and published by Recollections. This book was released on 1995-07-01 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO GAMBLE A MINIMUM OF $1,000 ON WHICH SIGNATURE IS AN AUTHENTIC JOHN F. KENNEDY & WHICH ONE IS A SECRETARIAL? Kenneth Schwartz & Charles Hamilton are Proud to Announce the Republishing of THE ROBOT THAT HELPED MAKE A PRESIDENT the definitive study of John F. Kennedy's signature. This book is an absolute necessity for anyone who wants to purchase or authenticate the most mysterious signature of the 20th Century. Only 1,000 copies were issued 30 years ago & were quickly sold out. Today, a copy of this landmark reference work is virtually unobtainable at any price. (My copy cost me $200 six years ago after a 14 month search!) With 8 robots & 14 Secretaries signing John Kennedy's name on letters, photographs & documents it is no wonder that collectors are throwing thousands of dollars away on non-authentic material. When a simple cut signature can cost $1,000 & letters & photographs cost up to $10,000 this book will save the novice as well as the professional many thousands of dollars, not to mention a sleepless night or two. THE ROBOT THAT HELPED MAKE A PRESIDENT will be issued in a limited 30th year Anniversary Hardcover Edition of 2,500 copies, signed & numbered. It has been updated to include important discoveries on both John Kennedy & Jackie Onassis. To order contact: Recollections, Box 10, West Long Branch, NJ 07764. 1-800-315-1776 or 908-747-3858. FAX 908-758-9730.

I, Robot

Author : Isaac Asimov
Publisher : Voyager
ISBN 13 : 9780008279554
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (795 download)

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Download or read book I, Robot written by Isaac Asimov and published by Voyager. This book was released on 2018-05 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Earth is ruled by master-machines but the Three Laws of Robotics have been designed to ensure humans maintain the upper hand: 1) A robot may not injure a human being or allow a human being to come to harm 2) A robot must obey orders given to it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. 3) A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law. But what happens when a rogue robot's idea of what is good for society contravenes the Three Laws?

FIRST Robots: Aim High

Author : Vince Wilczynski
Publisher : Rockport Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1610601718
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book FIRST Robots: Aim High written by Vince Wilczynski and published by Rockport Publishers. This book was released on 2007-05-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Personal robots are about as advanced today as personal computers were on the eve of the first IBM PC in the early 1980s. They are still the domain of hobbyists who cobble them together from scratch or from kits, join local clubs to swap code and stage contests, and whose labor of love is setting the stage for a technological revolution. This book will deconstruct the 30 regional winning robot designs from the FIRST Robotics Competition in 2006. The FIRST Robotics Competition (held annually and co-founded by Dean Kamen and Woodie Flowers) is a multinational competition that teams professionals and young people to solve an engineering design problem in an intense and competitive way. In 2005 the competition reached close to 25,000 people on close to 1,000 teams in 30 competitions. Teams came from Brazil, Canada, Ecuador, Israel, Mexico, the U.K., and almost every U.S. state. The competitions are high-tech spectator sporting events that have gained a loyal following because of the high caliber work featured. Each team is paired with a mentor from such companies as Apple, Motorola, or NASA (NASA has sponsored 200 teams in 8 years). This book looks at 30 different robot designs all based on the same chassis, and provides in-depth information on the inspiration and the technology that went into building each of them. Each robot is featured in 6-8 pages providing readers with a solid understanding of how the robot was conceived and built. There are sketches, interim drawings, and process shots for each robot.

A Psalm for the Wild-Built

Author : Becky Chambers
Publisher : Tordotcom
ISBN 13 : 1250236223
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book A Psalm for the Wild-Built written by Becky Chambers and published by Tordotcom. This book was released on 2021-07-13 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Hugo Award! In A Psalm for the Wild-Built, bestselling Becky Chambers's delightful new Monk and Robot series, gives us hope for the future. It's been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; centuries since they wandered, en masse, into the wilderness, never to be seen again; centuries since they faded into myth and urban legend. One day, the life of a tea monk is upended by the arrival of a robot, there to honor the old promise of checking in. The robot cannot go back until the question of "what do people need?" is answered. But the answer to that question depends on who you ask, and how. They're going to need to ask it a lot. Becky Chambers's new series asks: in a world where people have what they want, does having more matter? At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Beep and Bah

Author : James Burks
Publisher : Carolrhoda Books
ISBN 13 : 0761387218
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (613 download)

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Download or read book Beep and Bah written by James Burks and published by Carolrhoda Books. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A robot who hungers for adventure and a goat who wants to avoid trouble set out to find the missing mate to a single sock.

The American Robot

Author : Dustin A. Abnet
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022669271X
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (266 download)

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Download or read book The American Robot written by Dustin A. Abnet and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2020-03-27 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although they entered the world as pure science fiction, robots are now very much a fact of everyday life. Whether a space-age cyborg, a chess-playing automaton, or simply the smartphone in our pocket, robots have long been a symbol of the fraught and fearful relationship between ourselves and our creations. Though we tend to think of them as products of twentieth-century technology—the word “robot” itself dates to only 1921—as a concept, they have colored US society and culture for far longer, as Dustin A. Abnet shows to dazzling effect in The American Robot. In tracing the history of the idea of robots in US culture, Abnet draws on intellectual history, religion, literature, film, and television. He explores how robots and their many kin have not only conceptually connected but literally embodied some of the most critical questions in modern culture. He also investigates how the discourse around robots has reinforced social and economic inequalities, as well as fantasies of mass domination—chilling thoughts that the recent increase in job automation has done little to quell. The American Robot argues that the deep history of robots has abetted both the literal replacement of humans by machines and the figurative transformation of humans into machines, connecting advances in technology and capitalism to individual and societal change. Look beneath the fears that fracture our society, Abnet tells us, and you’re likely to find a robot lurking there.

The Reasonable Robot

Author : Ryan Abbott
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108472125
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book The Reasonable Robot written by Ryan Abbott and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-06-25 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Argues that treating people and artificial intelligence differently under the law results in unexpected and harmful outcomes for social welfare.

Burn-in

Author : P. W. Singer
Publisher : Mariner Books
ISBN 13 : 1328637239
Total Pages : 437 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (286 download)

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Download or read book Burn-in written by P. W. Singer and published by Mariner Books. This book was released on 2020 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An FBI agent teams up with the first police robot to hunt a shadowy terrorist in this gripping technothriller--and fact-based tour of tomorrow--from the authors of Ghost Fleet America is on the brink of a revolution. AI and robotics have realized science fiction's dreams, but have also taken millions of jobs and left many citizens fearful that the future is leaving them behind. After narrowly averting a bombing at Washington's Union Station, FBI Special Agent Lara Keegan receives a new assignment: to field test the first police robot. In the wake of a series of shocking catastrophes, the two find themselves investigating a conspiracy whose mastermind is using cutting-edge tech to rip the nation apart. To stop this new breed of terrorist, Keegan's only hope is to forge a new kind of partnership. With every tech, trend, and scene drawn from the real world, Burn-In blends a technothriller's excitement with nonfiction's insight to illuminate the darkest corners of our chilling tomorrow.

Rise of the Robots

Author : Martin Ford
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 0465040675
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book Rise of the Robots written by Martin Ford and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2015-05-05 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times-bestselling guide to how automation is changing the economy, undermining work, and reshaping our lives Winner of Best Business Book of the Year awards from the Financial Times and from Forbes "Lucid, comprehensive, and unafraid . . . ;an indispensable contribution to a long-running argument." -- Los Angeles Times What are the jobs of the future? How many will there be? And who will have them? As technology continues to accelerate and machines begin taking care of themselves, fewer people will be necessary. Artificial intelligence is already well on its way to making "good jobs" obsolete: many paralegals, journalists, office workers, and even computer programmers are poised to be replaced by robots and smart software. As progress continues, blue and white collar jobs alike will evaporate, squeezing working -- and middle-class families ever further. At the same time, households are under assault from exploding costs, especially from the two major industries-education and health care-that, so far, have not been transformed by information technology. The result could well be massive unemployment and inequality as well as the implosion of the consumer economy itself. The past solutions to technological disruption, especially more training and education, aren't going to work. We must decide, now, whether the future will see broad-based prosperity or catastrophic levels of inequality and economic insecurity. Rise of the Robots is essential reading to understand what accelerating technology means for our economic prospects-not to mention those of our children-as well as for society as a whole.

New Laws of Robotics

Author : Frank Pasquale
Publisher : Belknap Press
ISBN 13 : 0674975227
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (749 download)

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Download or read book New Laws of Robotics written by Frank Pasquale and published by Belknap Press. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Essential reading for all who have a vested interest in the rise of AI.” —Daryl Li, AI & Society “Thought-provoking...Explores how we can best try to ensure that robots work for us, rather than against us, and proposes a new set of laws to provide a conceptual framework for our thinking on the subject.” —Financial Times “Pasquale calls for a society-wide reengineering of policy, politics, economics, and labor relations to set technology on a more regulated and egalitarian path...Makes a good case for injecting more bureaucracy into our techno-dreams, if we really want to make the world a better place.” —Wired “Pasquale is one of the leading voices on the uneven and often unfair consequences of AI in our society...Every policymaker should read this book and seek his counsel.” —Safiya Noble, author of Algorithms of Oppression 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, and you will be replaced. They envision everyone from doctors to soldiers rendered superfluous by ever-more-powerful AI. 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. Policymakers must not allow corporations or engineers alone to answer questions about how far AI should be entrusted to assume tasks once performed by humans, or about the optimal mix of robotic and human interaction. The kind of automation we get—and who benefits from it—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.

Living With The Robot

Author : the Global Chinese Science Fiction Nebula Award Committee
Publisher : EWAYBOOK
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 537 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Living With The Robot written by the Global Chinese Science Fiction Nebula Award Committee and published by EWAYBOOK. This book was released on 2023-06-20 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Living With The Robot" is one of the selected works that received the Nebula Award, featuring stories like Aque's "Living with Robots," Hao Jingfang's "Folding Beijing," and Wang Shang's "Transporting the Ocean." The titular novel "Living with Robots" is part of Aque's "Robot" series, vividly portraying the warm and adorable image of the housekeeping robot LW31. The writing is rich and imaginative, filled with a longing for truth, beauty, and hope throughout the narrative.

The Klone and I

Author : Danielle Steel
Publisher : Dell
ISBN 13 : 0440225698
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book The Klone and I written by Danielle Steel and published by Dell. This book was released on 1999-07-27 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stephanie had a rat for a husband. But after 13 years of marriage and two kids, she was devastated when he left her for a younger woman. Suddenly Stephanie was alone. And after months of trying to find a little romance on New York's wild singles circuit, she was ready to give up, reconciled to just raising her two great, but outspoken, kids. Then a spur-of-the-moment trip to Paris changed everything. She met him on the Left Bank. Peter Baker was a marvelously handsome high-tech entrepreneur also visiting the city. Stephanie was certain it couldn't possibly work. Peter was just too perfect. But much to her amazement, he contacted her when they returned to New York. And at the Long Island rental cottage she shared with her kids, Stephanie embarked on a bizarre and hilarious adventure beyond her wildest dreams. Shy, serious Peter, chairman of a bionic enterprise, was supposed to be away on business. Instead, he's standing at her door, wearing day-glo satin and rhinestones. Naturally, Stephanie thinks it's a joke--until the truth suddenly dawns: this isn't Peter playing a role. This is his double! Calling himself Paul Klone, this wild, uninhibited creature isn't even remotely like Peter except for his identically sexy good looks. This uproarious novel explores the outrageous love triangle that develops between Stephanie, Peter...and the Klone. In a wickedly funny, right-on-target look at finding the perfect mate in an imperfect world, bestselling novelist Danielle Steel reveals insights into the human heart that have made her novels #1 bestsellers around the world.

The Robots of Dawn

Author : Isaac Asimov
Publisher : Spectra
ISBN 13 : 0553299492
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (532 download)

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Download or read book The Robots of Dawn written by Isaac Asimov and published by Spectra. This book was released on 1994-03-01 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A millennium into the future two advances have altered the course of human history: the colonization of the Galaxy and the creation of the positronic brain. Isaac Asimov's Robot novels chronicle the unlikely partnership between a New York City detective and a humanoid robot who must learn to work together. Detective Elijah Baiey is called to the Spacer world Aurora to solve a bizarre case of roboticide. The prime suspect is a gifted roboticist who had the means, the motive, and the opportunity to commit the crime. There's only one catch: Baley and his positronic partner, R. Daneel Olivaw, must prove the man innocent. For in a case of political intrigue and love between woman and robot gone tragically wrong, there's more at stake than simple justice. This time Baley's career, his life, and Earth's right to pioneer the Galaxy lie in the delicate balance.

Ty's BIG BOOK of Rubbish: an Omnibus (paperback)

Author : Ty Rosenow
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0557165784
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (571 download)

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Download or read book Ty's BIG BOOK of Rubbish: an Omnibus (paperback) written by Ty Rosenow and published by . This book was released on 2010-03 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who can read super long stories when you are in a hurry? Nobody can! Award-winning author Ty Rosenow puts everything you wanted to know in this book of short stories. These short stories were compiled from his best selling books, "Ty's Book of Rubbish: Volume 20," "Ty's Book of Rubbish: Volume 19," and "Ty Roseynose: A Documentary" among other books! Previously unpublished "Extras" are also included in the book! The stories suits everyone's idea of literary desire: humor, serious, historical, and more!

Robotics in Practice

Author : Joseph F. Engelberger
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1468471201
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (684 download)

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Download or read book Robotics in Practice written by Joseph F. Engelberger and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE REAL THING by Isaac Asimov Back in 1939, when I was still a teenager, I began to write (and publish) a series of stories about robots which, for the first time in science fiction, were pictured as having been deliberately engineered to do their job safely. They were not intended to be creaky Gothic menaces, nor outlets for mawkish sentiment. They were simply well-designed machines. Beginning in 1942, I crystallized this notion in what I called 'The Three Laws of Robotics' and, in 1950, nine of my robot stories were collected into a book, I, Robot. I did not at that time seriously believe that I would live to see robots in action and robotics becoming a booming industry .... Yet here we are, better yet, I am alive to see it. But then, why shouldn't they be with us? Robots fulfil an important role in industry. They do simple and repetitive jobs more steadily, more reliably, and more uncomplainingly than a human being could - or should. Does a robot displace a human being? Certainly, but he does so at a job that, simply because a robot can do it, is beneath the dignity of a human being; a job that is no more than mindless drudgery. Better and more human jobs can be found for human beings - and should.

Presidential Leadership in Political Time

Author : Stephen Skowronek
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
ISBN 13 : 0700629432
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Presidential Leadership in Political Time written by Stephen Skowronek and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2020-01-30 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this expanded third edition, renowned scholar Stephen Skowronek, addresses Donald J. Trump’s presidency. Skowronek’s insights have fundamentally altered our understanding of the American presidency. His “political time” thesis has been particularly influential, revealing how presidents reckon with the work of their predecessors, situate their power within recent political events, and assert their authority in the service of change. A classic widely used in courses on the presidency, Skowronek’s book has greatly expanded our understanding of and debates over the politics of leadership. It clarifies the typical political problems that presidents confront in political time, as well as the likely effects of their working through them, and considers contemporary innovations in our political system that bear on the leadership patterns from the more distant past. Drawing out parallels in the politics of leadership between Andrew Jackson and Franklin Roosevelt and between James Polk and John Kennedy, it develops a new and revealing perspective on the presidential leadership of Clinton, Bush, Obama, and now Trump. In this third edition Skowronek carefully examines the impact of recent developments in government and politics on traditional leadership postures and their enactment, given the current divided state of the American polity, the impact of the twenty-four-hour news cycle, of a more disciplined and homogeneous Republican party, of conservative advocacy of the “unitary theory” of the executive, and of progressive disillusionment with the presidency as an institution. A provocative review of presidential history, Skowronek’s book brims with fresh insights and opens a window on the institution of the executive office and the workings of the American political system as a whole. Intellectually satisfying for scholars, it also provides an accessible volume for students and general readers interested in the American presidency.