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Mignon rated Hello world: 5 stars
Hannah Fry: Hello world (2018, W.W. Norton & Company)
Hello world by Hannah Fry
"Hello World takes us on a tour through the good, the bad, and the downright ugly of the algorithms that …
Mignon rated We do things differently: 4 stars
We do things differently by Mark Stevenson
"An acclaimed futurist visits people around the world who are solving the planet's biggest problems by innovative means." -- From …
Mignon rated The House of the Scorpion: 4 stars
Mignon rated Superminds: 3 stars
Thomas W. Malone: Superminds (2018, Little, Brown and Company)
Superminds by Thomas W. Malone
"If you're like most people, you probably believe that humans are the most intelligent animals on our planet. But there's …
Mignon rated The Adoration of Jenna Fox: 3 stars
Mignon rated Common sense, the Turing test, and the quest for real AI: 4 stars
Common sense, the Turing test, and the quest for real AI by Hector J. Levesque
"What can artificial intelligence teach us about the mind? If AI's underlying concept is that thinking is a computational process, …
Mignon rated Future Presence: 3 stars
Jaron Lanier: Ten arguments for deleting your social media accounts right now (Hardcover, 2018, Henry Holt and Company)
Ten arguments for deleting your social media accounts right now by Jaron Lanier
You might have trouble imagining life without your social media accounts, but virtual reality pioneer Jaron Lanier insists that were …
Mignon rated Defying reality: 3 stars
David M. Ewalt: Defying reality (2018, Blue Rider Press)
Defying reality by David M. Ewalt
"In Defying Reality, David M. Ewalt traces the story from ancient amphitheaters to Cold War military laboratories, through decades of …
Mignon rated The Bad Food Bible: 4 stars
The Bad Food Bible by Aaron E. Carroll
Reveals the positive benefits of enjoying moderate portions of vilified ingredients ranging from red meat and alcohol to gluten and …
Mignon rated The Book of Why: 5 stars
The Book of Why by Judea Pearl, Dana Mackenzie
A Turing Award-winning computer scientist and statistician shows how understanding causality has revolutionized science and will revolutionize artificial intelligence
“Correlation …
Mignon rated In conquest born: 4 stars
In conquest born by C. S. Friedman (DAW book collectors ;)
In Conquest Born is the monumental science fiction epic that received unprecedented acclaim—and launched C.S. Friedman's phenomenal career. A sweeping …
Mignon rated Natural Defense: 4 stars
Mignon rated Make It Stick: 4 stars
Make It Stick by Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger, Mark A. McDaniel, and 1 other
To most of us, learning something "the hard way" implies wasted time and effort. Good teaching, we believe, should be …