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The Path to Singularity
- How Technology Will Challenge the Future of Humanity
- By: J. Craig Wheeler, Neil deGrasse Tyson - foreword
- Narrated by: Graham Rowat
- Length: 16 hrs and 21 mins
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Astrophysicist J. Craig Wheeler, former president of the American Astronomical Society, takes a critical look at the technological advances shaping our future. From artificial intelligence to genetic engineering, Wheeler explores how these innovations are interconnected and the potential they hold for humanity's evolution. With thought-provoking insights into the ethical dilemmas we face, Wheeler stresses the importance of staying informed and proactive.
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The Path to Singularity
- How Technology Will Challenge the Future of Humanity
- Narrated by: Graham Rowat
- Length: 16 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 19-11-24
- Language: English
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Genesi
- Come navigare nell'era dell'intelligenza artificiale
- By: Henry A. Kissinger, Eric Schmidt, Craig Mundie
- Narrated by: Dario Dossena
- Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
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Il tema dell'intelligenza artificiale sta dominando ormai da alcuni anni il dibattito pubblico. Questo perché, anche se abbiamo appena iniziato ad avvertire l'impatto che l'IA avrà sulle nostre vite, stiamo diventando sempre più consapevoli che i suoi effetti saranno profondi, così come sarà profondo il modo in cui essa trasformerà il nostro rapporto con la realtà, la conoscenza e la verità. Le sue potenzialità aumentano a un ritmo vertiginoso, e i progressi, come i benefici che sapremo trarne, appaiono straordinari. Tuttavia, non mancano i segnali d'allarme.
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Genesi
- Come navigare nell'era dell'intelligenza artificiale
- Narrated by: Dario Dossena
- Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 19-03-25
- Language: Italian
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Behind the Screen
- Content Moderation in the Shadows of Social Media
- By: Sarah T. Roberts
- Narrated by: Laura Darrell
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
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Social media on the internet can be a nightmarish place. A primary shield against hateful language, violent videos, and online cruelty uploaded by users is not an algorithm. It is people. Mostly invisible by design, more than 100,000 commercial content moderators evaluate posts on mainstream social media platforms: enforcing internal policies, training artificial intelligence systems, and actively screening and removing offensive material. Roberts, an award-winning social media scholar, offers the first extensive ethnographic study of the commercial content moderation industry.
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Behind the Screen
- Content Moderation in the Shadows of Social Media
- Narrated by: Laura Darrell
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 17-12-19
- Language: English
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The Power of Onlyness
- Make Your Wild Ideas Mighty Enough to Dent the World
- By: Nilofer Merchant
- Narrated by: Nilofer Merchant
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
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An 800-CEO-READ Staff Pick Shortlisted for the Thinkers50 Breakthrough Idea Award A Financial Times Business Book of the Month “For any would-be activists who hear the voice: ‘not me’ or ‘not now,’ Merchant makes the strong case for ‘yes you’ and ‘yes now’—and even shows you...
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The Power of Onlyness
- Make Your Wild Ideas Mighty Enough to Dent the World
- Narrated by: Nilofer Merchant
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 29-08-17
- Language: English
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The Social Life of Information
- By: John Seely Brown, Paul Duguid
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
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John Seely Brown and Paul Duguid show us how to look beyond mere information to the social context that creates and gives meaning to it. Arguing elegantly for the important role that human sociability plays, even - perhaps especially - in the digital world, The Social Life of Information gives us an optimistic look beyond the simplicities of information and individuals.
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The Social Life of Information
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 19-06-17
- Language: English
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Intelligent Automation
- Learn How to Harness Artificial Intelligence to Boost Business & Make Our World More Human
- By: Pascal Bornet, Ian Barkin, Jochen Wirtz
- Narrated by: Ian Barkin
- Length: 5 hrs and 53 mins
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This is the first reference book on intelligent automation (IA). Also called hyperautomation, it is one of the most recent trends in the field of artificial intelligence. IA is a cutting-edge combination of methods and technologies involving people, organizations, machine learning, low-code platforms, robotic process automation (RPA), and more. This book is for everyone - whether you are an experienced practitioner, new to the topic, or simply interested in what the future holds for enterprises, work, life, and society as a whole.
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Promises and vague concepts
- By Andrey on 04-01-26
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Intelligent Automation
- Learn How to Harness Artificial Intelligence to Boost Business & Make Our World More Human
- Narrated by: Ian Barkin
- Length: 5 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 17-01-21
- Language: English
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Dark Patterns, Deceptive Design, and the Law
- AI’s Hidden Influence on Our Digital Experience
- By: MR Leiser
- Narrated by: Harry Brignull, David Monteath
- Length: 14 hrs and 17 mins
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This book provides essential insights on dark patterns and AI-powered deceptive design for anyone who wants to understand and challenge the pervasive influence of these hidden forces shaping our digital experiences. These hidden design strategies – from personalised user interface triggers to sophisticated backend systems – are often used to manipulate user behaviour in ways that benefit businesses at the expense of users.
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Dark Patterns, Deceptive Design, and the Law
- AI’s Hidden Influence on Our Digital Experience
- Narrated by: Harry Brignull, David Monteath
- Length: 14 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 02-10-25
- Language: English
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Into That Silent Sea: Trailblazers of the Space Era, 1961-1965
- By: Francis French, Colin Burgess
- Narrated by: John Gagnepain
- Length: 18 hrs
- Unabridged
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It was a time of bold new technology, historic moments, and international jousting on the final frontier. But it was also a time of human drama, of moments less public but no less dramatic in the lives of those who made the golden age of space flight happen. These are the moments and the lives that Into That Silent Sea captures, a book that tells the intimate stories of the men and women, American and Russian, who made the space race their own and gave the era its compelling character.
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Very informative and engaging
- By A. DONALDSON on 26-09-18
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Into That Silent Sea: Trailblazers of the Space Era, 1961-1965
- Narrated by: John Gagnepain
- Series: Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight
- Length: 18 hrs
- Release date: 07-04-16
- Language: English
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Artificial (Spanish Edition)
- La nueva inteligencia y el contorno de lo humano [The New Intelligence and the Contour of the Human]
- By: Mariano Sigman, Santiago Bilinkis
- Narrated by: Mariano Sigman, Santiago Bilinkis
- Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Este no es un libro de oráculos o vaticinios, sino las reflexiones de dos autores que consideran que estar informados es la mejor forma de navegar la indefectible ola de la inteligencia artificial. En una conversación tan lúcida como estimulante, el neurocientífico superventas Mariano Sigman y el emprendedor Santiago Bilinkis repasan el origen, las utilidades y los riesgos de esta tecnología.
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Muy interesante
- By Javier on 28-03-24
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Artificial (Spanish Edition)
- La nueva inteligencia y el contorno de lo humano [The New Intelligence and the Contour of the Human]
- Narrated by: Mariano Sigman, Santiago Bilinkis
- Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 19-10-23
- Language: Spanish
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Transition Point
- From Steam to the Singularity
- By: Sean A. Culey
- Narrated by: Sean Culey
- Length: 27 hrs and 20 mins
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The world is an uncertain and unnerving place right now. Technological advancement is creating a perfect storm of disruption, changing the way we shop, eat, work, and communicate. The traditional structures that underpin Western society are all unraveling, identity politics is running rampant, and there is a heightened sense of victimhood with demands for the state to intervene.
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The most complete book EVER!! 6 STARS
- By ronnie on 20-01-21
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Transition Point
- From Steam to the Singularity
- Narrated by: Sean Culey
- Length: 27 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 04-06-20
- Language: English
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Robotics
- What Beginners Need to Know about Robotic Process Automation, Mobile Robots, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Autonomous Vehicles, Speech Recognition, Drones, and Our Future
- By: Neil Wilkins
- Narrated by: Brian R. Scott
- Length: 3 hrs and 6 mins
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Robotics is slowly creeping into our lives, and soon, robots will be everywhere. Do you know everything there is to know about robotics? Do you want to know more about robotics? Do you want to discover the advantages of robotics? If so, then you've come to the right place.
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Robotics
- What Beginners Need to Know about Robotic Process Automation, Mobile Robots, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Autonomous Vehicles, Speech Recognition, Drones, and Our Future
- Narrated by: Brian R. Scott
- Length: 3 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 22-05-19
- Language: English
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Fire in the Valley
- The Birth and Death of the Personal Computer
- By: Michael Swaine, Paul Freiberger
- Narrated by: Don Azevedo
- Length: 15 hrs and 24 mins
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In the 1970s, while their contemporaries were protesting the computer as a tool of dehumanization and oppression, a motley collection of college dropouts, hippies, and electronics fanatics were engaged in something much more subversive. Obsessed with the idea of getting computer power into their own hands, they launched from their garages a hobbyist movement that grew into an industry, and ultimately a social and technological revolution.
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Fire in the Valley
- The Birth and Death of the Personal Computer
- Narrated by: Don Azevedo
- Length: 15 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 10-05-17
- Language: English
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Films from the Future
- The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies
- By: Andrew Maynard
- Narrated by: Matthew Waterson
- Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
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Former physicist Andrew Maynard threads together his love of science-fiction movies with his expertise on emerging technologies to engage, entertain, and make you think about the relationship between technology and society. Through the imagination and creativity of science-fiction movies, Maynard introduces listeners to the profound capabilities presented by new and emerging technologies, and the complex personal and societal challenges they present.
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Fantastically brilliant!
- By Anonymous on 15-02-19
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Films from the Future
- The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies
- Narrated by: Matthew Waterson
- Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 15-11-18
- Language: English
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Empire of the Sum
- The Rise and Reign of the Pocket Calculator
- By: Keith Houston
- Narrated by: Elliot Fitzpatrick
- Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins
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Starting with hands, abacus, and slide rule, humans have always reached for tools to simplify math. Pocket-sized calculators ushered in modern mathematics, helped build the atomic bomb, took us to the bottom of the ocean, and accompanied us to the moon. The pocket calculator changed our world, until it was supplanted by more modern devices that, in a cruel twist of irony, it helped to create. Keith Houston transports listeners from the nascent economies of the ancient world to World War II, and into the technological arms race that led to the first affordable electronic pocket calculators.
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Empire of the Sum
- The Rise and Reign of the Pocket Calculator
- Narrated by: Elliot Fitzpatrick
- Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 31-10-23
- Language: English
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The Singularity Is Near
- When Humans Transcend Biology
- By: Ray Kurzweil
- Narrated by: George Wilson
- Length: 24 hrs and 38 mins
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Celebrated futurist Ray Kurzweil presents an “elaborate, smart, and persuasive” (The Boston Globe) view of the future course of human development. “Artfully envisions a breathtakingly better world.”—Los Angeles Times “Startling in scope and bravado...
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The Singularity Is Near
- When Humans Transcend Biology
- Narrated by: George Wilson
- Length: 24 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 10-12-19
- Language: English
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Bold They Rise
- The Space Shuttle Early Years, 1972-1986
- By: David Hitt, Heather R. Smith
- Narrated by: Gary L Willprecht
- Length: 13 hrs and 15 mins
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After the Apollo program put 12 men on the moon and safely brought them home, anything seemed possible. In this spirit, the team at NASA set about developing the space shuttle, arguably the most complex piece of machinery ever created.
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Shame. I couldn't listen to it.
- By Anonymous on 09-06-19
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Bold They Rise
- The Space Shuttle Early Years, 1972-1986
- Narrated by: Gary L Willprecht
- Series: Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight
- Length: 13 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 07-02-17
- Language: English
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IBM
- The Rise and Fall and Reinvention of a Global Icon (History of Computing)
- By: James W. Cortada
- Narrated by: Brian Conover
- Length: 26 hrs and 56 mins
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For decades, IBM shaped the way the world did business. IBM products were in every large organization, and IBM corporate culture established a management style that was imitated by companies around the globe. It was “Big Blue”—an icon. And yet over the years, IBM has gone through both failure and success. The company almost went out of business in the early 1990s, then came back strong with new business strategies and an emphasis on artificial intelligence. In this authoritative history, James Cortada tells the story of one of the most influential American companies of the last century.
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More a history of business than computing
- By Amazon Customer on 29-06-24
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IBM
- The Rise and Fall and Reinvention of a Global Icon (History of Computing)
- Narrated by: Brian Conover
- Length: 26 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 25-06-24
- Language: English
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Generative AI
- The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review
- By: Harvard Business Review
- Narrated by: Randye Kaye, Mike Lenz
- Length: 3 hrs and 4 mins
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Generative AI: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review will help you understand the potential of these new technologies, pick the right Gen AI projects, and reinvent your business for the new age of AI.
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Generative AI
- The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review
- Narrated by: Randye Kaye, Mike Lenz
- Series: HBR Insights Series
- Length: 3 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 27-02-24
- Language: English
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The Big Score
- The Billion-Dollar Story of Silicon Valley
- By: Michael S. Malone
- Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell
- Length: 20 hrs and 8 mins
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Over the past five decades, the tech industry has grown into one of the most important sectors of the global economy, and Silicon Valley - replete with sprawling office parks, sky-high rents, and countless self-made millionaires - is home to many of its key players. But the origins of Silicon Valley and the tech sector are much humbler. At a time when tech companies’ influence continues to grow, The Big Score chronicles how they began.
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The Big Score
- The Billion-Dollar Story of Silicon Valley
- Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell
- Length: 20 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 29-07-21
- Language: English
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The Smart Wife
- Why Siri, Alexa, and Other Smart Home Devices Need a Feminist Reboot
- By: Yolande Strengers, Jenny Kennedy
- Narrated by: Cat Gould
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
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What's wrong with preferring domestic assistants with feminine personalities? We like our assistants to conform to gender stereotypes - so what? For one thing, Strengers and Kennedy remind us, the design of gendered devices reinscribes outdated and unfounded stereotypes. Strengers and Kennedy offer a Smart Wife "manifesta", proposing a rebooted Smart Wife that would promote a revaluing of femininity in society in all her glorious diversity.
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The Smart Wife
- Why Siri, Alexa, and Other Smart Home Devices Need a Feminist Reboot
- Narrated by: Cat Gould
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 01-09-20
- Language: English
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