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Every time you scroll, click, or swipe, invisible systems are quietly deciding what you see next. How Algorithms Shape Your Choices takes listeners behind the screen to uncover how recommender engines, attention metrics, and predictive models influence not only what we consume—but what we believe. In clear, accessible language, it reveals how the digital world builds personalized realities that guide our thoughts and behaviors without asking for permission.

Wege aus dem Zeitalter der Lüge. Wem oder was können wir noch glauben? Digitale Neuheiten wie Social Bots oder Deepfakes, aber auch Täuschungen durch Medien und Politik erschüttern zunehmend unser Vertrauen in die demokratischen Institutionen. Die Verfassungsrichterin Elisa Hoven zeigt, worin die größten Gefahren dieser Entwicklung liegen und was wir tun müssen, um den gesellschaftlichen Frieden zu retten.

In this provocative and optimistic rebuke to the catastrophists, Robert Bryce shows how innovation and the inexorable human desire to make things Smaller Faster Lighter Denser Cheaper is providing consumers with Cheaper and more abundant energy, Faster computing, Lighter vehicles, and myriad other goods. That same desire is fostering unprecedented prosperity, greater liberty, and yes, better environmental protection.

In Overcomplicated, complexity scientist Samuel Arbesman offers a fresh, insightful field guide to living with complex technologies that defy human comprehension. As technology grows more complex, Arbesman argues, its behavior mimics the vagaries of the natural world more than it conforms to a mathematical model. If we are to survive and thrive in this new age, we must abandon our need for governing principles and rules and accept the chaos.

A fascinating guided tour of the complex, fast-moving, and influential world of algorithms - what they are, why they’re such powerful predictors of human behavior, and where they’re headed next. Algorithms exert an extraordinary level of influence on our everyday lives - from dating websites and financial trading floors, through to online retailing and internet searches - Google's search algorithm is now a more closely guarded commercial secret than the recipe for Coca-Cola.

Today, Artificial Intelligence seems mystical and magical to most people. While this wave of change will touch every aspect of our daily lives, most of us still do not understand AI’s capabilities, limitations, or history. In this book, Dr. Alok Aggarwal – one of the early innovators and developers in this field – sets out to demystify Artificial Intelligence by explaining the science and engineering in non-technical terms we can all understand.

Are you searching for ways to enhance your personal growth but feel overwhelmed by the abundance of information out there? Do you find yourself wishing for tools that can streamline your daily tasks and make life simpler? "Artificial Intelligence in Everyday Life Simplified" understands your struggles and offers practical solutions to these common challenges. This book is designed to demystify AI and show you how to leverage its power to improve various aspects of your life.

Do you know that 60% of children around the world have experienced at least one cyber-risk such as cyber-bullying, technology addiction, misinformation, online sexual exploitation, and others? The COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating the digitalization of global society. Cyber-risks among children...

There's no denying the scrutiny of AI algorithms are making life tougher, whether you're applying for jobs, passing exams or securing loans. These digital gatekeepers are raising the stakes and it's natural to feel anxious about their growing influence. This book exists because AI algorithms are changing every aspect of our lives at lightening speed and many of us feel overwhelmed or unprepared for this change.

Es con gran entusiasmo que presento "Domina Gemini AI" de Sam Zuker. En el panorama de la inteligencia artificial, Gemini de Google representa un importante paso adelante, difuminando las líneas entre las diferentes formas de datos y ofreciendo capacidades sin precedentes. Mi propio viaje en [mencione el campo relevante, por ejemplo, investigación de IA, desarrollo de software, creación de contenido] se ha visto profundamente afectado por los avances en los grandes modelos de lenguaje, y Gemini se destaca como una tecnología verdaderamente transformadora.

We often look outward, expecting AI, governments, or external systems to change. But true transformation starts within. As artificial intelligence evolves alongside us, it mirrors our collective consciousness, reflecting both our highest wisdom and deepest limitations. Awakened Purpose invites you on a journey of personal evolution, blending timeless spiritual wisdom with grounded, practical tools.

This eye-opening book uncovers the hidden impact of social media on every generation. Split into two clear parts – one for children and teenagers, the other for adults – it gives you the truth, the dangers, and the practical solutions to take back control. Learn how to protect your kids, safeguard your mental health, and build a healthier relationship with the digital world. A powerful, insightful, and accessible guide for anyone who wants to understand and take action in today’s hyperconnected society.

Forty years ago, Neil Postman’s landmark book Amusing Ourselves to Death compared two dystopian visions – those of George Orwell and Aldous Huxley – and concluded that the latter had proved most prescient. Rather than oppression by Big Brother, humanity was in danger of being overcome by our ‘appetite for distractions’: technologies that tap into our basest instincts, taking away our ability to think and destroying our critical faculties.

How we can get more joy from our machines by telling them what our hearts desire. In this informative, accessible, and very funny book, Michael L. Littman inspires listeners to learn how to tell machines what to do for us. Rather than give in to the fear that computers will steal our jobs, spy on us and control what we buy and whom we vote for, we can improve our relationship with them just by learning basic programming skills. Our devices will help us, Littman writes, if we can say what we want in a way they can understand.

In a time when AI’s influence is growing exponentially, humanity stands at a crossroads. Will artificial intelligence be the force that elevates society to new heights of innovation and prosperity? Or will it become an uncontrollable power threatening our autonomy, jobs, and existence? Understanding the Artificial Intelligence Paradox takes you deep into the heart of this unfolding battle, revealing the fine line between progress and peril.

Wikipedia gehört zu den vertrauenswürdigsten und meistgenutzten Websites der Welt und ist aus unserem Alltag kaum noch wegzudenken. Ihr Gründer Jimmy Wales beschreibt in seinem ersten Buch nicht nur die Entstehungsgeschichte der weltgrößten Online-Enzyklopädie, sondern auch die Prinzipien, auf denen die einzigartige Plattform basiert. Diese Prinzipien sind für ihn gleichzeitig Essenz und Antrieb seines gesamten Schaffens. Wales erklärt dabei die alles überragende Rolle von Vertrauen und zeigt, wie man durch die Umsetzung von sieben Vertrauensregeln selbst zu einem Trust-Maker werden kann.

Soziale Netzwerke haben unser Leben grundlegend verändert. Was in seinen Anfängen als reines Kommunikationsmittel erschien, hat sich zu einer eigenständigen Umgebung entwickelt, einer Erweiterung der realen Welt, die im Alltag von Millionen von Jugendlichen allgegenwärtig ist. Für Kinder und Jugendliche sind diese Plattformen mittlerweile mehr als nur ein Mittel, um in Kontakt zu bleiben: Sie sind ein Ort der Sozialisierung, des Ausdrucks, der Identitätsbildung, aber manchmal auch des Drucks, des Vergleichs und des Leidens.

Nesta 3ª edição, também se enfrentará de forma mais aprofundada a problematização de caráter processual, especialmente no caso da penhora. Há uma defesa enfática de que bens digitais sejam objeto de outros tipos de negócios jurídicos, como compra e venda, doação e empréstimo. Uma reengenharia da forma de pensar do jurista está em plena ebulição. Acreditamos que quem se aventura a ler a presente obra está a buscar as novas fronteiras, que cortam de maneira transversal a tradicional sistemática jurídica.

The retail industry globally is in an era of profound, perhaps unprecedented, change. This book is intended to serve as a wide-ranging, robust, practical guide to leaders of enterprises tasked with understanding and delivering success in the new landscape of retailing, as well as to all those with an interest in this most important and visible of industries.

It is natural for us to fear artificial intelligence. But does Siri really want to kill us? Perhaps we are falling into the trap of projecting human traits onto the machines we might build. In Evolutionary Intelligence, Neuman offers a surprisingly positive vision in which computational intelligence compensates for the well-recognized limits of human judgment, improves decision making, and actually increases our agency. Neuman takes the listener on an exciting, fast-paced ride, all the while making a convincing case about a revolution in computationally augmented human intelligence.