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Author
Publisher
Little Brown & Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming human society fundamentally and profoundly. Three of our most accomplished and deep thinkers come together to explore how A.I. could affect our relationship with knowledge, impact our worldviews, and change society and politics as profoundly as the ideas of the Enlightenment.
Author
Publisher
Adams Media
Pub. Date
2025.
Language
English
Description
"Every day, it seems like there's a new AI tool on the market and a new, complicated way to use it. But what if you could use AI to make your life easier without the complications? In AI for Life, AI expert and creator of @SmartWorkAI offers over 100 ideas and ready-to-use prompts to get AI beginners started using the technology to actually improve their lives. Beginning with a primer on the basics-including an overview of the popular and free AI...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Just a year ago, Katrina Berg was at the height of her career with a promising future in a top AI chatbot start-up, a loving husband and plenty of money. Then disaster struck - her husband Jason died in a car crash. Her CEO was indicted, and as the company's legal counsel, Katrina faced tough questions and was locked out of her office. To top it off, her beloved grandmother passed away. Her solace is a beta prototype chatbot on her phone, loaded with...
Author
Series
Puppet master novels volume 1
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Recruited in the wake of a miraculous rescue into the FBI to help track down criminals behind a massive financial scam, a robotics genius is swept up by a dangerous conspiracy that compels him to unleash the most powerful cyber weapons the world has ever seen.
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"In this non-fiction book for teens, readers are guided through the development of this world-changing technology, exploring how AI has touched every corner of our world, including education, healthcare, work, politics, war, international relations, and even romance. This is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand how artificial intelligence got here, how to make the best use of it, and how we can expect it to transform our lives"-- Provided...
8) Illuminae
Author
Series
Illuminae files volume 1
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The planet Kerenza is attacked, and Kady and Ezra find themselves on a space fleet fleeing the enemy, while their ship's artificial intelligence system and a deadly plague may be the end of them all"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old Evie Beaulieu sinks to the bottom of a swimming pool in Montreal strapped to one of the world's first aqualungs. Ina Aroita grows up on naval bases across the Pacific with art as her only home. Two polar opposites at an elite Chicago high school bond over a three-thousand-year-old board game; Rafi Young will get lost in literature, while Todd Keane's work will lead to a startling AI breakthrough. They meet on the history-scarred island...
10) Obsidio
Author
Series
Illuminae files volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Formats
Description
Kady, Ezra, Hanna, Nik, and 2,000 other refugees must return by container ship to Kerenza, where they meet Rhys, once close to Kady's cousin, Asha, and now their enemy.
11) The fear index
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A visionary scientist creates a revolutionary form of artificial intelligence that predicts movements in the financial markets with uncanny accuracy. His hedge fund, based in Geneva, makes billions. But after an intruder breaks into his home, he has to try to discover who is trying to destroy him"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From New York Times bestselling author and "grand master of the game" (The Providence Journal) J.A. Jance, an electrifying new thriller featuring Ali Reynolds. After taking down the man responsible for his best friend's death, Stuart Ramey thinks the case is finally closed. That is, until Stu finds himself left with a multimillion dollar fortune in Bitcoin in a desperate bid by Frigg, a rogue A.I. program created by the killer, to keep itself from...
Author
Series
Robopocalypse novels volume 2
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A sequel to the best-selling Robopocalypse is told through a series of narratives that finds new and former characters fighting to rebuild a war-stricken world under threat of the surviving Archos machine code.
14) The long Utopia
Author
Series
Long Earth volume 4
Language
English
Description
Lobsang's pursuit of a human life, Joshua's search for his father, and the adaptation efforts of "the Next" post-humans are challenged by a voracious alien race that would conquer and colonize the Long Earth.
16) Gemina
Author
Series
Illuminae files volume 2
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When the space station Heimdall is invaded, Hannah and Nik must work together to defeat the enemy"-- Provided by publisher.
17) Archive
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
In the near future, George Almore is working on a true human-equivalent AI. When his wife is tragically killed in a car accident, he becomes obsessed with the impossible: bringing her back to life. Her memories have been preserved thanks to the Archive, but only for so long. In a race against time, George must defy scientific and ethical boundaries to save the one he loves most.
Author
Series
Requiem dark volume 1
Publisher
Flux
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Asa flees her domineering father to prevent her sister's mind from being reprogrammed, but she must ally with a smuggler named Riven to outwit a bounty hunter, a criminal syndicate, and a monster lurking in the city's circuits.
Author
Series
Publisher
Mayo Clinic Press Kids
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
From machine learning to virtual surgery practice, this exploration of scientific inquiry celebrates the greatest developments to date in medical artificial intelligence.
Get to know the physicians, scientists, and other researchers responsible for these breakthroughs in medicine, and explore the ups, the downs, and the eureka moments that are science in action.
20) The long cosmos
Author
Series
Long Earth volume 5
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
The thrilling conclusion to the internationally bestselling Long Earth series explores the greatest question of all: What is the meaning of life?
2070-71. Nearly six decades after Step Day, a new society continues to evolve in the Long Earth. Now, a message has been received: "Join us."
The Next-the hyper-intelligent post-humans-realize that the missive contains instructions for kick-starting the development of an immense artificial intelligence known...
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