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Item specifics
- Condition
- Educational Level
- Adult & Further Education
- Features
- 1st Printing, Dust Jacket
- Level
- Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- ISBN
- 9781524742676
- Subject Area
- Computers, Technology & Engineering, Business & Economics
- Publication Name
- Genius Makers : the Mavericks Who Brought Ai to Google, Facebook, and the World
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Item Length
- 9.3 in
- Subject
- Industries / Computers & Information Technology, Automation, Web / Social Media, Intelligence (Ai) & Semantics, Social Aspects / General, Web / Search Engines
- Publication Year
- 2021
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.3 in
- Item Weight
- 20 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.2 in
- Number of Pages
- 384 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1524742678
ISBN-13
9781524742676
eBay Product ID (ePID)
27050404914
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Genius Makers : the Mavericks Who Brought Ai to Google, Facebook, and the World
Publication Year
2021
Subject
Industries / Computers & Information Technology, Automation, Web / Social Media, Intelligence (Ai) & Semantics, Social Aspects / General, Web / Search Engines
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Computers, Technology & Engineering, Business & Economics
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
20 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2020-041075
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"An informative, enjoyable work... With vivid detail, Metz has crafted an accessible narrative that will keep readers turning the pages." -- Library Journal (starred review) "A must-read, fully-up-to-date report on the holy grail of computing." -- Kirkus Reviews (s tarred review) "With well-crafted storytelling and extensive research, Metz captures the thrill and promise of technological innovation." -- Booklist "Written by an expert who has exclusive access to each of these companies--and others who are working in this field--this is a rich, character-driven narrative that captures an extraordinary moment in the history of technology." --Irish Tech News "In Genius Makers , Cade Metz delivers the definitive take on how AI technology came to be and what its arrival will mean for us humans. The book relies on tireless reporting and delightful writing to bring to life one of the most surprising and important stories of our time. If you want to read one book to understand AI, this is the one." --Ashlee Vance, New York Times bestselling author of Elon Musk "This colorful page-turner puts artificial intelligence into a human perspective. Through the lives of Geoff Hinton and other major players, Metz explains this transformative technology and makes the quest thrilling." -- Walter Isaacson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci , Steve Jobs , and The Innovators "Cade Metz has produced an enthralling narrative of the advance of artificial intelligence. He describes the key personalities, the seminal meetings and the crucial breakthroughs with his customary eye for detail, building them into a dramatic history of this era-defining technology." --Kai-Fu Lee, author of AI Superpowers "This is the inside story of how AI entered Google, Facebook, and the rest of high tech. It is also the story of how Silicon Valley and its megabucks infiltrated AI and changed its course. Chock-full of behind-the-scenes anecdotes and wry humor--we learn the true tale of the technology that is transforming humanity." --Oren Etzioni, chief executive, Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence "One day soon, when computers are safely driving our roads and speaking to us in complete sentences, we'll look back at Cade Metz's elegant, sweeping Genius Makers as their birth story--the Genesis for an age of sentient machines." --Brad Stone, author of The Everything Store and The Upstarts Genius Makers is an enthralling, definitive modern history of artificial intelligence. Cade Metz's detailed narrative reveals the crucial decisions made by executives, developers and investors--and foreshadows the disproportionately large effect they will have on our futures. --Amy Webb, author of The Big Nine: How the Tech Titans and Their Thinking Machines Could Warp Humanity, "In Genius Makers , Cade Metz delivers the definitive take on how AI technology came to be and what its arrival will mean for us humans. The book relies on tireless reporting and delightful writing to bring to life one of the most surprising and important stories of our time. If you want to read one book to understand AI, this is the one." --Ashlee Vance, New York Times bestselling author of Elon Musk "This colorful page-turner puts artificial intelligence into a human perspective. Through the lives of Geoff Hinton and other major players, Metz explains this transformative technology and makes the quest thrilling." -- Walter Isaacson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci , Steve Jobs , and The Innovators, "[An] engaging new book...[Metz''s] straightforward writing perfectly translates industry jargon for technologically un-savvy readers (like me) who might be unfamiliar with what it means for a machine to engage in "deep learning" or master tasks through its own experiences." --Christian Science Monitor "Carving a narrative out of a complex and ever-changing cast of characters... the book is filled with enlightening anecdotes that add texture and drama to the story. Genius Makers opens with Geoffrey Hinton, the Brit turned Canadian who is widely recognized as having played the most critical role in developing deep learning, the branch of AI that is changing the world today." --Washington Post "Colorful and readable... draws on extensive access and meticulous research." -- Financial Times "Valuably suggests a framework for the right questions to ask now about A.I. and its use. Genius Makers is about the people who have built the A.I. world..." --James Fallows, New York Times Book Review "An informative, enjoyable work... With vivid detail, Metz has crafted an accessible narrative that will keep readers turning the pages." -- Library Journal (starred review) "A must-read, fully-up-to-date report on the holy grail of computing." -- Kirkus Reviews (s tarred review) "With well-crafted storytelling and extensive research, Metz captures the thrill and promise of technological innovation." -- Booklist "Written by an expert who has exclusive access to each of these companies--and others who are working in this field--this is a rich, character-driven narrative that captures an extraordinary moment in the history of technology." --Irish Tech News "In Genius Makers , Cade Metz delivers the definitive take on how AI technology came to be and what its arrival will mean for us humans. The book relies on tireless reporting and delightful writing to bring to life one of the most surprising and important stories of our time. If you want to read one book to understand AI, this is the one." --Ashlee Vance, New York Times bestselling author of Elon Musk "This colorful page-turner puts artificial intelligence into a human perspective. Through the lives of Geoff Hinton and other major players, Metz explains this transformative technology and makes the quest thrilling." -- Walter Isaacson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci , Steve Jobs , and The Innovators "Cade Metz has produced an enthralling narrative of the advance of artificial intelligence. He describes the key personalities, the seminal meetings and the crucial breakthroughs with his customary eye for detail, building them into a dramatic history of this era-defining technology." --Kai-Fu Lee, author of AI Superpowers "This is the inside story of how AI entered Google, Facebook, and the rest of high tech. It is also the story of how Silicon Valley and its megabucks infiltrated AI and changed its course. Chock-full of behind-the-scenes anecdotes and wry humor--we learn the true tale of the technology that is transforming humanity." --Oren Etzioni, chief executive, Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence "One day soon, when computers are safely driving our roads and speaking to us in complete sentences, we''ll look back at Cade Metz''s elegant, sweeping Genius Makers as their birth story--the Genesis for an age of sentient machines." --Brad Stone, author of The Everything Store and The Upstarts " Genius Makers is an enthralling, definitive modern history of artificial intelligence. Cade Metz''s detailed narrative reveals the crucial decisions made by executives, developers and investors--and foreshadows the disproportionately large effect they will have on our futures." --Amy Webb, author of The Big Nine: How the Tech Titans and Their Thinking Machines Could Warp Humanity, "In Genius Makers , Cade Metz delivers the definitive take on how AI technology came to be and what its arrival will mean for us humans. The book relies on tireless reporting and delightful writing to bring to life one of the most surprising and important stories of our time. If you want to read one book to understand AI, this is the one." --Ashlee Vance, New York Times bestselling author of Elon Musk "This colorful page-turner puts artificial intelligence into a human perspective. Through the lives of Geoff Hinton and other major players, Metz explains this transformative technology and makes the quest thrilling." -- Walter Isaacson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci , Steve Jobs , and The Innovators "This is the inside story of how AI entered Google, Facebook, and the rest of high tech. It is also the story of how Silicon Valley and its mega-bucks infiltrated AI and changed its course. Chock full of behind-the-scenes anecdotes and wry humor--we learn the true tale of the technology that is transforming humanity." -Oren Etzioni, chief executive, Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, "An informative, enjoyable work... With vivid detail, Metz has crafted an accessible narrative that will keep readers turning the pages." -- Library Journal (starred review) "A must-read, fully-up-to-date report on the holy grail of computing." -- Kirkus Reviews (s tarred review) "With well-crafted storytelling and extensive research, Metz captures the thrill and promise of technological innovation." -- Booklist "In Genius Makers , Cade Metz delivers the definitive take on how AI technology came to be and what its arrival will mean for us humans. The book relies on tireless reporting and delightful writing to bring to life one of the most surprising and important stories of our time. If you want to read one book to understand AI, this is the one." --Ashlee Vance, New York Times bestselling author of Elon Musk "This colorful page-turner puts artificial intelligence into a human perspective. Through the lives of Geoff Hinton and other major players, Metz explains this transformative technology and makes the quest thrilling." -- Walter Isaacson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci , Steve Jobs , and The Innovators "Cade Metz has produced an enthralling narrative of the advance of artificial intelligence. He describes the key personalities, the seminal meetings and the crucial breakthroughs with his customary eye for detail, building them into a dramatic history of this era-defining technology." --Kai-Fu Lee, author of AI Superpowers "This is the inside story of how AI entered Google, Facebook, and the rest of high tech. It is also the story of how Silicon Valley and its megabucks infiltrated AI and changed its course. Chock-full of behind-the-scenes anecdotes and wry humor--we learn the true tale of the technology that is transforming humanity." --Oren Etzioni, chief executive, Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence "One day soon, when computers are safely driving our roads and speaking to us in complete sentences, we'll look back at Cade Metz's elegant, sweeping Genius Makers as their birth story--the Genesis for an age of sentient machines." --Brad Stone, author of The Everything Store and The Upstarts Genius Makers is an enthralling, definitive modern history of artificial intelligence. Cade Metz's detailed narrative reveals the crucial decisions made by executives, developers and investors--and foreshadows the disproportionately large effect they will have on our futures. --Amy Webb, author of The Big Nine: How the Tech Titans and Their Thinking Machines Could Warp Humanity
Dewey Decimal
006.309
Synopsis
"This colorful page-turner puts artificial intelligence into a human perspective. Through the lives of Geoff Hinton and other major players, Metz explains this transformative technology and makes the quest thrilling." --Walter Isaacson, author of The Code Breaker Recipient of starred reviews in both Kirkus and Library Journal THE UNTOLD TECH STORY OF OUR TIME What does it mean to be smart? To be human? What do we really want from life and the intelligence we have, or might create? With deep and exclusive reporting, across hundreds of interviews, New York Times Silicon Valley journalist Cade Metz brings you into the rooms where these questions are being answered. Where an extraordinarily powerful new artificial intelligence has been built into our biggest companies, our social discourse, and our daily lives, with few of us even noticing. Long dismissed as a technology of the distant future, artificial intelligence was a project consigned to the fringes of the scientific community. Then two researchers changed everything. One was a sixty-four-year-old computer science professor who didn't drive and didn't fly because he could no longer sit down--but still made his way across North America for the moment that would define a new age of technology. The other was a thirty-six-year-old neuroscientist and chess prodigy who laid claim to being the greatest game player of all time before vowing to build a machine that could do anything the human brain could do. They took two very different paths to that lofty goal, and they disagreed on how quickly it would arrive. But both were soon drawn into the heart of the tech industry. Their ideas drove a new kind of arms race, spanning Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and OpenAI, a new lab founded by Silicon Valley kingpin Elon Musk. But some believed that China would beat them all to the finish line. Genius Makers dramatically presents the fierce conflict among national interests, shareholder value, the pursuit of scientific knowledge, and the very human concerns about privacy, security, bias, and prejudice. Like a great Victorian novel, this world of eccentric, brilliant, often unimaginably yet suddenly wealthy characters draws you into the most profound moral questions we can ask. And like a great mystery, it presents the story and facts that lead to a core, vital question: How far will we let it go?, This colorful page-turner puts artificial intelligence into a human perspective. Through the lives of Geoff Hinton and other major players, Metz explains this transformative technology and makes the quest thrilling. --Walter Isaacson, author of The Code Breaker Recipient of starred reviews in both Kirkus and Library Journal THE UNTOLD TECH STORY OF OUR TIME What does it mean to be smart? To be human? What do we really want from life and the intelligence we have, or might create? With deep and exclusive reporting, across hundreds of interviews, New York Times Silicon Valley journalist Cade Metz brings you into the rooms where these questions are being answered. Where an extraordinarily powerful new artificial intelligence has been built into our biggest companies, our social discourse, and our daily lives, with few of us even noticing. Long dismissed as a technology of the distant future, artificial intelligence was a project consigned to the fringes of the scientific community. Then two researchers changed everything. One was a sixty-four-year-old computer science professor who didn't drive and didn't fly because he could no longer sit down--but still made his way across North America for the moment that would define a new age of technology. The other was a thirty-six-year-old neuroscientist and chess prodigy who laid claim to being the greatest game player of all time before vowing to build a machine that could do anything the human brain could do. They took two very different paths to that lofty goal, and they disagreed on how quickly it would arrive. But both were soon drawn into the heart of the tech industry. Their ideas drove a new kind of arms race, spanning Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and OpenAI, a new lab founded by Silicon Valley kingpin Elon Musk. But some believed that China would beat them all to the finish line. Genius Makers dramatically presents the fierce conflict among national interests, shareholder value, the pursuit of scientific knowledge, and the very human concerns about privacy, security, bias, and prejudice. Like a great Victorian novel, this world of eccentric, brilliant, often unimaginably yet suddenly wealthy characters draws you into the most profound moral questions we can ask. And like a great mystery, it presents the story and facts that lead to a core, vital question: How far will we let it go?
LC Classification Number
TA347.A78M48 2021
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