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Bestsellers
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Co-Intelligence
- Living and Working with AI
- By: Ethan Mollick
- Narrated by: Ethan Mollick
- Length: 4 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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From Wharton professor and author of the popular One Useful Thing Substack newsletter Ethan Mollick comes the definitive playbook for working, learning, and living in the new age of AI....
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great intro book marred by poor narration
- By Amazon Customer on 04-14-24
By: Ethan Mollick
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Life 3.0
- Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
- By: Max Tegmark
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 13 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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How will artificial intelligence affect crime, war, justice, jobs, society, and our very sense of being human? The rise of AI has the potential to transform our future more than any other technology....
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Irritating
- By Thomas Cotter on 10-25-17
By: Max Tegmark
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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
- Unabridged
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For over three decades, Ray Kurzweil has been one of the most respected and provocative advocates of the role of technology in our future. In his classic The Age of Spiritual Machines, he argued that computers would soon rival the full range of human intelligence at its best....
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RUINED audio.
- By Fred on 06-25-21
By: Ray Kurzweil
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Digital Dharma
- How AI Can Elevate Spiritual Intelligence and Personal Well-Being
- By: Deepak Chopra MD
- Narrated by: Deepak Chopra MD, Karen Murray
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Deepak Chopra invites us to transcend our limitations and explore a relationship with AI that elevates collective consciousness and personal evolution at the same time.
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Wisdom for FREE with AI
- By Michael Smith on 09-27-24
By: Deepak Chopra MD
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The Master Algorithm
- How the Quest for the Ultimate Learning Machine Will Remake Our World
- By: Pedro Domingos
- Narrated by: Mel Foster
- Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Under the aegis of machine learning in our data-driven machine age, computers are programming themselves and solving an extraordinary range of problems....
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Great book, irritating narration
- By N. G. PEPIN on 09-24-15
By: Pedro Domingos
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Human Compatible
- Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control
- By: Stuart Russell
- Narrated by: Raphael Corkhill
- Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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A leading artificial intelligence researcher lays out a new approach to AI that will enable us to coexist successfully with increasingly intelligent machines....
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Good General Introduction to AI Topic
- By Catherine Puma on 03-26-20
By: Stuart Russell
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Co-Intelligence
- Living and Working with AI
- By: Ethan Mollick
- Narrated by: Ethan Mollick
- Length: 4 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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From Wharton professor and author of the popular One Useful Thing Substack newsletter Ethan Mollick comes the definitive playbook for working, learning, and living in the new age of AI....
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great intro book marred by poor narration
- By Amazon Customer on 04-14-24
By: Ethan Mollick
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Life 3.0
- Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
- By: Max Tegmark
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 13 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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How will artificial intelligence affect crime, war, justice, jobs, society, and our very sense of being human? The rise of AI has the potential to transform our future more than any other technology....
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Irritating
- By Thomas Cotter on 10-25-17
By: Max Tegmark
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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
- Unabridged
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For over three decades, Ray Kurzweil has been one of the most respected and provocative advocates of the role of technology in our future. In his classic The Age of Spiritual Machines, he argued that computers would soon rival the full range of human intelligence at its best....
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RUINED audio.
- By Fred on 06-25-21
By: Ray Kurzweil
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Digital Dharma
- How AI Can Elevate Spiritual Intelligence and Personal Well-Being
- By: Deepak Chopra MD
- Narrated by: Deepak Chopra MD, Karen Murray
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Deepak Chopra invites us to transcend our limitations and explore a relationship with AI that elevates collective consciousness and personal evolution at the same time.
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Wisdom for FREE with AI
- By Michael Smith on 09-27-24
By: Deepak Chopra MD
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The Master Algorithm
- How the Quest for the Ultimate Learning Machine Will Remake Our World
- By: Pedro Domingos
- Narrated by: Mel Foster
- Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Under the aegis of machine learning in our data-driven machine age, computers are programming themselves and solving an extraordinary range of problems....
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Great book, irritating narration
- By N. G. PEPIN on 09-24-15
By: Pedro Domingos
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Human Compatible
- Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control
- By: Stuart Russell
- Narrated by: Raphael Corkhill
- Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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A leading artificial intelligence researcher lays out a new approach to AI that will enable us to coexist successfully with increasingly intelligent machines....
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Good General Introduction to AI Topic
- By Catherine Puma on 03-26-20
By: Stuart Russell
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Genius Makers
- The Mavericks Who Brought AI to Google, Facebook, and the World
- By: Cade Metz
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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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....
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difficult listen
- By LEE on 03-17-21
By: Cade Metz
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Futureproof
- 9 Rules for Humans in the Age of Automation
- By: Kevin Roose
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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What does it mean to be a human in a world that is increasingly built by and for machines? Technology columnist Kevin Roose lays out a hopeful, pragmatic vision of how people can succeed in the machine age....
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Author is not an expert on the subject
- By Wesley Kotcher on 03-20-21
By: Kevin Roose
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Blood in the Machine
- The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech
- By: Brian Merchant
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 15 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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The "rich and gripping" true story of the first time machines came for human jobs—and how the Luddite uprising explains the power, threat, and toll of big tech and AI today (Naomi Klein)....
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The bias of the author can not be understated
- By Donald Campo on 11-17-23
By: Brian Merchant
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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
- Unabridged
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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....
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Appended
- By CPA on 04-13-21
By: Pascal Bornet, and others
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Human + Machine (Updated and Expanded)
- Reimagining Work in the Age of AI
- By: Paul R. Daugherty, H. James Wilson
- Narrated by: Jamie Renell
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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AI—including generative AI—is radically transforming business. Are you ready? Accenture technology leaders Paul Daugherty and Jim Wilson provide crucial insights and advice to help you meet the challenge.
By: Paul R. Daugherty, and others
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Spare Parts
- Four Undocumented Teenagers, One Ugly Robot, and the Battle for the American Dream
- By: Joshua Davis
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Joshua Davis's Spare Parts--now a major motion picture--is a story about overcoming insurmountable odds and the young men who proved they were among the most patriotic and talented Americans in this country—even as the country tried to kick them out....
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American Dream
- By Joselo on 02-25-16
By: Joshua Davis
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A World Without Work
- Technology, Automation, and How We Should Respond
- By: Daniel Susskind
- Narrated by: Daniel Susskind
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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From an Oxford economist, a visionary account of how technology will transform the world of work, and what we should do about it....
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Technology deflation through the econ lens
- By Pimpernel Sandybanks on 04-15-20
By: Daniel Susskind
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The AI Mirror
- How to Reclaim Our Humanity in an Age of Machine Thinking
- By: Shannon Vallor
- Narrated by: Kim Niemi
- Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
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Shannon Vallor makes a wide-ranging, prophetic, and philosophical case for what AI could be: a way to reclaim our human potential for moral and intellectual growth, rather than lose ourselves in mirrors of the past.
By: Shannon Vallor
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Machines of Loving Grace
- The Quest for Common Ground Between Humans and Robots
- By: John Markoff
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 11 hrs and 53 mins
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In Machines of Loving Grace, John Markoff offers a sweeping history of the complicated and evolving relationship between humans and computers....
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Excellent blend of tech, philosophy, bio
- By S. Yates on 08-08-16
By: John Markoff
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Robot-Proof
- Higher Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
- By: Joseph E. Aoun
- Narrated by: John Glouchevitch
- Length: 5 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Northeastern University president Joseph Aoun proposes a way to educate the next generation of college students to invent, to create, and to discover - to fill needs in society that even the most sophisticated AI agent cannot....
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Preparing the future generations for the Future
- By Samer Chidiac on 08-09-18
By: Joseph E. Aoun
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Possible Minds
- Twenty-Five Ways of Looking at AI
- By: John Brockman - editor
- Narrated by: Kathleen McInerney, Will Damron, Jason Culp, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
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The fruit of the long history of John Brockman's profound engagement with the most important scientific minds who have been thinking about AI, Possible Minds is an ideal introduction to the landscape of crucial issues AI presents....
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The worst book purchase I’ve made in a long while
- By Y. Zhao on 06-07-19
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Sex, Race, and Robots
- How to Be Human in the Age of AI
- By: Dr. Ayanna Howard
- Narrated by: Amandla Stenberg
- Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins
- Original Recording
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In the movies, robots can be terrifying. In reality, thinking machines are disrupting the world in ways that are even more disturbing than in Hollywood fantasies - but they also have the potential to change our lives for the better....
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Will not return
- By bilihor on 12-26-20
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Driven
- The Race to Create the Autonomous Car
- By: Alex Davies
- Narrated by: Tristan Morris
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Alex Davies tells the “illuminating and important narrative” (Steven Levy, author of Facebook: The Inside Story) of the quest to develop driverless cars - and the fierce competition between Google, Uber, and other companies in a race to revolutionize our lives....
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Fast paced, entertaining, great listen
- By EvaRose on 01-20-21
By: Alex Davies
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Wired for War
- The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century
- By: P. W. Singer
- Narrated by: William Hughes
- Length: 20 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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A military expert reveals how science fiction is fast becoming reality on the battlefield....
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Good book of fact sprinkled with left-wing opinion
- By Jeffrey on 04-13-13
By: P. W. Singer
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Rise of the Robots
- Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future
- By: Martin Ford
- Narrated by: Jeff Cummings
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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In a world of self-driving cars and big data, smart algorithms and Siri, we know that artificial intelligence is getting smarter every day....
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Robots yes, economics no
- By Honestly on 07-25-15
By: Martin Ford
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Understanding AI
- A Guide to Artificial Intelligence
- By: Erik Lawrence
- Narrated by: David R. Piper
- Length: 2 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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A comprehensive guide to understanding and utilizing AI effectively. This book provides listeners with a foundational understanding of AI and its potential applications, as well as practical insights and tools for implementing AI in their own work and personal lives....
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Great Book!
- By Rachel on 06-12-24
By: Erik Lawrence
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The New Cool
- A Visionary Teacher, His FIRST Robotics Team, and the Ultimate Battle of Smarts
- By: Neal Bascomb
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 11 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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In The New Cool, Neal Bascomb manages to make even those who know little about technology care passionately about a team of kids questing after a different kind of glory....
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High school drama...too much
- By Mr. on 02-12-12
By: Neal Bascomb
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Arriving Today
- From Factory to Front Door - Why Everything Has Changed About How and What We Buy
- By: Christopher Mims
- Narrated by: James Fouhey
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Christopher Mims goes deep, far, and wide to uncover how a single product, from creation to delivery, weaves its way from a factory on the other side of the world to our doorstep. Mims asks us to consider the system’s vulnerability and its resilience....
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Great look at process of product arriving to our home.
- By Jacquie on 10-06-21
By: Christopher Mims
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The Mind's Mirror
- Risk and Reward in the Age of AI
- By: Daniela Rus, Gregory Mone
- Narrated by: Nan McNamara
- Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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The director of MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory provides an exciting introduction to the true potential of AI.
By: Daniela Rus, and others
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Rebooting AI
- Building Artificial Intelligence We Can Trust
- By: Gary Marcus, Ernest Davis
- Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith
- Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins
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Two leaders in the field offer a compelling analysis of the current state of the art and reveal the steps we must take to achieve a truly robust artificial intelligence....
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Not very technical
- By jason on 04-30-20
By: Gary Marcus, and others
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The Age of Em
- Work, Love, and Life When Robots Rule the Earth
- By: Robin Hanson
- Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
- Length: 15 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Robots may one day rule the world, but what is a robot-ruled Earth like? Many think the first truly smart robots will be brain emulations, or ems....
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30% of time me spent describing itself
- By David on 11-26-16
By: Robin Hanson
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Turned On
- Science, Sex and Robots
- By: Kate Devlin
- Narrated by: Kate Devlin
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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This audiobook explores how the emerging and future development of sexual companion robots might affect us and the society in which we live....
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Nuanced, Smart, and Compassionate
- By Karen on 01-20-19
By: Kate Devlin
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The Most Human Human
- What Talking with Computers Teaches Us About What It Means to Be Alive
- By: Brian Christian
- Narrated by: Brian Christian
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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The Most Human Human is a provocative, exuberant, and profound exploration of the ways in which computers are reshaping our ideas of what it means to be human....
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A Wedding of Computer Science and Philosophy
- By Roy on 03-13-11
By: Brian Christian
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In Our Own Image
- Savior or Destroyer? The History and Future of Artificial Intelligence
- By: George Zarkadakis
- Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
- Length: 13 hrs and 49 mins
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George Zarkadakis explores one of humankind's oldest love-hate relationships: our ties with artificial intelligence, or AI....
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Strange and unsupported assertions
- By R. Bee on 09-18-20