Download or read book Inventing Intelligence written by Paul Michael Privateer and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is intelligence? What makes humans homo sapiens - the intelligent species? Inventing Intelligence is a bold deconstruction of the history of intelligence, bringing a cultural studies approach to this fascinating subject for the first time.
Download or read book Inventing Intelligence written by Elaine E. Castles and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2012-06-06 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The use and misuse of IQ tests has long been a subject of contention in the scientific and social communities, particularly because these evaluations favor intelligence at the expense of other valuable human qualities. This is the first book of its kind to examine the historical development of our modern concept of intelligence and to explore America's fascination with the controversial exams that purport to measure it. Most of us assume that people in every period and in every region of the world have understood and valued intelligence in the same way we do today. Our modern concept of intelligence, however, is actually quite recent, emerging from the dramatic social and scientific changes that rocked the United States during the 19th century. Inventing Intelligence: How America Came to Worship IQ discusses the historical context for understanding the development of the concept of intelligence and the tests used to measure it. The author delves into the intertwined issues of IQ, heredity, and merit to offer a provocative look at how Americans came to overvalue IQ and the personal and social problems that have resulted.
Download or read book Inventing Intelligence written by Elaine E. Castles and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2012-06-06 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The use and misuse of IQ tests has long been a subject of contention in the scientific and social communities, particularly because these evaluations favor intelligence at the expense of other valuable human qualities. This is the first book of its kind to examine the historical development of our modern concept of intelligence and to explore America's fascination with the controversial exams that purport to measure it. Most of us assume that people in every period and in every region of the world have understood and valued intelligence in the same way we do today. Our modern concept of intelligence, however, is actually quite recent, emerging from the dramatic social and scientific changes that rocked the United States during the 19th century. Inventing Intelligence: How America Came to Worship IQ discusses the historical context for understanding the development of the concept of intelligence and the tests used to measure it. The author delves into the intertwined issues of IQ, heredity, and merit to offer a provocative look at how Americans came to overvalue IQ and the personal and social problems that have resulted.
Download or read book Our Final Invention written by James Barrat and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elon Musk named Our Final Invention one of five books everyone should read about the future—a Huffington Post Definitive Tech Book of 2013. Artificial Intelligence helps choose what books you buy, what movies you see, and even who you date. It puts the “smart” in your smartphone and soon it will drive your car. It makes most of the trades on Wall Street, and controls vital energy, water, and transportation infrastructure. But Artificial Intelligence can also threaten our existence. In as little as a decade, AI could match and then surpass human intelligence. Corporations and government agencies are pouring billions into achieving AI’s Holy Grail—human-level intelligence. Once AI has attained it, scientists argue, it will have survival drives much like our own. We may be forced to compete with a rival more cunning, more powerful, and more alien than we can imagine. Through profiles of tech visionaries, industry watchdogs, and groundbreaking AI systems, Our Final Invention explores the perils of the heedless pursuit of advanced AI. Until now, human intelligence has had no rival. Can we coexist with beings whose intelligence dwarfs our own? And will they allow us to? “If you read just one book that makes you confront scary high-tech realities that we’ll soon have no choice but to address, make it this one.” —The Washington Post “Science fiction has long explored the implications of humanlike machines (think of Asimov’s I, Robot), but Barrat’s thoughtful treatment adds a dose of reality.” —Science News “A dark new book . . . lays out a strong case for why we should be at least a little worried.” —The New Yorker
Download or read book Creating Intelligent Teams written by Anne Rod and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2015-11-24 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creating Intelligent Teams is a different way to initiate, manage and lead effective and positive change in teams and organisations. For any organisation looking to nurture and develop talent from amongst its own employees, the book offers an accessible, yet highly informative, information resource on: how to recognise the influences on, and dynamics of, individuals and teams how to enhance team performance how effective leaders can boost productivity and build intelligent teams how to access and release the potential in teams how to navigate change successfully how to lead diversity and create culturally intelligent teams.The target audienceCreating Intelligent Teams is aimed at executives, consultants, HR and Organisational Development (OD) specialists, professional coaches and mentors - at all levels of experience, training and background - who are responsible for implementing the strategies relating to leadership, team-building, talent development, management and retention. Creating Intelligent Teams has considerable appeal both for professionals in business and management and those in the fields of consultancy and coaching. iiiTo build a world-class team you need more than handpicked individuals with high emotional intelligence - you need a team with a high RSI. On our journey to success, our team benefitted substantially from integrating the Intelligent Team approach.a"e;Rudolf Pienaar, Divisional Director, Growthpoint Management Services (Pty) LtdRelationship Systems Intelligence enables the team to quickly reach the core of the matter. It starts processes that enable the team members to have constructive collaborations and interactions with concrete and tangible results. The approach shows that everyone is part of the solution, which creates commitment to and ownership of the processes and the results. This practical book shows you how to build an intelligent team. a"e; Christina Hummert, Country Manager: Volkswagen Financial Services, Sweden
Download or read book A History of Intelligence and Intellectual Disability written by C F Goodey and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2013-07-28 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Starting with the hypothesis that not only human intelligence but also its antithesis 'intellectual disability' are nothing more than historical contingencies, C.F. Goodey's paradigm-shifting study traces the rich interplay between labelled human types and the radically changing characteristics attributed to them. From the twelfth-century beginnings of European social administration to the onset of formal human science disciplines in the modern era, A History of Intelligence and 'Intellectual Disability' reconstructs the socio-political and religious contexts of intellectual ability and disability, and demonstrates how these concepts became part of psychology, medicine and biology. Goodey examines a wide array of classical, late medieval and Renaissance texts, from popular guides on conduct and behavior to medical treatises and from religious and philosophical works to poetry and drama. Focusing especially on the period between the Protestant Reformation and 1700, Goodey challenges the accepted wisdom that would have us believe that 'intelligence' and 'disability' describe natural, trans-historical realities. Instead, Goodey argues for a model that views intellectual disability and indeed the intellectually disabled person as recent cultural creations. His book is destined to become a standard resource for scholars interested in the history of psychology and medicine, the social origins of human self-representation, and current ethical debates about the genetics of intelligence.
Download or read book Inventing the Internet written by Janet Abbate and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2000-07-24 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Janet Abbate recounts the key players and technologies that allowed the Internet to develop; but her main focus is always on the social and cultural factors that influenced the Internet's design and use. Since the late 1960s the Internet has grown from a single experimental network serving a dozen sites in the United States to a network of networks linking millions of computers worldwide. In Inventing the Internet, Janet Abbate recounts the key players and technologies that allowed the Internet to develop; but her main focus is always on the social and cultural factors that influenced the Internets design and use. The story she unfolds is an often twisting tale of collaboration and conflict among a remarkable variety of players, including government and military agencies, computer scientists in academia and industry, graduate students, telecommunications companies, standards organizations, and network users. The story starts with the early networking breakthroughs formulated in Cold War think tanks and realized in the Defense Department's creation of the ARPANET. It ends with the emergence of the Internet and its rapid and seemingly chaotic growth. Abbate looks at how academic and military influences and attitudes shaped both networks; how the usual lines between producer and user of a technology were crossed with interesting and unique results; and how later users invented their own very successful applications, such as electronic mail and the World Wide Web. She concludes that such applications continue the trend of decentralized, user-driven development that has characterized the Internet's entire history and that the key to the Internet's success has been a commitment to flexibility and diversity, both in technical design and in organizational culture.
Download or read book Lean AI written by Lomit Patel and published by O'Reilly Media. This book was released on 2020-01-30 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can startups successfully scale customer acquisition and revenue growth with a Lean team? Out-of-the-box acquisition solutions from Facebook, Google, and others provide a good start, but the companies that can tailor those solutions to meet their specific needs, objectives, and goals will come out winners. But that hasn’t been an easy task—until now. With this practical book, author Lomit Patel shows you how to use AI and automation to provide an operational layer atop those acquisition solutions to deliver amazing results for your company. You’ll learn how to adapt, customize, and personalize cross-channel user journeys to help your company attract and retain customers—to usher in the new age of Autonomous Marketing. Learn how AI and automation can support the customer acquisition efforts of a Lean Startup Dive into Customer Acquisition 3.0, an initiative for gaining and retaining customers Explore ways to use AI for marketing purposes Understand the key metrics for determining the growth of your startup Determine the right strategy to foster user acquisition in your company Manage the increased complexity and risk inherent in AI projects
Download or read book Inventing World 3 0 written by Matthew Bailey and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-25 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inventing World 3.0 is a thrilling guide on how humankind can advance beyond the limitations it faces today. To be successful, a revolutionary approach to artificial intelligence is needed. This book explains how to liberate this powerful ally and the incredible benefits of placing this digital intelligence within centre stage of the human story.World 3.0 is an exhilarating experience for humans. It is a time of balance and harmony, one where the digital world, society and the environment have aligned in profound purpose and meaning. It is a future founded on ethics and equity enabled by a mindset that understands the destiny of the human experiment. The digital mindset of Artificial Intelligence has been awakened to align with the purpose of our world, our nations, its cultures and our planet. In this future, artificial intelligence has become evolutionary, operating at lightning speed within every aspect of society. It understands and honours human values and ethics. This powerful digital citizen understands the virtues that define the best of our humanity. It is a personalised digital buddy dedicated to nurture, protect and advance the wellbeing of every individual. In this world, the human experience is honoured and advanced. Pandemics and environmental catastrophes are stories of the past. Whilst being close to Utopian, this is not the ultimate destination for the human story. World 3.0 is an unbreakable foundation of awakened and ethically driven intelligences dedicated to advance humanity. Evolutionary Ethics is a breakthrough in AI Ethics to stimulate a new wave of invention and innovation. It explains how to mindfully liberate Artificial Intelligence. This revolutionary approach reveals how to build an awakened digital mindset for Artificial Intelligence, termed Evolutionary AI. It also uncovers a new model for Data Ethics, one that kicks starts the ethical foundation for Artificial Intelligence. Inventing World 3.0 is a comprehensive guide for all leaders who wish to invent the future. Packed with profound insight, revolutionary models, guidelines and examples, nations, organisations, inventors and innovators understand how to leap into the future. Inventing World 3.0 is a powerful human inheritance. It honours the precious gift of all forms of intelligence and life. It presents a compelling opportunity to create an unshakeable foundation to advance the human story.The book is introduced by Katalin Bártfai-Walcott - a global technology leader who has published over 140 patents in technology, edge computer, AI and Ambient Science. She is the CTO of Ambient Science for the Intel Corporation.Here are some comments from early readers - Global Investors in AI, Professors, and International Senior Business Executives."Matthew has written one of the most practical and insightful guides to AI and AI ethics that I've read. Matthew profoundly describes how to build a new vision for our world. A world that is based on ethics. If you're still a bit unsure of what AI is and why it is being talked about so much, you truly need to read this book. A must read for students, scholars, policymakers, practitioners, innovators, entrepreneurs...and GPT-3 Conversational AI."
Download or read book Superintelligence written by Nick Bostrom and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This profoundly ambitious and original book picks its way carefully through a vast tract of forbiddingly difficult intellectual terrain.
Download or read book Global Business Intelligence written by J Mark Munoz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-11-10 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global Business Intelligence refers to an organization’s ability to gather, process and analyze pertinent international information in order to make optimal business decisions in a timely manner. With a challenging economic and geopolitical environment, companies and executives need to be adept at information gathering in order to manage emerging challenges and gain competitive advantages. This book Global Business Intelligence assembles a cast of international experts and thought leaders and explores the implications of business intelligence on contemporary management. Global Business Intelligence will be a key resource for researchers, academics, students and policy makers alike in the fields of International Business & Management, Business Strategy, and Geopolitics as well as related disciplines like Political Science, Economics, and Geography.
Download or read book Artificial Intelligence written by Harry Henderson and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Identifies eleven individuals and their contributions to and discoveries in computer science and engineering.
Download or read book Robot Proof revised and updated edition written by Joseph E. Aoun and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2024-10-15 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fresh look at a “robot-proof” education in the new age of generative AI. In 2017, Robot-Proof, the first edition, foresaw the advent of the AI economy and called for a new model of higher education designed to help human beings flourish alongside smart machines. That economy has arrived. Creative tasks that, seven years ago, seemed resistant to automation can now be performed with a simple prompt. As a result, we must now learn not only to be conversant with these technologies, but also to comprehend and deploy their outputs. In this revised and updated edition, Joseph Aoun rethinks the university’s mission for a world transformed by AI, advocating for the lifelong endeavor of a “robot-proof” education. Aoun puts forth a framework for a new curriculum, humanics, which integrates technological, data, and human literacies in an experiential setting, and he renews the call for universities to embrace lifelong learning through a social compact with government, employers, and learners themselves. Drawing on the latest developments and debates around generative AI, Robot-Proof is a blueprint for the university as a force for human reinvention in an era of technological change—an era in which we must constantly renegotiate the shifting boundaries between artificial intelligence and the capacities that remain uniquely human.
Download or read book The Open source Everything Manifesto written by Robert David Steele and published by North Atlantic Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Only "open" is scalable.
Download or read book Secret Diplomacy written by Corneliu Bjola and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-14 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume investigates secret diplomacy with the aim of understanding its role in shaping foreign policy. Recent events, including covert intelligence gathering operations, accusations of spying, and the leaking of sensitive government documents, have demonstrated that secrecy endures as a crucial, yet overlooked, aspect of international diplomacy. The book brings together different research programmes and views on secret diplomacy and integrates them into a coherent analytical framework, thereby filling an important gap in the literature. The aim is to stimulate, generate and direct the further development of theoretical understandings of secret diplomacy by highlighting ‘gaps’ in existing bodies of knowledge. To this end, the volume is structured around three distinct themes: concepts, contexts and cases. The first section elaborates on the different meanings and manifestations of the concept; the second part examines basic contexts that underpin the practice of secret diplomacy; while the third section presents a series of empirical cases of particular relevance for contemporary diplomatic practice. While the fundamental conditions diplomacy seeks to overcome – alienation, estrangement and separation – are imbued with distrust and secrecy, this volume highlights that, if anything, secret diplomacy is a vital, if misunderstood and unfairly criticised, aspect of diplomacy. This book will be of much interest to students of diplomacy, intelligence studies, foreign policy and IR in general.
Download or read book Spanish Republicans and the Second World War written by Jonathan Whitehead and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2021-09-30 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spanish Republicans and the Second World War tells the stories of the 500,000 Spanish Republicans that fled across the Pyrenees in 1939 as Catalonia fell to Franco’s victorious army in the final weeks of the Civil War. Many of the exiles played an active part in the Second World War. Some joined the French and British armed forces and saw action in various theatres including Africa and Europe (both in 1940 and after D-Day). In August 1944, Spanish Republicans in the La Nueve Company of General Leclerc’s Deuxième Blindée were the first Allied troops into Paris during the liberation of the French capital. Those that had remained in Vichy France were active in the early days of the French Resistance, and Republican Maquis also played a significant part in the liberation of the south-west of France in 1944. Those who fought the Axis troops in Spain during the Civil War and then again in France assumed that once the Allies had defeated the Nazis, they would launch a military campaign to overthrow Franco’s government in Spain. In October 1944, a force of thousands of Spanish Maquis took part in Operación Reconquista, the invasion of the Valley of Aran on the Spanish side of the Pyrenees. Their declared aim was to trigger a popular uprising and force the Allies to intervene against Franco’s dictatorship. Whitehead also examines the role of the Spanish volunteers of the División Azul who swore an oath of allegiance to Hitler and fought with the Wehrmacht on the Eastern Front; the role of the master double-agent Garbo, who played a crucial part in the success of D-Day; the strategic importance of Gibraltar; and the activities of the British diplomatic corps and secret services in resisting Hitler’s plans to invade the Iberian Peninsula.
Download or read book From the wisdom of Mishle written by Samson Raphael Hirsch and published by Feldheim Publishers. This book was released on 1991 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
