Download or read book Legibility in the Age of Signs and Machines written by Pepita Hesselberth and published by Brill / Rodopi. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume reflects on what legibility entails in today's machinic world. It asks what makes cultural expressions, from literary texts, films, artworks and museum exhibits to archives, laws and algorithms, il/legible to whom or what, and with what consequences.
Download or read book How Smart Machines Think written by Sean Gerrish and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2018-10-30 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everything you've always wanted to know about self-driving cars, Netflix recommendations, IBM's Watson, and video game-playing computer programs. The future is here: Self-driving cars are on the streets, an algorithm gives you movie and TV recommendations, IBM's Watson triumphed on Jeopardy over puny human brains, computer programs can be trained to play Atari games. But how do all these things work? In this book, Sean Gerrish offers an engaging and accessible overview of the breakthroughs in artificial intelligence and machine learning that have made today's machines so smart. Gerrish outlines some of the key ideas that enable intelligent machines to perceive and interact with the world. He describes the software architecture that allows self-driving cars to stay on the road and to navigate crowded urban environments; the million-dollar Netflix competition for a better recommendation engine (which had an unexpected ending); and how programmers trained computers to perform certain behaviors by offering them treats, as if they were training a dog. He explains how artificial neural networks enable computers to perceive the world—and to play Atari video games better than humans. He explains Watson's famous victory on Jeopardy, and he looks at how computers play games, describing AlphaGo and Deep Blue, which beat reigning world champions at the strategy games of Go and chess. Computers have not yet mastered everything, however; Gerrish outlines the difficulties in creating intelligent agents that can successfully play video games like StarCraft that have evaded solution—at least for now. Gerrish weaves the stories behind these breakthroughs into the narrative, introducing readers to many of the researchers involved, and keeping technical details to a minimum. Science and technology buffs will find this book an essential guide to a future in which machines can outsmart people.
Download or read book The Machinery of Talk written by Anne Freadman and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This radical re-evaluation of some standard debates surrounding Peirce’s theory of signs presents new interpretations of his work by studying his writings genealogically. Freadman uses the term genre to access Peirce’s work, and expands this original theoretical approach by proposing that “genre” interacts with “sign” and that this interaction is central to the study of the semiotic in general.
Download or read book The Age of Spiritual Machines written by Ray Kurzweil and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Bold futurist Ray Kurzweil, author of The Singularity Is Near, offers a framework for envisioning the future of machine intelligence—“a book for anyone who wonders where human technology is going next” (The New York Times Book Review). “Kurzweil offers a thought-provoking analysis of human and artificial intelligence and a unique look at a future in which the capabilities of the computer and the species that invented it grow ever closer.”—BILL GATES Imagine a world where the difference between man and machine blurs, where the line between humanity and technology fades, and where the soul and the silicon chip unite. This is not science fiction. This is the twenty-first century according to Ray Kurzweil, the “restless genius” (The Wall Street Journal), “ultimate thinking machine” (Forbes), and inventor of the most innovative and compelling technology of our era. In his inspired hands, life in the new millennium no longer seems daunting. Instead, it promises to be an age in which the marriage of human sensitivity and artificial intelligence fundamentally alters and improves the way we live. More than just a list of predictions, Kurzweil’s prophetic blueprint for the future guides us through the inexorable advances that will result in: • Computers exceeding the memory capacity and computational ability of the human brain (with human-level capabilities not far behind) • Relationships with automated personalities who will be our teachers, companions, and lovers • Information fed straight into our brains along direct neural pathways Eventually, the distinction between humans and computers will have become sufficiently blurred that when the machines claim to be conscious, we will believe them.
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Download or read book Mathematics as Sign written by Brian Rotman and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Rotman argues that mathematics is a vast and unique man-made imagination machine controlled by writing. It addresses both aspects—mental and linguistic—of this machine. The essays in this volume offer an insight into Rotman's project, one that has been called "one of the most original and important recent contributions to the philosophy of mathematics."
Download or read book 2018 DEBBIES BOOK R 30th Edition written by Debbie Hemela and published by Debbies Book, Inc. This book was released on 2018-02-28 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2018 Debbies Book® 30th Edition Digital/Printable Book 5 ways to experience Debbies Book®! • Physical book for users who want to hold it in their hands • Printable book for users who want to print certain pages • Searchable eBook PDF with the full exported database • Mobile App for iOS & Android Devices • Blog featuring how-tos, vendors and news The book is organized by categories in alphabetical order. Addresses for Prop Houses and Costume Rental Houses are only displayed in the Prop House and Costume Rental House categories to save space.
Download or read book Making Wood Signs written by Patrick Spielman and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2003 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With more than 250,000 copies sold, this is the must-have manual for anyone who wants to make wood signs. Top woodworking author Patrick Spielman shares his expertise on all aspects of the craft, and hundreds of color photographs present the required techniques. "Very excellent, well-illustrated book. Will tell you all you need to know about how to make interesting and attractive signs."--"The Mallet."
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Download or read book Symbols written by Carl G. Liungman and published by Ionfox AB. This book was released on 2004 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains more than 2,500 Western signs, arranged into 54 groups according to their graphic characteristics. In 1,600 articles their histories, uses, and meanings are thoroughly discussed. The signs range from ideograms carved in mammoth teeth by Cro-Magnon men, to hobo signs and subway graffiti.
Download or read book 2020 DEBBIES BOOK R 32nd Edition written by Debbie Hemela and published by Debbies Book, Inc. This book was released on 2020-01-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2020 Debbies Book® 32nd Edition Digital/Printable Book The book is organized by categories in alphabetical order. Addresses for Prop Houses and Costume Rental Houses are only displayed in the Prop House and Costume Rental House categories to save space. All the ways to experience Debbies Book®! • Physical book for users who want to hold it in their hands • Printable pdf book for users who want to print certain pages • Searchable, online database accessible from any device • Blog featuring how-tos, vendors and news
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