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  • The Serpent and the South

    The Race to Stop the Burmese Python from Escaping Florida

    by William Kearney, Bill Kearney ...
    A rollicking deep dive into the invasive spread of Burmese pythons, from their devastation of regional ecosystems to the eclectic group of scientists, hunters, and snake enthusiasts fighting to protect the South's last wild spacesSomewhere in Miami in the 1970s, someone got tired of owning a very large snake. They drove west, opened their trunk, and let their pet slither off into the Everglades. ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

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  • Realizing the Promise and Minimizing the Perils of AI for Science and the Scientific Community

    Edited by Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Anne-Marie Mazza, William Kearney ...
    Recommendations from the scientific community to ensure that the development and use of AI honors scientific normsIn late 2022, OpenAI released ChatGPT, an AI chatbot capable of generating conversational answers and analyses, as well as images, in response to user questions and prompts. This generative AI is built with computational procedures, such as large language models, that train on vast ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Realizing the Promise and Minimizing the Perils of AI for Science and the Scientific Community

    Edited by Kathleen Hall Jamieson, William Kearney, Anne-Marie Mazza ...
    Recommendations from the scientific community to ensure that the development and use of AI honors scientific normsIn late 2022, OpenAI released ChatGPT, an AI chatbot capable of generating conversational answers and analyses, as well as images, in response to user questions and prompts. This generative AI is built with computational procedures, such as large language models, that train on vast ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

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    The Serpent and the South

    The Race to Stop the Burmese Python from Escaping Florida

    by William Kearney, Bill Kearney ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours

    A rollicking deep dive into the invasive spread of Burmese pythons, from their devastation of regional ecosystems to the eclectic group of scientists, hunters, and snake enthusiasts fighting to protect the South's last wild spacesSomewhere in Miami in the 1970s, someone got tired of owning a very large snake. They drove west, opened their trunk, and let their pet slither off into the Everglades. ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

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    Principles, Challenges, and Opportunities

    by Prof Luciano Floridi ...
    The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence has two goals. The first goal is meta-theoretical and is fulfilled by Part One, which comprises the first three chapters: an interpretation of the past (Chapter 1), the present (Chapter 2), and the future of AI (Chapter 3). Part One develops the thesis that AI is an unprecedented divorce between agency and intelligence. On this basis, Part Two investigates the ... Read more

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  • Artificial Intelligence for a Better Future

    An Ecosystem Perspective on the Ethics of AI and Emerging Digital Technologies

    by Bernd Carsten Stahl ...
    Series series Computer Science (R0)
    This open access book proposes a novel approach to Artificial Intelligence (AI) ethics. AI offers many advantages: better and faster medical diagnoses, improved business processes and efficiency, and the automation of boring work. But undesirable and ethically problematic consequences are possible too: biases and discrimination, breaches of privacy and security, and societal distortions such as ... Read more

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  • Shared Wisdom

    Cultural Evolution in the Age of AI

    by Alex Pentland ...
    How to build a flourishing society by using what we know about human nature to design our technology—rather than let technology shape our society.In Shared Wisdom, Alex Pentland delves into the history of innovation, emphasizing the importance of understanding how technologies and cultural inventions impact human society. Humanity’s great leaps forward—the rise of civilizations, the Enlightenment, ... Read more

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  • Oxford Handbook of Ethics of AI

    Edited by Markus D. Dubber, Frank Pasquale, Sunit Das ...
    This volume tackles a quickly-evolving field of inquiry, mapping the existing discourse as part of a general attempt to place current developments in historical context; at the same time, breaking new ground in taking on novel subjects and pursuing fresh approaches. The term "A.I." is used to refer to a broad range of phenomena, from machine learning and data mining to artificial general ... Read more

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  • AI Ethics & Governance - A Legal Perspective Vol. 1

    AI Ethics & Governance - A Legal Perspective, #1

    by Mark Wright ...
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  • Artificial intelligence in science

    Challenges, opportunities and the future of research

    by Alistair Nolan ...
    The rapid advances of artificial intelligence (AI) in recent years have led to numerous creative applications in science. Accelerating the productivity of science could be the most economically and socially valuable of all the uses of AI. Utilising AI to accelerate scientific productivity will support the ability of OECD countries to grow, innovate and meet global challenges, from climate change ... Read more

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  • Building Responsible AI Algorithms

    A Framework for Transparency, Fairness, Safety, Privacy, and Robustness

    by Toju Duke ...
    Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
    This book introduces a Responsible AI framework and guides you through processes to apply at each stage of the machine learning (ML) life cycle, from problem definition to deployment, to reduce and mitigate the risks and harms found in artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. AI offers the ability to solve many problems today if implemented correctly and responsibly. This book helps you avoid ... Read more

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  • Dialogues in Data Power

    Shifting Response-abilities in a Datafied World

    Edited by Juliane Jarke, Jo Bates ...
    Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.This book presents emerging themes and future directions in the interdisciplinary field of critical data studies, loosely themed around the notion of shifting response-abilities in a datafied world.In each chapter an interdisciplinary group of scholars discuss a specific theme, ranging from questions around data power and the configuring of ... Read more

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