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The ascent of information : books, bits, genes, machines, and life's unending algorithm / by Scharf, Caleb,1968-author.(CARDINAL)352726;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Our eternal data -- The burden of an idea -- In sickness and in health -- An ever more tangled bank -- Genes, memes, and dreams -- The information river -- Life made machine -- The great blending -- A universe of dataomes."Your information has a life of its own, and it's using you to get what it wants. One of the most peculiar and possibly unique features of humans is the vast amount of information we carry outside our biological selves. But in our rush to build the infrastructure for the 20 quintillion bits we create every day, we've failed to ask exactly why we're expending ever-increasing amounts of energy, resources, and human effort to maintain all this data. Drawing on deep ideas and frontier thinking in evolutionary biology, computer science, information theory, and astrobiology, Caleb Scharf argues that information is, in a very real sense, alive. All the data we create-all of our emails, tweets, selfies, A.I.-generated text and funny cat videos-amounts to an aggregate lifeform. It has goals and needs. It can control our behavior and influence our well-being. And it's an organism that has evolved right alongside us. This symbiotic relationship with information offers a startling new lens for looking at the world. Data isn't just something we produce; it's the reason we exist. This powerful idea has the potential to upend the way we think about our technology, our role as humans, and the fundamental nature of life. The Ascent of Information offers a humbling vision of a universe built of and for information. Scharf explores how our relationship with data will affect our ongoing evolution as a species. Understanding this relationship will be crucial to preventing our data from becoming more of a burden than an asset, and to preserving the possibility of a human future"--
Subjects: Information theory.; Human-computer interaction.; Human-machine systems.;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 6
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2001, a space odyssey / by Clarke, Arthur C.(Arthur Charles),1917-2008.(CARDINAL)138311;
Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Fiction.; Computers; Human-computer interaction; Space vehicles;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Virtual reality / by Wyborny, Sheila,1950-(CARDINAL)662402;
Includes bibliographical references (page 47) and index.Discusses the history, present uses, and future of the technology of virtual reality.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Human-computer interaction; Virtual reality;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Virtual reality : beyond the looking glass / by Pascoe, Elaine.(CARDINAL)180771; Kurtis Productions.(CARDINAL)530718; WTTW (Television station : Chicago, Ill.)(CARDINAL)131401;
Includes bibliographical references (page 46) and index.Discusses in general terms the computer technology involved in virtual reality and how it has been used and will be used in the future.4-61090LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Human-computer interaction; Virtual reality;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Cutting-edge virtual reality / by Peterson, Christy,author.(CARDINAL)791984;
Includes bibliographical references and index.What is virtual reality? -- Creating virtual worlds -- Virtual reality at work -- A bright future."Have you ever wanted to live like someone else for a day, or maybe visit Antarctica, or jump inside your favorite video game? With virtual reality, you can do all of these things! This technology can make you feel as though you are having an amazing adventure -- even if you are just sitting in your living room. Learn all about the ins and outs of virtual reality."--Back cover.Ages 8-11.Grades 4 to 6.830LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Human-computer interaction; Virtual reality;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The chatgpt playbook : mastering prompts for exceptional ux design / by Phillips, Lorraine,1967-author.;
"In a rapidly evolving digital landscape, where user experience reigns supreme, the need for UX professionals to stay ahead of the curve is more crucial now than ever. Introducing "The ChatGPT Playbook: Mastering Prompts for Exceptional UX Design." This collection of 300+ UX-specific prompts will serve to spark your imagination, enhance your creative process, and accelerate your design workflow-whether perfecting headlines, refining copy, devising compelling CTAs, constructing wireframes and prototypes, or delving deep into user research. Don't miss out on the opportunity to embrace the future of UX with ChatGPT. Whether a seasoned expert or a curious enthusiast, this playbook is your key to unlocking the secrets to exceptional UX design. This collection of 300+ UX-specific prompts will serve to spark your imagination, enhance your creative process, and accelerate your design workflow-be it perfecting headlines, refining copy, devising compelling CTAs, constructing wireframes and prototypes, or delving deep into user research. --
Subjects: Artificial intelligence ; Computers ; Human-Computer Interaction (HCI); Natural Language Processing;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Keep calm and log on : your handbook for surviving the digital revolution / by Andrews, Gillian "Gus",author.(CARDINAL)831716;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-343) and index."This book offers sensible advice for ordinary people about how to sustain a safe and satisfying online life. This takes some know-how, given the risks we face each day. This book offers that knowledge and empowers us to shop, share, and connect with one another digitally while protecting ourselves from identity theft, Internet addiction, fake news, and data breaches. This is a chatty, conversational, self-help book written explicitly for a non-techie audience. Readers who might be intimidated by books that are technical, bleak, or frightening, are the intended audience for this book, which translates academic research about media literacy, communications theory and history, the psychology of conspiracy theorists, digital security, and relationship violence, and helps individual citizens apply these ideas to their lives through concrete activities which empower them to navigate the digital revolution with a cool head and a trained eye. This is an approachable, helpful, and thoughtful book, full of sound recommendations for avoiding the worst pitfalls of a life online"--
Subjects: Instructional and educational works.; Online social networks.; Internet; Human-computer interaction.;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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Our final invention : artificial intelligence and the end of the human era / by Barrat, James.(CARDINAL)432729;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Artificial Intelligence helps choose what books you buy, what movies you see, and even who you date. It puts the "smart" in your smart phone, it has the run of your house, 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. Though primitive today, 'intelligent' computer systems double in speed and power each year. 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, James Barrat's 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 computers whose intelligence dwarfs our own? And more to the point: will they allow us to?"--"The Internet is usually considered a breakthrough in technological--and even social--progress. The promises that it holds for our future are discussed in terms of an utopian vision--intelligent, helpful robots; enhanced brain function; disease-and-famine ridding nanotechnology, and other positive benefits. But there's another, rarely discussed and far darker possibility. As Our Final Invention argues, we may be racing towards our own annihilation, as the military, academia, and corporate advances in artificial intelligence may lead to an uncontrollable new lifeform far smarter and more powerful than we can imagine. Advanced artificial intelligence might seem like a far-out science fiction story, but it is actually far closer than most of us realize. Bringing together the ideas of experts in a thoroughly accessible way and exposing the dark side to the vision presented in The Singularity is Near, Our Final Invention explores how the convergence of current developments in technology may lead to a catastrophic outcome within the next few years"--
Subjects: Artificial intelligence.; Human-computer interaction.; Human engineering.; Human evolution.;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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Daemon : a novel / by Suarez, Daniel,1964-(CARDINAL)493754;
Includes bibliographical references (page 618).After the premature death of Matthew Sobol, a legendary computer game designer, a daemon that he designed to dismantle society and bring about a new world order is activiated and it's up to an unlikely alliance to decipher Sobol's intricate plans and wrest the world from the grasp of his computer program.
Subjects: Fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Computer programmers; Human-computer interaction; International economic integration;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Daemon : a novel / by Suarez, Daniel,1964-(CARDINAL)493754;
Includes bibliographical references (page 435).Includes bibliographical references (p. [435])Gaming genius Matthew Sobol, the 34-year-old head of CyberStorm Entertainment, has just died of brain cancer, but death doesn't stop him from initiating an all-out Internet war against humanity. When the authorities investigate Sobol's mansion in Thousand Oaks, Calif., they find themselves under attack from his empty house, aided by an unmanned Hummer that tears into the cops with staggering ferocity. Sobol's weapon is a daemon, a kind of computer process that not only has taken over many of the world's computer systems but also enlists the help of superintelligent human henchmen willing to carry out his diabolical plan.
Subjects: Novels.; Thrillers (Fiction); Computer programmers; Human-computer interaction; International economic integration;
Available copies: 15 / Total copies: 18
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