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Ultimate book of the future : incredible, ingenious, and totally real tech that will change life as you know it / by Drimmer, Stephanie Warren,author.(CARDINAL)414751;
The future of you -- Getting around -- Going to space -- Saving the world -- Out and about -- Inspired by animals -- Building better bodies -- Future fun."This spectacular guide to the world of tomorrow showcases the coolest inventions, technology, and ideas that are shaping our future--all backed up by real science. Meet space robots, cyborgs, holographic pop stars, and professional mind readers. Find out whether you'll ever be able to visit a real-life Jurassic Park or teleport to another part of the world in a blink of the eye." --Ages 8-12.Grades 4-6.
Subjects: Illustrated works.; Informational works.; Forecasting; Inventions; Technological forecasting;
Available copies: 12 / Total copies: 18
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Power and prediction : the disruptive economics of artificial intelligence / by Agrawal, Ajay,author.; Gans, Joshua,1968-author.; Goldfarb, Avi,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages [237]-253) and index (pages [255]-264).The Between Times. A parable of three entrepreneurs -- AI's system future -- AI is prediction technology -- Rules. To decide or not to decide -- Hidden uncertainty -- Rules are glue -- Systems. Glued vs. oiled systems -- The system mindset -- The greatest system of all -- Power. Disruption and power -- Do machines have power? -- Accumulating power -- How AI Disrupts. A great decoupling -- Thinking probabilistically -- The new Judges -- Envisaging New Systems. Designing reliable systems -- The blank slate -- Anticipating system change -- Epilogue: AI bias and systems."This book reveals AI as a prediction technology directly impacting decision-making and discusses how to identify disruptive opportunities and threats resulting from AI. This study of new developments in artificial intelligence and the past history of how technologies have disrupted industries highlights the striking phase we are now in: after witnessing the power of this new technology and before its widespread adoption--what they call 'the Between Times.' While there continue to be important opportunities for businesses, there are also threats of disruption. As prediction machines improve, old ways of doing things will be upended. Also, the process by which AI filters into the many systems involved in application is very uneven. That process will have winners and losers. How can businesses leverage, or protect, their positions?"--Provided by the publisher.
Subjects: Artificial intelligence.; Disruptive technologies.; Business forecasting.; Technological innovations;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The coming wave : technology, power, and the twenty-first century's greatest dilemma / by Suleyman, Mustafa,author.(CARDINAL)872942; Bhaskar, Michael,author.(CARDINAL)872284;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-317) and index."We are approaching a critical threshold in the history of our species. Everything is about to change. Soon you will live surrounded by AIs. They will organise your life, operate your business, and run core government services. You will live in a world of DNA printers and quantum computers, engineered pathogens and autonomous weapons, robot assistants and abundant energy. None of us are prepared. As co-founder of the pioneering AI company DeepMind, part of Google, Mustafa Suleyman has been at the centre of this revolution. The coming decade, he argues, will be defined by this wave of powerful, fast-proliferating new technologies. In The Coming Wave, Suleyman shows how these forces will create immense prosperity but also threaten the nation-state, the foundation of global order. As our fragile governments sleepwalk into disaster, we face an existential dilemma: unprecedented harms on one side, the threat of overbearing surveillance on the other. Can we forge a narrow path between catastrophe and dystopia? This groundbreaking book from the ultimate AI insider establishes "the containment problem"-the task of maintaining control over powerful technologies-as the essential challenge of our age." --
Subjects: Informational works.; Technological forecasting.; Technology; Artificial intelligence;
Available copies: 28 / Total copies: 32
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The wonderful future that never was / by Benford, Gregory,1941-(CARDINAL)509870;
The city of the future -- Home, sweet home of tomorrow -- Mind & word become far-reaching & universal -- Heavy water may prolong life -- Airships supersede battleships -- This unfinished world.Reveals predictions made in "Popular Mechanics" magazine between 1903 and 1969 about what the future would hold!
Subjects: Technological forecasting.; Inventions; Twentieth century;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The edge of medicine : the technology that will change our lives / by Hanson, William,M.D.(CARDINAL)735569;
Deus ex machina -- Eye in the sky -- Eternal vigilance -- A good sketch -- Shadow-play -- The thinkable -- Which one was what one? -- Little minds -- At the bottom -- There and back again -- Pink or blue -- The never-ending story -- My father's feet.
Subjects: Medical innovations.; Medical technology;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Shaping things / by Sterling, Bruce.(CARDINAL)148040;
Subjects: Technological forecasting.; Technology assessment.; Prévision technologique.; Technologie;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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21st century earth : opposing viewpoints / by Markley, O. W.; McCuan, Walter R.,1947-;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-283) and index.How will demographic trends affect humanity? -- What will be the impacts of new technologies? -- How will trends affect the global ecology? -- What will be the future of international relations? -- What are projected trends and wild cards?
Subjects: Economic forecasting.; Human ecology.; Population forecasting.; Technological forecasting.; Twenty-first century;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Welcome to the future / by Hulick, Kathryn,author.(CARDINAL)405863; Wolski, Marcin(Graphic designer),illustrator.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 124-127).Explores ten ways technology could change the world, looking at teleportation, living on Mars, 3D-printers, and more.
Subjects: Robotics; Technological forecasting; Technological innovations;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Superagency : what could possibly go right with our AI future / by Hoffman, Reid,author.(CARDINAL)397804; Beato, Greg,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-247) and index.Humanity Has Entered the Chat -- Big Knowledge -- What Could Possibly Go Right? -- The Triumph of the Private Commons -- Testing, Testing, 1, 2, [infinity] -- Innovation is Safety -- Informational GPS -- Law Is Code -- Networked Autonomy -- The United States of A(I)merica -- You Can Get There From Here"Superagency offers a roadmap for using AI inclusively and adaptively to improve our lives and create positive change. While acknowledging challenges like disinformation and potential job changes, the book focuses on AI's immense potential to increase individual agency and create better outcomes for society as a whole.Imagine AI tutors personalizing education for each child, researchers rapidly discovering cures for diseases like Alzheimer's and cancer, and AI advisors empowering people to navigate complex systems and achieve their goals. Hoffman and co-author, tech and culture writer Greg Beato envision a world where these possibilities, and many more, become a reality.Superagency challenges conventional fears, inviting us to view the future through a lens of opportunity, rather than fear. It's a call to action - to embrace AI with excitement and actively shape a world where human ingenuity and the power of AI combine to create something extraordinary."--Amazon.
Subjects: Artificial intelligence.; Technological forecasting.; Technological innovations.; Automation.; Technological innovations; Artificial intelligence;
Available copies: 13 / Total copies: 15
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Biomedical applications of biotechnology : a technological forecasting survey / by North Carolina Biotechnology Center.(CARDINAL)170726;
Subjects: North Carolina Biotechnology Center.; Biotechnology.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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