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About the Author

Amy Webb is a quantitative futurist, the founder of the Future Today Institute, and professor of strategic foresight at New York University's Stern School of Business. The Big Nine was longlisted for The FT/McKinsey Best Business Book of 2019 award.

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Nome canónico
Webb, Amy
Nome legal
Webb, Amy Lynn
Data de nascimento
1974
Sexo
female
Nacionalidade
USA
Local de nascimento
East Chicago, Indiana, USA
Locais de residência
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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I should be sleeping so I'll come back and write a longer review later, maybe. I enjoyed it, but maybe that's because I like analyzing things to death to figure out how and why they work (something that I'm almost definitely sure killed one friendship).
 
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Daumari | 14 outras críticas | Dec 28, 2023 |
Tldr: the treat Elon Musk like a serious person.

Industry propaganda disguised as optimistic futurism that doesn’t realize it’s actually describing a hellscape.
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zomgpwnbbq | 1 outra crítica | Jul 21, 2023 |
I usually love books like this, but I'd say this one was just OK. I enjoyed the first part, where the author delves into past and current innovations in the field of synthetic biology, but then it devolved into a simple list of ongoing projects. From there the author began to imagine possible future scenarios that may arise that felt like sci fi short stories... I don't know. It had its moments, but it seemed like the author didn't know what kind of book they wanted to write.
½
 
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JessiAdams | 1 outra crítica | Apr 15, 2022 |
This book is all about the present state of artificial intelligence (AI). It is a lot more than just Alexa and smart thermostats.

China has made no secret of its plan to be the world leader in AI in the next few years. They are spending hundreds of billions of dollars at it. They are also building alliances with countries all over the developing world that may be rich in natural resources, but have not much infrastructure. America's response is to cut federal funding for basic scientific research, walk away from international treaties and alliances, and build a wall to keep people out of America.

Despite all the talk about getting women into STEM fields, AI is still very much of a boy's club. The percentage of women in the field is pretty dismal, and, for people of color, the numbers are even worse. The author presents three scenarios for the future of AI. Does America "get it," and build international alliances, on the way to becoming the world leader? Does China become the world leader, and control or occupy, the whole world, including America?

What can America do about it? Get away from the requirement that a company like Google or Apple must release a new AI gadget each year, or the stock price plummets. It takes time to do AI properly. Colleges currently restrict AI students to just technical courses. It must be possible for students to do a double major, like AI and politics. Ethics should be a central part of the curriculum, not just a one-semester course.

This book is very easy to read for everyone, not just people in the AI field. This easily reaches the level of Required Reading, in the classroom and the boardroom.
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plappen | Dec 8, 2021 |

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4
Membros
406
Popularidade
#59,889
Avaliação
½ 3.6
Críticas
19
ISBN
36
Línguas
3

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