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Suswatibasu (1703 KP) rated Surviving AI: The promise and peril of artificial intelligence in Books

Jan 3, 2018

Good overview of the major talking points of AI

Artificial General Intelligence (AGI or AI) is a very important topics for us all to understand, as it will dictate the future of our world. To get this education right is difficult, as it spans the simple everyday and the complex future all in one.

This book does a great job of explaining AI to all levels of audience including a layman, and will inform you so that you can become central to, or part of, this important debate, and not just a bystander.

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Erika (17789 KP) rated Lock In (Lock In #1) in Books

Apr 22, 2019

Lock In (Lock In #1)

John Scalzi | 2014 | Fiction & Poetry, Science Fiction/Fantasy

8.3

(7 Ratings)

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This novel takes place in the near future, where a disease called Hayden's Syndrome has infected some of the population, leaving them bed-bound with a functioning brain. The main character is Chris, who has Haden's and is a new FBI agent, using an android, nicknamed a 'threep'.
This is definitely a police-procedural novel with a future twist. I liked the mix a lot. Scalzi's characterizations are always good, and this was no exception. I devoured the book in two days and promptly moved onto the sequel.

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Sarah (7800 KP) created a post

Mar 17, 2020

Just checking in to see how everyone is getting on with this whole coronavirus mess? How're things in your local area?

Cinemas closed here as of tomorrow, theatres shut yesterday (was meant to be seeing Back to the Future musical tonight & I'm devastated I'm missing out! 😩 ) and I'm working from home for the foreseeable future. The only plus side to all this means I might be able to catch up on all the books, films and tv shows on Netflix & Amazon, and not to mention the DIY & gardening...

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Toni Lynn Donald (2027 KP) Mar 18, 2020

In NY, schools are all closed, most restaurants only do drive thru. Everyone has gone crazy. The only places open are grocery stores and most are out of toilet paper and cleaning supplies.

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Vegas (725 KP) Mar 19, 2020

No toilet paper, soap, rice, pasta, bread, eggs the list goes on here in the U.K. and one report I saw said they couldn't get cat food!!

Try to keep well everyone...

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Singularity.FM

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Singularity.FM is the 1st and best singularity podcast - the place where we interview the future....

The Evolution of Cloud Computing: How to Plan for Change

Clive Longbottom

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Cloud computing has been positioned as today's ideal IT platform. However, this has been said before...

Beyond Broadhall

Keith A Pearson

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After his miraculous weekend in 1986, Craig Pelling returned to a future he could never have...

Splendor in the Grass (1961)

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Bud (Warren Beatty) and his high school sweetheart, Deanie (Natalie Wood), are weighed down by their...

Kevin Phillipson (10072 KP) rated Tell Me How I Die (2016) in Movies

Jun 9, 2018

Tell Me How I Die (2016)

2016 | Horror, Thriller

5.8

(4 Ratings)

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Mixing horror and sci fi should work in practice with added seeing into the future but it doesnt its an okay film trying to be better the kills are okay but thats about i can say about the film

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Mike (8 KP) rated One Of Us in Books

Oct 10, 2018

Really enjoyed this book. Michael Marshall Smith has an excellent vision of the future, clever ideas and well written characters, with slightly dark humour ans a few twists in the plot too. A great book, well worth a read.