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This is a curious mix of tech, philosophy, business and government history, cultural history, rich layers of archaeology if you will, all sorts of illuminations and reflections on this evolving and morphing tiger we might think we have by the tail. I love the stream of thought and expression here. This can stand up to multiple listenings.
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No single invention of the last half century has changed the way we live now as much as the Internet. Alexander Klimburg was a member of the generation for whom it was a utopian ideal turned reality: a place where ideas, information, and knowledge could be shared and new freedoms found and enjoyed. Two decades later, the future isn't so bright any more: increasingly, the Internet is used as a weapon and a means of domination by states eager to exploit or curtail global connectivity.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not for the Security it IT pro
- By Martin D. on 07-26-18
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Cybersecurity and Cyberwar
- What Everyone Needs to Know
- By: P. W. Singer, Allan Friedman
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 11 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 552
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 500
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 496
In Cybersecurity and Cyberwar: What Everyone Needs to Know®, New York Times best-selling author P. W. Singer and noted cyberexpert Allan Friedman team up to provide the kind of deeply informative resource book that has been missing on a crucial issue of 21st-century life. Written in a lively, accessible style, filled with engaging stories and illustrative anecdotes, the book is structured around the key question areas of cyberspace and its security: how it all works, why it all matters....
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1 out of 5 stars
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A job application for some government job?
- By Pascal on 03-04-17
By: P. W. Singer, and others
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Atlas of AI
- Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence
- By: Kate Crawford
- Narrated by: Larissa Gallagher
- Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 35
What happens when artificial intelligence saturates political life and depletes the planet? How is AI shaping our understanding of ourselves and our societies? Drawing on more than a decade of research, award-winning scholar Kate Crawford reveals how AI is a technology of extraction: from the minerals drawn from the earth, to the labor pulled from low-wage information workers, to the data taken from every action and expression. This book reveals how this planetary network is fueling a shift toward undemocratic governance and increased inequity.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Very repetitive.
- By C.G. on 04-19-23
By: Kate Crawford
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Google Archipelago: The Digital Gulag and the Simulation of Freedom
- By: Michael Rectenwald
- Narrated by: William Williams
- Length: 4 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 67
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 62
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 61
Google Archipelago: The Digital Gulag and the Simulation of Freedom explores the reach, penetration, power, and impact of Big Digital or the mega-information managers, social media platforms, Artificial Intelligence developers, providers of other web applications and functionalities, and the architects and proponents of the promised Internet of Things.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not what I was expecting
- By Anonymous User on 02-11-20
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T-Minus AI
- Humanity's Countdown to Artificial Intelligence and the New Pursuit of Global Power
- By: Michael Kanaan
- Narrated by: Braden Wright
- Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 160
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 135
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 134
In T-Minus AI: Humanity's Countdown to Artificial Intelligence and the New Pursuit of Global Power, author Michael Kanaan explains the realities of AI from a human-oriented perspective that's easy to comprehend. A recognized national expert and the U.S. Air Force's first Chairperson for Artificial Intelligence, Kanaan weaves a compelling new view on our history of innovation and technology to masterfully explain what each of us should know about modern computing, AI, and machine learning.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Trivial Book Regarding AI
- By AstroMan on 10-30-20
By: Michael Kanaan
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Artificial Intelligence
- A Comprehensive Guide to AI, Machine Learning, Internet of Things, Robotics, Deep Learning, Predictive Analytics, Neural Networks, Reinforcement Learning, and Our Future
- By: Neil Wilkins
- Narrated by: Brian R. Scott
- Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 15
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 15
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 15
If you want to learn key AI concepts to get you quickly up to speed with all things AI, then pay attention...This audiobook covers everything from machine learning to robotics and the internet of things. By the time you finish listening, you will be aware of what artificial neural networks are, how gradient descent and back propagation work, and what deep learning is. You will also learn a comprehensive history of AI, from the first invention of automations in antiquity to the driver-less cars of today.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Superb and most accommodating information
- By Billie Austin on 02-08-20
By: Neil Wilkins
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The Wires of War
- Technology and the Global Struggle for Power
- By: Jacob Helberg
- Narrated by: Jesse Einstein
- Length: 11 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 119
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 99
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Story4 out of 5 stars 99
From 2016 to 2020, Jacob Helberg led Google’s global internal product policy efforts to combat disinformation and foreign interference. During this time, he found himself in the midst of what can only be described as a quickly escalating two-front technology cold war between democracy and autocracy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Incredible book
- By John Alexander on 10-21-21
By: Jacob Helberg
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The Fifth Domain
- Defending Our Country, Our Companies, and Ourselves in the Age of Cyber Threats
- By: Richard A. Clarke, Robert K. Knake
- Narrated by: Marc Cashman
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 400
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 337
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 334
Clarke and Knake take us inside quantum-computing labs racing to develop cyber superweapons; bring us into the boardrooms of the many firms that have been hacked and the few that have not; and walk us through the corridors of the US intelligence community with officials working to defend America's elections from foreign malice. With a focus on solutions over scaremongering, they make a compelling case for "cyber resilience" - building systems that can resist most attacks, raising the costs on cyber criminals and the autocrats who often lurk behind them, and avoiding...overreaction.
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1 out of 5 stars
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The Author Lacks Critical Thinking
- By Thomas Rose on 08-08-20
By: Richard A. Clarke, and others
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The Future of Violence
- Robots and Germs, Hackers and Drones - Confronting a New Age of Threat
- By: Benjamin Wittes, Gabriella Blum
- Narrated by: Tom Weiner
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 188
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 167
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Story4 out of 5 stars 167
From drone warfare in the Middle East to digital spying by the National Security Agency, the US government has harnessed the power of cutting-edge technology to awesome effect. But what happens when ordinary people have the same tools at their fingertips? Advances in cybertechnology, biotechnology, and robotics mean that more people than ever before have access to potentially dangerous technologies that could be used to attack states and private citizens alike.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Very thought provoking
- By Chris on 03-29-15
By: Benjamin Wittes, and others
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Artificial Intelligence: Confronting the Revolution
- By: James Adams, Richard Kletter
- Narrated by: James Adams
- Length: 11 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Story4 out of 5 stars 34
In this ground-breaking work, James Adams and Richard Kletter clearly explain the potential and likely ramifications of AI. They show how ill-prepared we are for the forthcoming "fourth industrial revolution" and look at how human beings might fare as it unfolds. Meticulously researched and extensively referenced, this audiobook to the brave new world is created by two highly credible authors, who use all of their experience, insight and contacts to give listeners a privileged look into that which is to come.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Political Miusing
- By Flipside on 03-16-19
By: James Adams, and others
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The Sentient Machine
- The Coming Age of Artificial Intelligence
- By: Amir Husain
- Narrated by: Simon Jones
- Length: 5 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 683
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 602
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Story4 out of 5 stars 606
The future is now. Artificial "machine" intelligence is playing an ever-greater role in our society. We are already using cruise control in our cars and automatic checkout at the drugstore and are unable to live without our smartphones. The discussion around AI is largely polarized; people think either machines will solve all problems for everyone or they will lead us down a dark, dystopian path into total human irrelevance. Regardless of what you believe, the idea that we might bring forth intelligent creation can be intrinsically frightening.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Enjoyable overall with good story telling
- By Gary on 02-03-18
By: Amir Husain
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When Google Met WikiLeaks
- By: Julian Assange
- Narrated by: Tom Pile
- Length: 4 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 198
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 169
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 169
In June 2011, Julian Assange received an unusual visitor: the chairman of Google, Eric Schmidt, arrived from America at Ellingham Hall, the country residence in Norfolk, England where Assange was living under house arrest. For several hours the besieged leader of the world’s most famous insurgent publishing organization and the billionaire head of the world’s largest information empire locked horns.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A must-read
- By Rev. David B. Smith on 09-10-15
By: Julian Assange
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The Hacked World Order
- How Nations Fight, Trade, Maneuver, and Manipulate in the Digital Age
- By: Adam Segal
- Narrated by: Don Hagen
- Length: 10 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 106
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 96
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Story4 out of 5 stars 96
The Internet today connects roughly 2.7 billion people around the world, and booming interest in the "Internet of things" could result in 75 billion devices connected to the web by 2020. The myth of cyberspace as a digital utopia has long been put to rest. Governments are increasingly developing smarter ways of asserting their national authority in cyberspace in an effort to control the flow, organization, and ownership of information.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Wrong narrator for material
- By Locnar on 02-21-17
By: Adam Segal
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The Hacker and the State
- Cyber Attacks and the New Normal of Geopolitics
- By: Ben Buchanan
- Narrated by: Christopher Grove
- Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 140
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 119
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 119
Packed with insider information based on interviews, declassified files, and forensic analysis of company reports, The Hacker and the State sets aside fantasies of cyber-annihilation to explore the real geopolitical competition of the digital age. Tracing the conflict of wills and interests among modern nations, Ben Buchanan reveals little-known details of how China, Russia, North Korea, Britain, and the United States hack one another in a relentless struggle for dominance.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A good overview of hacking influence on government
- By Eric Jackson on 08-05-20
By: Ben Buchanan
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Who Controls the Internet
- Illusions of a Borderless World
- By: Jack Goldsmith, Tim Wu
- Narrated by: Bob Loza
- Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 142
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 76
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Story4 out of 5 stars 75
Is the Internet erasing national borders? Who's really in control of what's happening on the Net--Internet engineers, rogue programmers, the United Nations, or powerful countries?In this provocative new book, Jack Goldsmith and Tim Wu tell the fascinating story of the Internet's challenge to governmental rule in the 1990s, and the ensuing battles with governments around the world.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Mostly delves into questions of law
- By Amazon Customer on 05-07-11
By: Jack Goldsmith, and others
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Race After Technology
- Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code
- By: Ruha Benjamin
- Narrated by: Mia Ellis
- Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 79
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 66
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 64
From everyday apps to complex algorithms, Ruha Benjamin cuts through tech-industry hype to understand how emerging technologies can reinforce white supremacy and deepen social inequity. Benjamin argues that automation, far from being a sinister story of racist programmers scheming on the dark web, has the potential to hide, speed up, and deepen discrimination while appearing neutral and even benevolent when compared to the racism of a previous era.
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3 out of 5 stars
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the narration is awful
- By Sofi on 01-04-22
By: Ruha Benjamin
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Sandworm
- A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers
- By: Andy Greenberg
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,957
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,640
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,636
From Wired senior writer Andy Greenberg comes the true story of the most devastating cyberattack in history and the desperate hunt to identify and track the elite Russian agents behind it. In 2014, the world witnessed the start of a mysterious series of cyberattacks. Targeting American utility companies, NATO, and electric grids in Eastern Europe, the strikes grew ever more brazen.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Thru the eyes of the Sandworm's hunters and prey
- By ndru1 on 11-12-19
By: Andy Greenberg