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Publisher's Summary
AI is everywhere. It powers the autocorrect function of your iPhone, helps Google Translate understand the complexity of language, and interprets your behaviour to decide which of your friends' Facebook posts you most want to see. In the coming years, it'll perform medical diagnoses and drive your car - and maybe even help our authors write the first lines of their novels. But how does it actually work?
Scientist and engineer Janelle Shane is the go-to contributor about computer science for the New York Times, Slate and the New Yorker. Through her hilarious experiments, real-world examples and illuminating cartoons, she explains how AI understands our world and what it gets wrong. More than just a working knowledge of AI, she hands listeners the tools to be skeptical about claims of a smarter future.
A comprehensive study of the cutting-edge technology that will soon power our world, You Look Like a Thing and I Love You is an accessible and hilarious exploration of the future of technology and society. It's Astrophysics for People In a Hurry meets Thing Explainer: an approachable guide to a fascinating scientific topic, presented with clarity, levity and brevity by an expert in the field with a powerful and growing platform.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
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"I can't think of a better way to learn about artificial intelligence, and I've never had so much fun along the way." (Adam Grant, New York Times best-selling author of Originals and Option B)
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There is a lot of fun anecdotes about what AIs can and cannot do, and where to be wary of claims about AIs.
It's fun, even for lay people.
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More than an extension of the writer's blog!
More than an extension of Janelle's blog (which is also fun!) this audiobook delves into how modern AIs work (and fail, ahaha). The narrator was super, and I should really listen again. Mostly because I was battling AI in a video game while listening, and neural-networks require more concentration from me to properly comprehend!
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Not very technical
- By jason on 04-30-20
By: Gary Marcus, and others
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How Smart Machines Think
- By: Sean Gerrish, Kevin Scott - foreword
- Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon
- Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 112
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 99
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 99
In this audiobook, Sean Gerrish offers an engaging and accessible overview of the breakthroughs in artificial intelligence and machine learning that have made today's machines so smart. Science and technology buffs will find this audiobook an essential guide to a future in which machines can outsmart people.
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5 out of 5 stars
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an excellent overview!
- By Harold G. on 06-18-19
By: Sean Gerrish, and others
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Artificial Intelligence
- A Guide for Thinking Humans
- By: Melanie Mitchell
- Narrated by: Abby Craden, Melanie Mitchell, Tony Wolf
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 315
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 272
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 270
In Artificial Intelligence, Mitchell turns to the most urgent questions concerning AI today: How intelligent - really - are the best AI programs? How do they work? What can they actually do, and when do they fail? How humanlike do we expect them to become, and how soon do we need to worry about them surpassing us? Along the way, she introduces the dominant methods of modern AI and machine learning, describing cutting-edge AI programs, their human inventors, and the historical lines of thought that led to recent achievements.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Start understanding AI right here!
- By Chad M. on 01-26-20
By: Melanie Mitchell
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Thinking Machines
- The Quest for Artificial Intelligence - and Where It's Taking Us Next
- By: Luke Dormehl
- Narrated by: Gus Brown
- Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 60
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 50
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Story4 out of 5 stars 51
When most of us think about artificial intelligence, our minds go straight to cyborgs, robots, and sci-fi thrillers where machines take over the world. But the truth is that artificial intelligence is already among us. It exists in our smartphones, fitness trackers, and refrigerators that tell us when the milk will expire. In some ways the future people dreamed of at the World's Fair in the 1960s is already here. We're teaching our machines how to think like humans, and they're learning at an incredible rate.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Mostly platitudes with no depth
- By Gary on 03-24-17
By: Luke Dormehl
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Machine Learning
- The Ultimate Guide to Machine Learning, Neural Networks and Deep Learning for Beginners Who Want to Understand Applications, Artificial Intelligence, Data Mining, Big Data and More
- By: Herbert Jones
- Narrated by: Timothy Burke, Sam Slydell
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 68
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 66
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 64
Three comprehensive manuscripts in one audiobook. Listen to this audiobook now if you want to learn more about machine learning!
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1 out of 5 stars
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10% Technology 90% Why it’s bad
- By Brad on 12-18-18
By: Herbert Jones
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Neural Networks: An Essential Beginners Guide to Artificial Neural Networks and Their Role in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
- By: Herbert Jones
- Narrated by: Sam Slydell
- Length: 3 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 49
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Story4 out of 5 stars 46
The goal of this audiobook is to present the listener with a digestible explanation of neural networks while keeping the underlying concepts intact. The listener will acquire fundamental knowledge of neural networks through loosely related chapters that nonetheless reference terms and ideas mentioned throughout the audiobook. The audiobook itself isn’t meant to be strictly academic, but a blend of colloquial and technical that brings this exciting, yet eerie, topic to the widest swath of the general public.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Not worth listening
- By Robert H. on 04-13-19
By: Herbert Jones
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Machine Learning Box Set: 2 Books in 1
- By: John Slavio
- Narrated by: Russell Archey
- Length: 3 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 28
This boxed set includes two titles: Book 1: Machine Learning - This book is an introduction to basic machine learning and artificial intelligence. It gives you a list of applications, and also a few examples of the different types of machine learning. Book 2: Neural Networks - Neural networks are used to model complex patterns for prediction and simulation. It uses the processing pattern used by brain neurons to achieve this. Neural Networks are good at processing complex, non-linear relationships and are used in forecasting, image processing, and character recognition.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book - detailed and practical.
- By Yolanda Headen on 11-25-18
By: John Slavio
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A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence
- What It Is, Where We Are, and Where We Are Going
- By: Michael Wooldridge
- Narrated by: Glen McCready
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 33
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 33
From Oxford's leading AI researcher comes a fun and accessible tour through the history and future of one of the most cutting edge and misunderstood field in science: artificial intelligence.
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3 out of 5 stars
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very basic.
- By Michael Peintinger on 11-11-21
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The Alignment Problem
- Machine Learning and Human Values
- By: Brian Christian
- Narrated by: Brian Christian
- Length: 13 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 626
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 514
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 509
Today's "machine-learning" systems, trained by data, are so effective that we've invited them to see and hear for us - and to make decisions on our behalf. But alarm bells are ringing. Systems cull résumés until, years later, we discover that they have inherent gender biases. Algorithms decide bail and parole - and appear to assess black and white defendants differently. We can no longer assume that our mortgage application, or even our medical tests, will be seen by human eyes. And autonomous vehicles on our streets can injure or kill.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of the best outlook books on AI
- By Ahmed ELGazzar on 11-04-21
By: Brian Christian
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The Master Algorithm
- How the Quest for the Ultimate Learning Machine Will Remake Our World
- By: Pedro Domingos
- Narrated by: Mel Foster
- Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,652
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,413
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,407
Under the aegis of machine learning in our data-driven machine age, computers are programming themselves and learning about - and solving - an extraordinary range of problems, from the mundane to the most daunting. Today it is machine learning programs that enable Amazon and Netflix to predict what users will like, Apple to power Siri's ability to understand voices, and Google to pilot cars.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great book, irritating narration
- By N. G. PEPIN on 09-24-15
By: Pedro Domingos
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Artificial Unintelligence
- How Computers Misunderstand the World
- By: Meredith Broussard
- Narrated by: Andrea Emmes
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 54
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 47
In Artificial Unintelligence, Meredith Broussard argues that our collective enthusiasm for applying computer technology to every aspect of life has resulted in a tremendous amount of poorly designed systems. We are so eager to do everything digitally - hiring, driving, paying bills, even choosing romantic partners - that we have stopped demanding that our technology actually work. Broussard, a software developer and journalist, reminds us that there are fundamental limits to what we can (and should) do with technology.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Terrific book to understand the realities of AI
- By Rugby1942 on 03-06-19
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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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How to Speak Machine
- Computational Thinking for the Rest of Us
- By: John Maeda
- Narrated by: Dani Martineck
- Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 36
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 35
John Maeda is one of the world's preeminent interdisciplinary thinkers on technology and design. In How to Speak Machine, he offers a set of simple laws that govern not only the computers of today, but the unimaginable machines of the future. Technology is already more powerful than we can comprehend, and getting more powerful at an exponential pace. Once set in motion, algorithms never tire.
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2 out of 5 stars
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more sjw than computer science
- By Jack Frasier on 09-16-20
By: John Maeda
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Neural Networks for Beginners
- An Easy Textbook for Machine Learning Fundamentals to Guide You Implementing Neural Networks with Python and Deep Learning (Artificial Intelligence)
- By: Russel R. Russo
- Narrated by: Zachary Zaba
- Length: 3 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 35
Either if you want to start your own AI enterprise, to empower your business or to work in the greatest and most innovative companies, Artificial Intelligence is the future, and neural networks programming is the skill you want to have. The good news is that there is no exclusive club, you can easily (if you commit, of course) learn how to program and use neural networks, and to do that Neural Networks for Beginners is the perfect way.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Horrible, a waste of money
- By Paul_Seattle on 04-06-21
By: Russel R. Russo
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AIQ
- How People and Machines Are Smarter Together
- By: Nick Polson, James Scott
- Narrated by: Nick Polson, Walter Dixon
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 135
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 119
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 116
Dozens of times per day, we all interact with intelligent machines that are constantly learning from the wealth of data now available to them. These machines are remaking the world of the 21st century in the same way that the Industrial Revolution remade the world of the 19th century. AIQ is based on a simple premise: If you want to understand the modern world, then you have to know a little bit of the mathematical language spoken by intelligent machines. AIQ will teach listeners that language - but in an unconventional way, anchored in stories rather than mathematics.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good to begin with, not enough information about AI
- By RealTruth on 06-29-18
By: Nick Polson, and others
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Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach
- The Application in Healthcare, Industry and More: The Fascinating Topic of Machine Learning and Prediction Machines: The Complexity Explained for Beginners
- By: Chris Baker
- Narrated by: Russell Archey
- Length: 3 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 6
Artificial intelligence is certainly a blessing at this point, but the reality that it may become a curse is not lost on some people. Understanding the full implications of AI requires a deep knowledge of what it is and where it came from. For companies and businesses to take advantage of AI-powered and improved interactions, the conversation has to begin inside the organization. Leaders are supposed to start with the available channels and improve their smartness.
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5 out of 5 stars
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SUGGESTED!
- By Alisa Burn on 08-19-19
By: Chris Baker
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The Pragmatic Programmer: 20th Anniversary Edition, 2nd Edition
- Your Journey to Mastery
- By: David Thomas, Andrew Hunt
- Narrated by: Anna Katarina
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,371
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,126
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,108
Dave Thomas and Andy Hunt wrote the first edition of this influential book in 1999 to help their clients create better software and rediscover the joy of coding. These lessons have helped a generation of programmers examine the very essence of software development. Now, 20 years later, this new edition re-examines what it means to be a modern programmer. Topics range from personal responsibility and career development to architectural techniques for keeping your code flexible and easy to adapt and reuse.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Exquisitely narrated. Not a great text.
- By Phil on 05-26-20
By: David Thomas, and others
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Machine Learning in Python: Hands on Machine Learning with Python Tools, Concepts and Techniques
- By: Bob Mather
- Narrated by: Russell Newton
- Length: 3 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 6
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