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The AI con : how to fight big tech's hype and create the future we want / by Bender, Emily M.,1973-author.; Hanna, Alex,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Is artificial intelligence going to take over the world? Have big tech scientists created an artificial life-form that can think on its own? Is it going to put authors, artists, and others out of business? Are we about to enter an age where computers are better than humans at everything? The answer to these questions, linguist Emily M. Bender and sociologist Alex Hanna make clear, is "no," "they wish," "LOL," and "definitely not." This kind of thinking is a symptom of a phenomenon known as "AI hype." Hype looks and smells fishy: It twists words and helps the rich get richer by justifying data theft, motivating surveillance capitalism, and devaluing human creativity in order to replace meaningful work with jobs that treat people like machines. In The AI Con, Bender and Hanna offer a sharp, witty, and wide-ranging take-down of AI hype across its many forms. Bender and Hanna show you how to spot AI hype, how to deconstruct it, and how to expose the power grabs it aims to hide. Armed with these tools, you will be prepared to push back against AI hype at work, as a consumer in the marketplace, as a skeptical newsreader, and as a citizen holding policymakers to account. Together, Bender and Hanna expose AI hype for what it is: a mask for Big Tech's drive for profit, with little concern for who it affects"--
Subjects: Artificial intelligence; Critical thinking.; Technological innovations; Artificial intelligence; Technological innovations;
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Future boy : Back to the Future and my journey through the space-time continuum / by Fox, Michael J.,1961-author.; Fortenberry, Nelle,author.;
"A poignant, heartfelt, and funny memoir about how, in 1985, Michael J. Fox brought to life two iconic roles simultaneously -- Alex P. Keaton in Family Ties and Marty McFly in Back to the Future"--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Fox, Michael J., 1961-; Back to the future (Motion picture); Family ties (Television program); Actors; Actors;
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Before you split : find what you really want for the future of your marriage / by Nieuwhof, Toni,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."What options do you have if your marriage is troubled? A family law mediator and former divorce attorney defends the benefits of staying together in an age when separation and divorce are the norm"--
Subjects: Marriage.; Divorce.; Marriage counseling.; Couples;
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Future Boy Back to the Future and My Journey Through the Space-Time Continuum [electronic resource] : by Fox, Michael J..aut; Fortenberry, Nelle.aut; CloudLibrary;
A poignant, heartfelt, and funny memoir about how, in 1985, Michael J. Fox brought to life two iconic roles simultaneously—Alex P. Keaton in Family Ties and Marty McFly in Back to the Future. An amazing true story as only Michael J. Fox can tell it In early 1985, Michael J. Fox was one of the biggest stars on television. His world was about to get even bigger, but only if he could survive the kind of double duty unheard of in Hollywood. Fox’s days were already dedicated to rehearsing and taping the hit sitcom Family Ties, but then the chance of a lifetime came his way. Soon, he committed his nights to a new time-travel adventure film being directed by Robert Zemeckis and produced by Steven Spielberg—Back to the Future. Sitcom during the day, movie at night—day after day, for months. Fox’s nightly commute from a soundstage at Paramount to the back lot at Universal Studios, from one dream job to another, would become his own space-time continuum. It was in this time portal that Alex P. Keaton handed the baton to Marty McFly while Michael J. Fox tried to catch a few minutes of sleep. Alex’s bravado, Marty’s flair, and Fox’s comedic virtuosity all swirled together to create something truly special. In Future Boy, Fox tells the remarkable story of playing two landmark roles at the same time—a slice of entertainment history that’s never been told. Using new interviews with the cast and crew of both projects, the result is a vividly drawn and eye-opening story of creative achievement by a beloved icon.General adult.
Subjects: Electronic books.; History & Criticism; Entertainment & Performing Arts;
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The second coming : sex and the next generation's fight over its future / by Sherman, Carter,author.;
An investigative and critical look at how the post-Roe era is reshaping young adults' sexual experiences, politics, and relationships, drawn from interviews and cultural commentary.
Subjects: Internet; Reproductive rights; Sex customs; Sex in popular culture.; Sex; Social change; Young adults;
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The next age of uncertainty : how the world can adapt to a riskier future / by Poloz, Stephen S.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.From the former Governor of the Bank of Canada comes a far-seeing guide to the powerful economic forces that will shape the decades ahead. Filled with takeaways for employers, investors, and policymakers, as well as families discussing jobs and mortgage renewals around the kitchen table, 'The Next Age of Uncertainty' is an indispensable guide for those navigating the fault lines of the risky world ahead. Stephen Poloz lives in Toronto, ON.
Subjects: Business cycles.; Economic history.; Financial crises.; Investments.; Uncertainty.;
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Future me saves the world (and ruins my life) / by Cypess, Leah.; Molebash, Wes.;
Ethan Koslov wants to be an ordinary kid, but his future adult self has shown up, demanding that he save the world by preventing his fourth-grade class from making their substitute teacher so miserable that her future self becomes an evil dictator and starts a war.Ages 8-12.
Subjects: Time-travel fiction.; School fiction.; Science fiction.; Humorous fiction.; Time travel; Substitute teachers; Middle schools; Friendship;
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Red pockets : a tale of inheritance, ghosts, and the future / by Mah, Alice,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."A poignant personal narrative about family, cultural history, and ecology, and a quest to understand what we owe our ancestors and our descendants from an unforgettable new voice. "Part of me knew what the hungry ghosts wanted all along, what they still want. It is not vengeance. No, they want something else, but we refuse to listen. They want us to face up to our broken obligations." Every spring during the Qingming Festival, people return to their home villages in China to sweep the tombs of their ancestors. They make offerings of food and incense to prevent their ancestors from becoming hungry ghosts that could cause misfortune, illnesses and crop failures. Yet for the past century, the tombs of many overseas Chinese have been left unattended because of the ruptures of war and revolution. Following a record year of wildfires, Alice Mah returns to her family's rice village in South China, ninety years after her grandfather's last visit and fifty years after her last relative died in the village. While she finds clan members who still remember her family, there are no tombs left to sweep. Instead, there are incalculable clan debts to be paid. In Red Pockets, Mah chronicles her journey from the rice villages of South China to her home in post-industrial England, through the Chinatowns of Western Canada where she grew up, to the isles and industry of Scotland where she now lives. As years pass and fires rage on, she becomes increasingly troubled by her ancestors' neglected graves. Her research on pollution gives way to growing eco-anxiety, culminating in a crisis of spiritual belief. A haunting blend of memoir, cultural history and environmental exploration, Red Pockets confronts the hungry ghosts of our neglected ancestors, while searching for an acceptable offering. What do we owe to past and future generations? What do we owe to the places that we inhabit?"--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Mah, Alice.; Mah, Alice; Mah, Alice; Chinese diaspora.; Chinese; Chinese; Intergenerational relations.; Chinese Canadians; Chinese Canadians;
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Apocalypse : how catastrophe transformed our world and can forge new futures / by Wade, Lizzie,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A new view on the human tradition of apocalypse, from the rise of Homo sapiens to the climate instability of our present, and a look at how the new tools of archaeology reveal these upheavals as moments that created the world we live in, and continue to offer surprising opportunities for radical change"--
Subjects: Archaeology and history.; Catastrophical, The.; Civilization, Modern.; Future, The.; Human beings; Human beings; Human ecology.;
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On democracies and death cults : Israel and the future of civilization / by Murray, Douglas,1979-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."A British journalist explains how no less than the future of the Western World is at stake in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict"--
Subjects: Arab-Israeli conflict; October 7 Hamas Attack, Israel, 2023.;
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