Ideas That Created the Future

Ideas That Created the Future
Author: Harry R. Lewis
Publisher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 518
Release: 2021-02-02
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 026236221X

Classic papers by thinkers ranging from from Aristotle and Leibniz to Norbert Wiener and Gordon Moore that chart the evolution of computer science. Ideas That Created the Future collects forty-six classic papers in computer science that map the evolution of the field. It covers all aspects of computer science: theory and practice, architectures and algorithms, and logic and software systems, with an emphasis on the period of 1936-1980 but also including important early work. Offering papers by thinkers ranging from Aristotle and Leibniz to Alan Turing and Nobert Wiener, the book documents the discoveries and inventions that created today's digital world. Each paper is accompanied by a brief essay by Harry Lewis, the volume's editor, offering historical and intellectual context.

Communication Yearbook 3

Communication Yearbook 3
Author: Dan Nimmo
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Total Pages: 730
Release: 1979-01-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9781412844840

Islands in the Cyberstream

Islands in the Cyberstream
Author: Joseph Weizenbaum
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015
Genre: Computer scientists
ISBN: 9781634000000

"Extended interview with Joseph Weizenbaum about the role of computing in society"--

Knowledge Science, Engineering and Management

Knowledge Science, Engineering and Management
Author: Christos Douligeris
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 447
Release: 2019-08-21
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 303029563X

This two-volume set of LNAI 11775 and LNAI 11776 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Knowledge Science, Engineering and Management, KSEM 2019, held in Athens, Greece, in August 2019. The 77 revised full papers and 23 short papers presented together with 10 poster papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 240 submissions. The papers of the first volume are organized in the following topical sections: Formal Reasoning and Ontologies; Recommendation Algorithms and Systems; Social Knowledge Analysis and Management ; Data Processing and Data Mining; Image and Video Data Analysis; Deep Learning; Knowledge Graph and Knowledge Management; Machine Learning; and Knowledge Engineering Applications. The papers of the second volume are organized in the following topical sections: Probabilistic Models and Applications; Text Mining and Document Analysis; Knowledge Theories and Models; and Network Knowledge Representation and Learning.

Are You a Machine?

Are You a Machine?
Author: Eliezer J. Sternberg
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2023-12-05
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1493081829

Right now, someone in an artificial intelligence lab is fusing silicon circuitry in an attempt to engineer the human mind. In a hospital, a neurosurgeon is attempting to influence a patient's emotions by firing electrical impulses into his brain. In a classroom, a teacher is explaining how neurons in the brain interact to generate thoughts, feelings, and decisions. The question of where consciousness comes from and how it works is likely the greatest mystery we face. Despite progress in our knowledge of the brain, we still don't know how it allows us to do things like enjoy a sunset, solve a math problem, or use our imagination. For those of us who have ever thought about issues of the mind or free will, these developments pose provocative questions. What would happen if those mysterious processes could be understood? Would a scientist be able to know everything about our minds just from studying the systems in our brains? Could he predict how we will think and act? After all, the brain is an organ just like the heart or stomach, and scientists can figure out when the heart will beat and when the stomach will release bile. If such a thing could be accomplished, would that make me a machine? There are those who approach this question from a technological perspective. Someday, an engineer might be able to build a robot with my memories, opinions, and behavior. Would that make me a machine? This concise, lucid primer on neuroscience and philosophy of mind takes the reader to the very depths of the mystery of consciousness, exploring it through the eyes of key philosophers, neuroscientists, and technologists. Avoiding jargon and oversimplification, author Eliezer J. Sternberg illuminates baffling questions of the brain, mind, and what it means to be human.

Advanced Information Networking and Applications

Advanced Information Networking and Applications
Author: Leonard Barolli
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 728
Release: 2022-03-30
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3030995879

This book covers the theory, design and applications of computer networks, distributed computing and information systems. Networks of today are going through a rapid evolution, and there are many emerging areas of information networking and their applications. Heterogeneous networking supported by recent technological advances in low-power wireless communications along with silicon integration of various functionalities such as sensing, communications, intelligence and actuations is emerging as a critically important disruptive computer class based on a new platform, networking structure and interface that enable novel, low-cost and high-volume applications. Several of such applications have been difficult to realize because of many interconnections problems. To fulfill their large range of applications, different kinds of networks need to collaborate, and wired and next generation wireless systems should be integrated in order to develop high-performance computing solutions to problems arising from the complexities of these networks. The aim of the book “Advanced Information Networking and Applications” is to provide the latest research findings, innovative research results, methods and development techniques from both theoretical and practical perspectives related to the emerging areas of information networking and applications.

Conversational Artificial Intelligence

Conversational Artificial Intelligence
Author: Romil Rawat
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 804
Release: 2024-01-30
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1394200781

This book reviews present state-of-the-art research related to the security of cloud computing including developments in conversational AI applications. It is particularly suited for those that bridge the academic world and industry, allowing readers to understand the security concerns in advanced security solutions for conversational AI in the cloud platform domain by reviewing present and evolving security solutions, their limitations, and future research directions. Conversational AI combines natural language processing (NLP) with traditional software like chatbots, voice assistants, or an interactive voice recognition system to help customers through either a spoken or typed interface. Conversational chatbots that respond to questions promptly and accurately to help customers are a fascinating development since they make the customer service industry somewhat self-sufficient. A well-automated chatbot can decimate staffing needs, but creating one is a time-consuming process. Voice recognition technologies are becoming more critical as AI assistants like Alexa become more popular. Chatbots in the corporate world have advanced technical connections with clients thanks to improvements in artificial intelligence. However, these chatbots’ increased access to sensitive information has raised serious security concerns. Threats are one-time events such as malware and DDOS (Distributed Denial of Service) assaults. Targeted strikes on companies are familiar and frequently lock workers out. User privacy violations are becoming more common, emphasizing the dangers of employing chatbots. Vulnerabilities are systemic problems that enable thieves to break in. Vulnerabilities allow threats to enter the system, hence they are inextricably linked. Malicious chatbots are widely used to spam and advertise in chat rooms by imitating human behavior and discussions, or to trick individuals into disclosing personal information like bank account details.