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In an era of rapid technological disruption, The AI Leverage is a transformative guide for navigating change with clarity, confidence, and conviction. Blending personal storytelling with practical strategies like the revolutionary 360 Character Rule, this book empowers readers to uncover their purpose, build lasting resilience, and pursue  success

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Will technology change what it means to be human?You don t have to be a computer scientist to have discerning conversations about artificial intelligence and technology. We all wonder where we re headed. Even now, technological innovations and machine learning have a daily impact on our lives, and many of us see good reasons to dread the future. Are we doomed to the surveillance society imagined in George Orwell s 1984?Mathematician and philosopher John Lennox believes that there are credible responses to the daunting questions that AI poses, and he shows that Christianity has some very serious, sensible, evidence-based things to say about the nature of our quest for superintelligence.This newly updated and expanded edition of 2084 will introduce you to a kaleidoscope of ideas:Key recent developments in technological enhancement, bioengineering, and, in particular, artificial intelligence.Consideration of the nature of AI systems with insights from neuroscience.The way AI is changing how we communicate, implications for medicine, manufacturing and the military, its use in advertising and automobiles, and education and the future of work.How data is used today for surveillance, thought control.The rise of virtual reality and the metaverse.The transhumanist agenda and longtermism.The agreements and disagreements that scientists and experts have about the future of AI.The urgent need for regulation and control in light of the development of large language transformers like CHATGPT.Key insights from Scripture about the nature of human beings, the soul, our moral sense, our future, and what separates us from machines. In straight-forward, accessible language, you will get a better understanding of the current capacity of AI, its potential benefits and dangers, the facts and the fiction, as well as possible future implications.Since the questions posed by AI, daunting as they might be, affect most of us, they demand answers. 2084 and the AI Revolution, Updated and Expanded Edition has been written to challenge and ignite the curiosity of all readers. Whatever your worldview, Lennox provides clear information and credible answers that will bring you real hope for the future of humanity.

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AI is about to transform medicine. Here s what you need to know right now. The development of AI is as fundamental as the creation of the personal computer. It will change the way people work, learn, and communicate--and transform healthcare. But it must be managed carefully to ensure its benefits outweigh the risks. I m encouraged to see this early exploration of the opportunities and responsibilities of AI in medicine. --Bill Gates Just months ago, millions of people were stunned by ChatGPT s amazing abilities -- and its bizarre hallucinations. But that was 2022. GPT-4 is now here: smarter, more accurate, with deeper technical knowledge. GPT-4 and its competitors and followers are on the verge of transforming medicine. But with lives on the line, you need to understand these technologies -- stat. What can they do? What can t they do -- yet? What shouldn t they ever do? To decide, experience the cutting edge for yourself. Join three insiders who ve had months of early access to GPT-4 as they reveal its momentous potential -- to improve diagnoses, summarize patient visits, streamline processes, accelerate research, and much more. You ll see real GPT-4 dialogues -- unrehearsed and unfiltered, brilliant and blundering alike -- all annotated with invaluable context, candid commentary, real risk insights, and up-to-the-minute takeaways. Preview a day in the life of a doctor with a true AI assistant. See how AI can enhance doctor-patient encounters at the bedside and beyond. Learn how modern AI works, why it can fail, and how it can be tested to earn trust. Empower patients: improve access and equity, fill gaps in care, and support behavior change. Ask better questions and get better answers with prompt engineering. Leverage AI to cut waste, uncover fraud, streamline reimbursement, and lower costs. Optimize clinical trials and accelerate cures with AI as a research collaborator. Find the right guardrails and gain crucial insights for regulators and policymakers. Sketch possible futures: What dreams may come next? There has never been technology like this. Whether you re a physician, patient, healthcare leader, payer, policymaker, or investor, AI will profoundly impact you -- and it might make the difference between life or death. Be informed, be ready, and take charge -- with this book.

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The blizzard of excitement, misinformation and pure hype around AI has driven many of us to want an honest guide. If, like me, you⠙re one of those many, you need to read this book BRIAN ENOIs AI going to take over the world? Have scientists created an artificial lifeform that can think on its own? Is it going to replace all our jobs? Are we about to enter an age where computers are better than humans at everything?The answers to these questions, as the expert authors of The AI Con make clear, are no , they wish , LOL , and definitely not . In fact, these fears are all symptoms of the hype being used by tech corporations to justify data theft, motivate surveillance capitalism, and devalue human creativity.Packed with real-world examples, pithy arguments and expert insights, The AI Con arms you to spot AI hype in all its guises, expose the exploitation and power-grabs it aims to hide, and push back against it at work and in your daily life.⠘A book to inoculate your mind against Big Tech⠙s AI utopian hype⠙ Yanis Varoufakis⠘Hanna and Bender provide the clearest picture yet of what AI is, what it is not, and why none of us need to accept it⠙ Timnit Gebru⠘A powerful antidote. The authors show that these technologies will serve to deepen existing inequalities, and further enshittify life and work for the vast majority of people⠙ Grace Blakeley⠘Truly eye-opening. An indispensable ⠜field manual⠝ for those who want to fight for a more humane economy and a better society⠙ Ha-Joon Chang⠘Fascinating and thought-provoking⠙ Johann Hari⠘A must-read⠙ Aleks Krotoski

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Join a group of four kid detectives and help them find out about STEM while developing problem solving, observation and deduction, and investigating skills.Our four detectives, Farah, Amelia, Mohammad and Sam, have entered an inter-school quiz competition. They need to study and prepare if they want to win. They meet the new librarian, who they soon find out is a robot powered by Artificial Intelligence! But something is wrong with her code...Join the detectives as they learn how AI works. With the help of the school s IT technician, they ll soon figure out how to fix the librarian s code.Featured interactive elements: - Spot the glitch in the AI s neural network - Spot the bug in the AI s code and correct it - Gather crucial information from fact panels about how AI worksThrough interactive adventures that combine facts, brain-teasing puzzles and lively illustrations, the books impart STEM knowledge in an original way to inspire a love of the subject. The story in each book will have the reader solving puzzles, finding clues, cracking secret codes and uncovering mysteries.Perfect for aspiring detectives aged 7+.

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Have you heard about artificial intelligence (AI) and big data but felt they are technologies too big or too complicated for you or your business? Do you imagine AI as a Hollywood science fiction stereotype or something in the far and distant future?Take heart. AI is none of those things. It’s part of our everyday lives, and it has the power to transform your business. This book will put AI, big data, the cloud, robotics, and smart devices in context. It will reveal how these technologies can dramatically multiply any businesses—including yours—by strategically using your data’s latent, transformative potential. Noted business leader, data consultant, and Columbia professor Asha Saxena has distilled her twenty-seven years of experience teaching Fortune 500 leaders in this powerful and insightful book. In The AI Factor, business leaders will learn how to understand the data they already have and how to use it innovatively to grow their businesses using Saxena’s unique methodology.

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A practical, hands-on guide to navigating deepfake technology and reducing the risks it poses to your business In Behind the AI Mask: Protecting Your Business From Deepfakes, technologist and founder of viral platform, Myster Giraffe, Carl Bogan, explains the dangers, benefits, and potential of deepfake technology. He walks you through how to stay ahead of the risks that businesses face from maliciously deployed deepfake technology, showing you exactly how the tech has evolved and the practical steps you need to take to detect deepfakes in real time and catch scammers in the act. You ll find practical strategies that will save your company time and money and protect against long-lasting reputational harms. You ll also discover early detection strategies that stop incidents before they even begin. Inside the book: The future of artificial intelligence and deepfake tech â ” learn what s coming next in AI innovationTechniques for embracing AI technology without running afoul of the pitfalls that come along with itStraightforward and accurate explainers of what exactly deepfakes are, how they re used (both legitimately and maliciously), and how they can harm your company An essential and timely resource for managers, executives, and business leaders, Behind the AI Mask is a must-read for everyone worried about the reputational and financial risks posed by deepfakes and those looking for tangible, practical ways to mitigate those risks.

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Extraordinary innovations in technology promise to transform the world, but how realistic is the claim that AI will change our lives? In this much needed book the acclaimed economist Roger Bootle responds to the fascinating economic questions posed by the age of the robot, steering a path away from tech jargon and alarmism towards a rational explanation of the ways in which the AI revolution will affect us all. Tackling the implications of Artificial Intelligence on growth, productivity, inflation and the distribution of wealth and power, THE AI ECONOMY also examines coming changes to the the way we educate, work and spend our leisure time.A fundamentally optimistic view which will help you plan for changing times, this book explains AI and leads you towards a more certain future.

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WITH A NEW FOREWORD AND REVISED INTRODUCTION A superb biography ... full of compassion, perception Roger Lewis, The Times I love this book. Douglas Murray is a genius Rupert EverettLord Alfred Douglas, known as Bosie , son of the Marquess of Queensberry, was known as one of the most beautiful young men of his generation. Aged twenty-one he met and became the lover and subsequent obsession of Oscar Wilde.Their relationship caused a scandal in 1895 when Wilde took Queensberry, Douglas s aggressive father, to court for libel. When the details of their relationship were aired in court, Wilde was convicted of gross indecency and later imprisoned.Wilde s story is well known, but this is the first book to tell it fully from Douglas s perspective. Written, and originally published in 2000, with access to never-before-seen papers , Bosie explores the contradictions, tensions and turmoils of Douglas s life with Wilde and beyond as a poet, husband and father.This compelling biography uncovers the life of one of the most notorious figures in literary history, and its course from gilded beautiful youth to semi-reclusive outcast, at the time of Douglas s death in 1945.

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With the introduction of the EU AI Act, companies employing AI systems face a new set of comprehensive and stringent regulations. Dr. Larysa Visengeriyeva offers a much-needed guide for navigating these unfamiliar regulatory waters to help you meet compliance challenges with confidence.

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The answers to these questions, as the expert authors of The AI Con make clear, are no , they wish , LOL , and definitely not . In fact, these fears are all symptoms of the hype being used by tech corporations to justify data theft, motivate surveillance capitalism, and devalue human creativity so they can replace meaningful work with jobs that treat people like machines. Meanwhile, across healthcare, education, media, government and law-enforcement, â ˜AIâ ™ products are already being introduced that are unreliable, ineffective, unjust and dangerous.

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The bestselling true story and inspiration behind the hit Netflix show, looking at how one underfunded FBI team became the first to explore the dark world of serial killers. John Douglas knows more about serial killers than anybody in the world Jonathan Demme, director of The Silence of the Lambs John Douglas is a former FBI Special Agent and expert in criminal profiling and behavioural science. He made a career of looking evil in the eye - and understanding it. No wonder that he was the inspiration for Special Agent Jack Crawford in The Silence of the Lambs, as well as the film s consultant on the reality of serial killers. Now in Mindhunter, Dougals explains how he invented and established the practice of criminal profiling, submerging himself in the world of serial killers in a quest to understand why they killed, and to help prevent more innocent lives from being ended by future killers. Taking us on the journey of his serial crime unit developing from a derided two-bit operation in a dingy officer to one of the FBI s elite task forces, Douglas discusses some of the most terrible crimes of the age, including those of Jeffrey Dahmer, Charles Manson, Ted Bundy and the Atlanta child murderer. With the fierce page-turning power of a bestselling novel, yet terrifyingly true, Mindhunter is a true crime classic. Praise for Mindhunter: â ˜John Douglas is the FBIâ ™s pioneer and the master of investigative profilingâ ™ Patricia Cornwell, bestselling crime writer A frightening look inside the mind of the depraved JOE s 100 books to read before you die A cracker of a book Esquireâ ˜A must read if you are interested in crime and particularly the criminal mindset.â ™ ***** Reader reviewâ ˜A real-life page-turnerâ ™ ***** Reader reviewâ ˜Had me hooked from start to finishâ ™ ***** Reader reviewâ ˜A brilliant insight into serial killers and criminals, I just couldn t put it down!â ™ ***** Reader review

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Delve into chilling true crime cases with the legendary FBI criminal profiler and bestselling authors of Mindhunter, now a major Netflix drama. â ˜John Douglas knows more about serial killers than anybody in the worldâ ™ Jonathan Demme, Director of The Silence of the Lambs John Douglas is the world s top pioneer and expert on criminal profiling. His lifelong work to understand and combat serial killers is legendary among law enforcement circles. Now, following up on his first book, Mindhunter, Douglas delves further into the criminal mind in a range of chilling new cases. Famously the inspiration for Special Agent Jack Crawford in The Silence of the Lambs, Douglas reveals the fascinating circumstance of each crime in detail as he explores the larger issues, from crime prevention and rehabilitation to the reasons behind escalating violence in society. Profiling suspects from OJ Simpson to the Unabomber, Journey Into Darkness explores the crimes of the century â “ as well as cases you ve never heard of â “ with the peerless eye of one of the FBI s finest. Written with a unique insight into the criminal mind, this is a must-read for all true crime fans. Praise for Journey into Darkness and Mindhunter:â ˜John Dougals is the FBIâ ™s pioneer and the master of investigative profilingâ ™ Patricia Cornwell, bestselling crime writerâ ˜Chilling, well-written and very informativeâ ¦provides a wonderful sense of the kind of very clever work done by criminal profilersâ ™ ***** Reader reviewâ ˜A real-life page-turnerâ ™ ***** Reader review â ˜A must read if you are interested in crime and particularly the criminal mindset.â ™ ***** Reader reviewâ ˜Had me hookedâ ™ ***** Reader reviewâ ˜A brilliant insight into serial killers and criminals, I just couldn t put it down!â ™ ***** Reader review

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Meet Hugless Douglas, the big bear with the big heart.Hugless Douglas loves to play hide-and-seek, but he s so big he can NEVER find a good enough hiding place! Luckily, he joins Little Sheep s team, and the pair plan to be the best seekers ever. But when it comes to the big game, Douglas and Sheep get a little bit more lost than they originally planned . . . Part of the hugely popular series, with over 1.6 million copies sold in 30 languages!Are you ready to join Hugless Douglas and friends on more adventures . . .?

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AI Life is your new go-to guide to demystifying the tools and tricks that quietly shape modern life. We⠙re not here to overwhelm you with technical jargon or predict robot uprisings. Instead, we show you exactly how Artificial Intelligence (AI) already works in your world⠔and how to make it work better for you. Brought to you by AI experts with real-world experience, this first issue maps the AI landscape from your kitchen to your workplace, and hands you practical activities to try today. We test the tools, decode the hype, and translate complex concepts into weekend projects you⠙ll actually want to tackle. Think less ⠝science fiction⠝, more ⠝supercharged life hacks⠝. Every article delivers something you can use immediately, whether you⠙re a student cramming for exams, a professional drowning in emails, or a retiree exploring new hobbies. Covers topics including:What is AI?Smart homes ⠓ see how AI quietly powers the home assistants, appliances, and systems you already use. Voice assistants ⠓ make Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant work for you. Smart photography ⠓ learn how AI makes your photos look professional. Generative AI: ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity (includes real projects you can complete in 15-30 minutes). AI at work ⠓ supercharge your emails and meetings (includes a project). AI for family ⠓ meal planning, shared calendars, co-parenting tools, and more (includes a project). AI for students ⠓ how students use AI, and the fine line between help and dishonesty (includes a project). AI for seniors ⠓ tools for independence and companionship (includes a project). AI myths ⠓ exploring and debunking the major myths surrounding AI. Let⠙s make AI work for us, not the other way around. This isn⠙t about replacing human creativity or judgment⠔it⠙s about amplifying what you already do well and reclaiming time for what matters most.

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FOREWORD BY BRAD SMITH, VICE CHAIR AND PRESIDENT OF MICROSOFTDiscover how AI leaders and researchers are using AI to transform the world for the better In AI for Good: Applications in Sustainability, Humanitarian Action, and Health, a team of veteran Microsoft AI researchers delivers an insightful and fascinating discussion of how one of the world s most recognizable software companies is tackling intractable social problems with the power of artificial intelligence (AI). In the book, youâ ™ll see real in-the-field examples of researchers using AI with replicable methods and reusable AI code to inspire your own uses. The authors also provide: Easy-to-follow, non-technical explanations of what AI is and how it worksExamples of the use of AI for scientists working on mitigating climate change, showing how AI can better analyze data without human bias, remedy pattern recognition deficits, and make use of satellite and other data on a scale never seen before so policy makers can make informed decisionsReal applications of AI in humanitarian action, whether in speeding disaster relief with more accurate data for first responders or in helping address populations that have experienced adversity with examples of how analytics is being used to promote inclusivityA deep focus on AI in healthcare where it is improving provider productivity and patient experience, reducing per-capita healthcare costs, and increasing care access, equity, and outcomesDiscussions of the future of AI in the realm of social benefit organizations and efforts Beyond the work of the authors, contributors, and researchers highlighted in the book, AI For Good begins with a foreword from Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith. There, Smith details the Microsoft rationale behind the creation of and continued investment in the AI for Good Lab. The vision is one of hope with AI saving lives in disasters, improving health care globally, and Microsoft s mission to make sure AI s benefits are available to all. An essential guide to impactful social change with artificial intelligence, AI for Good is a must-read resource for technical and non-technical professionals interested in AIâ ™s social potential, as well as policymakers, regulators, NGO professionals, and non-profit volunteers.

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Since the days of conquistador Hernán Cortés, rumours have circulated about a lost city of immense wealth hidden deep in the Honduran interior. Indigenous tribes speak of ancestors who fled there to escape the Spanish invaders, and warn the legendary city is cursed: to enter it is a death sentence. They call it the Lost City of the Monkey God. In 1940, swashbuckling journalist Theodore Morde returned from the rainforest with hundreds of artefacts and an electrifying story of having found the City ⠓ but then committed suicide without revealing its location. Three quarters of a century later, bestselling author Doug Preston joined a team of scientists on a groundbreaking new quest. In 2012 he climbed aboard a single-engine plane carrying a highly advanced, classified technology that could map the terrain under the densest rainforest canopy. In an unexplored valley ringed by steep mountains, that flight revealed the unmistakable image of a sprawling metropolis, tantalizing evidence of not just an undiscovered city but a lost civilization. To confirm the discovery, Preston and the team battled torrential rains, quickmud, plagues of insects, jaguars, and deadly snakes. They emerged from the jungle with proof of the legend... and the curse. They had contracted a horrifying, incurable and sometimes lethal disease. Suspenseful and shocking, filled with history, adventure and dramatic twists of fortune, The Lost City of the Monkey God is the absolutely true, eyewitness account of one of the great discoveries of the twenty-first century.

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The daughter who nobody wanted learns the truth about the mother she never knew. A page-turning, heart-breaking mystery full of surprises ... this is a classic whodunit (Scotsman).Cal McGill is a unique investigator and oceanographer who uses his expertise to locate things - and sometimes people - lost or missing at sea.His expertise could unravel the haunting mystery of why, twenty-six years ago on a remote Scottish beach, Megan Bates strode out into the cold ocean and let the waves wash her away.Megan s daughter, Violet Wells, was abandoned as a baby on the steps of a local hospital just hours before the mother she never knew took her own life.As McGill is drawn into Violet s search for the truth, he encounters a coastal community divided by obsession and grief, and united only by a conviction that its secrets should stay buried...Praise for The Woman Who Walked into the Sea: An always entertaining and gripping mystery ... Infinitely better written than the majority of its competitors Herald A classic whodunit. A mystery from the school of Ruth Rendell, and I can t imagine anyone who likes those not delighting in this Scotsman Cal McGill is a triumph ... a wonderfully unique creation crimefictionlover.com Simply intoxicating Library JournalPraise for The Sea Detective: Raises the bar for Scottish crime fiction ... elegantly written and compelling Scotsman Promises to be a fine series of detective novels Sunday Times Crime Book of the Month Excellent Literary Review - top five crime books of the year A compelling protagonist The Times Literary Supplement

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A Fortune magazine journalist draws on his expertise and extensive contacts among the companies and scientists at the forefront of artificial intelligence to offer dramatic predictions of AI’s impact over the next decade, from reshaping our economy and the way we work, learn, and create to unknitting our social fabric, jeopardizing our democracy, and fundamentally altering the way we think.Within the next five years, Jeremy Kahn predicts, AI will disrupt almost every industry and enterprise, with vastly increased efficiency and productivity. It will restructure the workforce, making AI copilots a must for every knowledge worker. It will revamp education, meaning children around the world can have personal, portable tutors. It will revolutionize health care, making individualized, targeted pharmaceuticals more affordable. It will compel us to reimagine how we make art, compose music, and write and publish books. The potential of generative AI to extend our skills, talents, and creativity as humans is undeniably exciting and promising. But while this new technology has a bright future, it also casts a dark and fearful shadow. AI will provoke pervasive, disruptive, potentially devastating knock-on effects. Leveraging his unrivaled access to the leaders, scientists, futurists, and others who are making AI a reality, Kahn will argue that if not carefully designed and vigilantly regulated AI will deepen income inequality, depressing wages while imposing winner-take-all markets across much of the economy. AI risks undermining democracy, as truth is overtaken by misinformation, racial bias, and harmful stereotypes. Continuing a process begun by the internet, AI will rewire our brains, likely inhibiting our ability to think critically, to remember, and even to get along with one another—unless we all take decisive action to prevent this from happening. Much as Michael Lewis’s classic The New New Thing offered a prescient, insightful, and eminently readable account of life inside the dot-com bubble, Mastering AI delivers much-needed guidance for anyone eager to understand the AI boom—and what comes next.

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See how an AI assistant can bring your ideas to life immediately! Once, to be a programmer you had to write every line of code yourself. Now tools like GitHub Copilot can instantly generate working programs based on your description in plain English. An instant bestseller, Learn AI-Assisted Python Programming has taught thousands of aspiring programmers how to write Python the easy wayâ ”with the help of AI. It s perfect for beginners, or anyone who s struggled with the steep learning curve of traditional programming. In Learn AI-Assisted Python Programming, Second Edition you ll learn how to: Write fun and useful Python applicationsâ ”no programming experience required! Use the GitHub Copilot AI coding assistant to create Python programs Write prompts that tell Copilot exactly what to do Read Python code and understand what it does Test your programs to make sure they work the way you want them to Fix code with prompt engineering or human tweaks Apply Python creatively to help out on the job AI moves fast, and so the new edition of Learn AI-Assisted Python Programming, Second Edition is fully updated to take advantage of the latest models and AI coding tools. Written by two esteemed computer science university professors, it teaches you everything you need to start programming Python in an AI-first world. You ll learn skills you can use to create working apps for data analysis, automating tedious tasks, and even video games. Plus, in this new edition, you ll find groundbreaking techniques for breaking down big software projects into smaller tasks AI can easily achieve. About the technology: The way people write computer programs has changed forever. Using GitHub Copilot, you describe in plain English what you want your program to do, and the AI generates it instantly.

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Five years ago, Eli Glinn led a mission ro recover a 25,000-ton meteorite - the largest ever discovered - from a remote island off the coast of South America. It ended in disaster when their ship foundered and broke apart in a vicious storm. But now, two miles down in dark Antarctic waters, something is growing. A vast, grotesque structure is simultaneously reaching up towards the waves and burrowing deep into the sea floor. Eli Glinn s worst fear has been realised. He has no choice but to return to the Southern Ocean and attempt to annihilate an entity that threatens the existence of the planet. But, as he will discover, the entity has no intention of going quietly.

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Businesses that want to stay competitive know that AI has become a crucial technology—and so do their employees looking to grow their careers. Earning Microsoft s AI-900: Azure AI Fundamentals certification proves your proficiency with foundational AI concepts. This study guide equips you with the knowledge needed to pass the AI-900 exam, whether you re an IT professional, a data analyst, or a student looking to break into the AI field.Packed with clear explanations, real-world examples, exam tips, and practice questions, this comprehensive handbook is your go-to resource for mastering the Azure AI platform and advancing your career. You ll explore key exam topics, including machine learning, computer vision, and generative AI, while gaining practical insights into leveraging Azure s powerful AI tools.

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Mastering the Synergy of Technology and Human Expertise Understanding AI technology is just the beginning. Leaders must understand how to employ power skills to elevate how humans interact⠔with one another and with AI. Critical thinking, leadership, conflict management, stakeholder engagement and other power skills are essential in all projects. AI-Powered Leadership aims to empower leaders to navigate the complexities of the AI-driven world by developing human competencies and integrating them with AI capabilities, fostering a balanced, innovative, and ethically sound leadership approach that drives sustainable success. It aims to provide a comprehensive framework for leaders to understand and apply the ⠜Both/And⠝ approach in leadership, where leaders don⠙t have to choose between traditional methods and AI-driven innovation but can leverage the strengths of both. The approach of the book is a practical, integrative framework that combines theory with actionable strategies to help leaders navigate the complex dynamics of AI in their organizations. ⠜AI is already here and is making career-altering changes in the way project managers lead their projects. Ignoring it won⠙t make it go away. Simply using it is also not enough. Get and stay ahead of the curve by learning how to best collaborate with AI systems. This book gives you a unique edge⠔it details how you can combine your power skills and powerful knowledge about how AI really works (and doesn⠙t, sometimes) to make the best possible project decisions, improve project success⠔and keep your career moving forward.⠝ ⠔Harold Kerzner, Ph.D

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “The conscience of the AI revolution” (Fortune) explains how we’ve arrived at an era of AI harms and oppression, and what we can do to avoid its pitfalls.“AI is not coming, it’s here. If we answer the beautiful call inside these pages, we can decide who we are going to be and how we’re going to use technology in service of what it means to be fully human.”—Brené Brown, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dare to Lead A LOS ANGELES TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • Shortlisted for the Inc. Non-Obvious Book AwardTo most of us, it seems like recent developments in artificial intelligence emerged out of nowhere to pose unprecedented threats to humankind. But to Dr. Joy Buolamwini, who has been at the forefront of AI research, this moment has been a long time in the making.After tinkering with robotics as a high school student in Memphis and then developing mobile apps in Zambia as a Fulbright fellow, Buolamwini followed her lifelong passion for computer science, engineering, and art to MIT in 2015. As a graduate student at the “Future Factory,” she did groundbreaking research that exposed widespread racial and gender bias in AI services from tech giants across the world.Unmasking AI goes beyond the headlines about existential risks produced by Big Tech. It is the remarkable story of how Buolamwini uncovered what she calls “the coded gaze”—the evidence of encoded discrimination and exclusion in tech products—and how she galvanized the movement to prevent AI harms by founding the Algorithmic Justice League. Applying an intersectional lens to both the tech industry and the research sector, she shows how racism, sexism, colorism, and ableism can overlap and render broad swaths of humanity “excoded” and therefore vulnerable in a world rapidly adopting AI tools. Computers, she reminds us, are reflections of both the aspirations and the limitations of the people who create them.Encouraging experts and non-experts alike to join this fight, Buolamwini writes, “The rising frontier for civil rights will require algorithmic justice. AI should be for the people and by the people, not just the privileged few.”

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An incredibly accessible and well-structured guide that demystifies the use of AI in academia - student reviewCan Generative AI help you study? Absolutely. Ready to learn how? This is the book for you.This practical guide puts a study buddy at your fingertips, showing you how to ethically leverage Generative Artificial Intelligence as a powerful study aid. Exploring a wide spectrum of topics, from demystifying jargon and fostering critical thinking to addressing diversity, inclusion and academic integrity, this book is an essential companion for any student looking to enhance their academic skill set and succeed in their studies. By the end of this book you will:- Become critically literate at using Generative AI- Understand what the ethical use of Generative AI looks like in practice- Learn how to use Generative AI to enhance traditional study methods- Encounter real-life case studies and worked-through examples to put theory into practice- Gain a comprehensive grounding in how to engage with Generative AI ToolsDavid Meechan is a Senior Lecturer in Education and member of the Centre for Active Digital Education (CADE) at the University of Northampton. He is an active member of the AI Special Interest Group within CADE.

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The Hollow Mountain is possibly the best yet - S.G. MacLeanThe Tunnel Tigers were an elite group of construction workers who specialised in a lucrative but hazardous profession – blasting tunnels through mountains and under rivers, in dangerous conditions few men could endure.Alice Larkin, the headstrong daughter of a millionaire and former news reporter, claims her lover, a Tunnel Tiger, died in mysterious circumstances many years ago, and she wants journalist Rebecca Connolly to investigate.Intrigued, Rebecca throws herself into investigating the story, but she soon comes face to face with an old adversary. Family legacies and influential reputations are at stake – and danger is shockingly close to home.

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A fascinating history of how the unfolding drama of each election from 1900 to 2024 has shaped the Labour Party and modern Britain.

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An easy-to-understand picture book explaining AI to young readers, whilst celebrating how amazing human brains really are!Everyone is talking about artificial intelligence - and we all have LOTS of questions. What exactly is it? Why is it such a big deal? Are there any risks? And how is it going to transform our lives?Award-winning author-illustrator Neal Layton is here to explain all there is to know about AI, from the early computers that could only solve sums to the AI programs of today that can recognise human speech and recommend TV shows - and what AI might be able to do in the future. Along the way, readers will learn just how incredible their human brains really are, and what intelligence is all about.This entertaining non-fiction picture book, illustrated in Neal Layton s trademark zany collage style, is perfect for readers aged 6+ who are always asking HOW something works, and for parents wanting to help their kids make sense of a subject that everyone is talking about.

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This collection of three short stories were written in response to students requests to read stories that were contemporary and relevant to their age group. So she began to write, both to entertain and educate, then through discussion develop the topics. Each story highlights the difficult problems young adults can relate to. They portray those, who in the face of sudden and unprecedented events and adversity, become unlikely stoic heroes who persevere to change the way things are.

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From the minds of Douglas Adams (The Hitchhiker s Guide to the Galaxy) and Terry Jones (Monty Python) comes Starship Titanic, the hilarious novelization of the third-best adventure game of 1999.Welcome on board the Starship Titanic.The Ship that Cannot Possibly Go Wrong.At the centre of the galaxy, a vast, unknown civilization is preparing for an event of epic proportions: the launch of the greatest, most gorgeous, most technologically advanced spaceship ever built â “ the Starship Titanic.An Earthling would see the ship as something really, really big, but rather less provincial onlookers would recognize it as the design of Leovinus, the galaxyâ ™s most renowned architect. Before the launch Leovinus is having one last little look round and begins to find that things just arenâ ™t right: poor workmanship, cybersystems out of control, robots walking into doors. How could this have happened?The following morning, while the galaxyâ ™s media looks on, the fabulous ship eases away from the construction dock, picks up speed, sways a little, wobbles a bit, veers wildly and, just before it can do untold damage to everything around it, appears to undergo SMEF (Spontaneous Massive Existence Failure). In just ten seconds, the whole stupendous enterprise is over. And our story has just begun . . .

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Introducing Jonas Flynt. Gambler. Thief. Killer. Man of honour.Longlisted for the McIlvanney Prize 2023 Fast, furious and with a glint of gallows humour, this is high-octane historical fiction Daily Mail Swashbuckling action against a vivid historical backdrop. I loved this book Ian Rankin⠘High adventure meets espionage thriller as Jonas Flynt battles the tide of history and the deadly secrets of his own past⠦⠙ D. V. Bishop, author of City of Vengeance1715. Jonas Flynt, ex-soldier and reluctant member of the Company of Rogues, a shady intelligence group run by ruthless spymaster Nathaniel Charters, is ordered to recover a missing document. Its contents could prove devastating in the wrong hands.On her deathbed, the late Queen Anne may have promised the nation to her half-brother James, the Old Pretender, rather than the new king, George I. But the will has been lost. It may decide the fate of the nation.The crown must recover it at all costs.The trail takes Jonas from the dark and dangerous streets of London to an Edinburgh in chaos. He soon realises there are others on the hunt, and becomes embroiled in a long overdue family reunion, a jail break and a brutal street riot.When secrets finally come to light, about the crown and about his own past, Jonas will learn that some truths, once discovered, can never be untold⠦An atmospheric and utterly compelling blend of crime, history and thriller, to delight fans of S. J. Parris, Andrew Taylor and C. J. Sansom.Praise for An Honourable Thief Reads like a genuine eighteenth century spy novel. I see a long future for Jonas Flynt Ambrose Parry, author of The Way of All Flesh Anyone who enjoys a good historical mystery and likes an edgy, charismatic protagonist is going to love the adventures of Douglas Skelton⠙s new hero, Jonas Flynt⠙ S.G. MacLean, author of The Seeker An absolute triumph ... Five stars from me, and I look forward to reading more of Jonas s adventures James Oswald, Sunday Times bestselling author Historical crime fiction at its absolute best. I loved it!⠙ Marion Todd, author of the Detective Clare Mackay series Pitch-perfect stuff. Like all great historical novels you ll feel you re there! This is a departure for Skelton, who seems born to write high-end historical fiction⠙ Denzil Meyrick, author of the DCI Daley thrillers Uniquely combines a page-turning thriller with a perfectly evoked sense of time and place. Powerful stuff from a master of his craft Craig Russell, author of Hyde Skelton⠙s mastery of time and place inhabited with richly drawn characters is a delight. It held me to the last tantalising page⠙ David Gilman, author of The Englishman⠘Jonas Flynt is one of those characters you⠙ll be rooting for from the very first chapter ... it looks like Skelton has found a new home writing first-class historical fiction⠙ Alison Belsham, author of The Tattoo Thief This is a fascinating, totally engrossing historical novel. Flynt is a most attractive, three-dimensional character and the same is true of the world he moves through. A brilliant, most enjoyable read⠙ Paul Doherty, author of The Nightingale Gallery⠘A cracking historical drama with breathless pacing and knuckle-chewing tension, all shot through with Skelton⠙s deft characterisation and flashes of pitch-black humour. The perfect read to lose yourself in⠙ Neil Broadfoot, author of Falling Fast

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Use LLMs to build better business software applications Autonomously communicate with users and optimize business tasks with applications built to make the interaction between humans and computers smooth and natural. Artificial Intelligence expert Francesco Esposito illustrates several scenarios for which a LLM is effective: crafting sophisticated business solutions, shortening the gap between humans and software-equipped machines, and building powerful reasoning engines. Insight into prompting and conversational programmingâ ”with specific techniques for patterns and frameworksâ ”unlock how natural language can also lead to a new, advanced approach to coding. Concrete end-to-end demonstrations (featuring Python and ASP.NET Core) showcase versatile patterns of interaction between existing processes, APIs, data, and human input. Artificial Intelligence expert Francesco Esposito helps you: Understand the history of large language models and conversational programming Apply prompting as a new way of coding Learn core prompting techniques and fundamental use-cases Engineer advanced prompts, including connecting LLMs to data and function calling to build reasoning engines Use natural language in code to define workflows and orchestrate existing APIs Master external LLM frameworks Evaluate responsible AI security, privacy, and accuracy concerns Explore the AI regulatory landscape Build and implement a personal assistant Apply a retrieval augmented generation (RAG) pattern to formulate responses based on a knowledge base Construct a conversational user interface For IT Professionals and Consultants For software professionals, architects, lead developers, programmers, and Machine Learning enthusiasts For anyone else interested in natural language processing or real-world applications of human-like language in software

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Benjamin Disraeli was the most gifted parliamentarian of the nineteenth century and a superb orator, writer and wit - but how much do we really know about the man behind the words? As Douglas Hurd and Edward Young point out in their splendidly written, finely judged and thoroughly persuasive book, a vast chasm yawned between the real Disraeli and his posthumous reinvention Dominic Sandbrook, SUNDAY TIMES Not only, they tell us in this vigorously debunking romp through his political life, did he never use the phrases One Nation or Tory Democracy , he was actively hostile to the concepts that they are now understood to represent Sam Leith, THE SPECTATOR The book is more a study in character . . . than a staid political narrative. As a result, Disraeli: Or the Two Lives is full of unexpected jolts and paradoxes . . . It proves an unflagging pleasure to read Richard Davenport-Hines, GUARDIAN So intoxicating that you will find yourself snorting it up in one go, as I did, with great pleasure Boris Johnson, MAIL ON SUNDAY

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Uncover common project management myths to improve project success How to Measure Anything in Project Management explains why popular methods for measurement in project management are flawed and describes how to conduct measurements that better inform decisions, reduce project risks, and improve the chance of project success. The authors argue that anything that matters to project management at all is measurable and that these measurements address many of the problems in project management. The authors leverage an exclusive survey on the state-of-the-art of measuring projects, new case studies of things that are seemingly hard to measure and a database, collected by Oxford Global Projects, of thousands of projects in software development, construction, energy, and many other fields, including some of the biggest projects in history. The book is accompanied by a set of useful spreadsheet-based power tools that support the more technical aspects of quantifying project risk, forecasting outcomes, and conducting seemingly difficult measurements. In this book, readers will learn: Why many of the methods they have been taught to use are little more than a type of ⠜analysis placebo⠝Why many popular methods lead to extreme overconfidence in estimatesHow some of the most important measurements a project could conduct are currently rarely used How to Measure Anything in Project Management earns a well-deserved spot on the bookshelves of managers, executives, auditors, controllers, and consultants seeking to improve project performance through superior measurement methodology.

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First a legendary radio series, then a bestselling book, then a blockbuster movie, the immensely successful Hitchhiker s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams needs no introduction.This paperback boxset collection includes all five parts of the trilogy, The Hitchhiker s Guide to the Galaxy, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, Life, the Universe and Everything, So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish and Mostly Harmless.A phenomenon across the galaxy, this paperback omnibus contains the complete Hitchhiker s in five parts, charting the whole of Arthur Dent s odyssey through space and time. Share and enjoy.The Hitchhiker s Guide to the GalaxyOne Thursday lunchtime the Earth gets unexpectedly demolished to make way for a new hyperspace express route. For Arthur Dent, who has only just had his house demolished that morning, this seems already to be rather a lot to cope with. Sadly, however, the weekend has only just begun. The Galaxy may offer a mind-boggling variety of ways to be blown up and/or insulted, but it s very hard to get a cup of tea.The Restaurant at the End of the UniverseWhen all questions of space, time, matter and the nature of being have been resolved, only one question remains - Where shall we have dinner? The Restaurant at the End of the Universe provides the ultimate gastronomic experience, and for once there is no morning after to worry about.Life, the Universe and EverythingFollowing a number of stunning catastrophes, Arthur Dent is surprised to find himself living in a hideously miserable cave on prehistoric Earth. However, just as he thinks that things cannot get possibly worse, they suddenly do. An eddy in the space-time continuum lands him, Ford Prefect, and their flying sofa in the middle of the cricket ground at Lord s, just two days before the world is due to be destroyed by the Vogons. Escaping the end of the world for a second time, Arthur, Ford, and their old friend Slartibartfast embark (reluctantly) on a mission to save the whole galaxy from fanatical robots. Not bad for a man in his dressing gown.So Long, and Thanks for All the FishThere is a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. It s not an easy thing to do, and Arthur Dent thinks he s the only human who s been able to master this nifty little trick - until he meets Fenchurch, the woman of his dreams. Fenchurch once realised how the world could be made a good and happy place. Unfortunately, she s forgotten. Convinced that the secret lies within God s Final Message to His Creation, they go in search of it. And, in a dramatic break with tradition, actually find it . . .Mostly HarmlessArthur Dent has settled down on the small planet Lamuella and has embraced his role as a Sandwich Maker. However, his plans for a quiet life are thrown awry by the unexpected arrival of his daughter. There s nothing worse than a frustrated teenager with a copy of the Hitchhiker s Guide to the Galaxy in their hands. When she runs away, Arthur goes after her determined to save her from the horrors of the universe. After all - he s encountered most of them before.

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Audiokniha: It’s time to redefine how we work. We have been told for ages that technology would make our lives easier. Instead, we increasingly find ourselves drowning in tedious tasks and feeling trapped in the daily grind—overflowing calendars, endless to-do lists, and a never-ending stream of interruptions. And since we re always connected, our work never seems to end. Fortunately, the AI revolution is here, and it s about to change everything. Imagine a world where technology finally starts taking care of all the boring stuff so you can focus on what really matters to you. Where smart AI apps empower you to create anything you can imagine, and even the things you thought you could never achieve. Where you have the power to redesign work around your life, not the other way around. This is the era of No Work. It s not about escaping work but about using our skills and leveraging the possibilities unlocked by AI so that our days are primarily comprised of the things we are passionate about. Because that s how we can create something extraordinary. Inside this book, you ll find hundreds of practical examples and tips: - How to find, select, and use the right digital tools for anything you do. - How to make your productivity skyrocket with AI and reclaim your time. - How to do things your way—with greater freedom by automating more tasks. - How to craft the work you want, whether you re an entrepreneur or an employee. - How to seize new opportunities and build a future-proof career. This book is packed with tips on the best apps and tools driving the AI revolution, but it s about something even more powerful. It s about changing the way you think, mastering any new technology, and embracing timeless principles that will help you succeed, no matter what the future holds.

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Victoria risks everything to leave a dangerous marriage and gain a second chance at life. But when her escape goes awry, she finds herself caught in the strong embrace of a mysterious siren, forced to choose: temporary salvation or immediate death.And so, a cursed deal is struck.Five years later, Victoria is alive-and the world s finest ship captain. But her debt to the siren looms while her conniving ex has demanded a king s ransom as the final price of her freedom. Victoria refuses to cause her family to suffer any more on her behalf, and is determined to make things right before her time is up. But that time is cut short.The siren comes for her. Six months early.Taken to the magical and deadly Eversea, home of the sirens, Victoria discovers she s the sacrifice upon which all sirens pin their hopes. If they want to appease an angry god and save a world on the brink of destruction, then they need her. Which gives her the perfect leverage.Victoria strikes a new bargain: the Siren Duke will help save her family, and she ll fulfill his demands. It s a good bargain until a flicker of passion ignites in the scarred remnants of Victoria s heart, threatening all she s worked for. As the sacrifice for the God of Death, she s meant to give up everything that draws her to the world of the living. But that s impossible when all she can think about is how this handsome siren s song, and his hands, make her feel very much alive.In a realm of ancient magic, submerged secrets, and forgotten gods, can love find a place among shattered hearts as they race against time and the blossoming of forbidden desires? Or will the delicate songs of their hearts be silenced once and for all?

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Mark Twain s great American masterpiece, in a gorgeous new clothbound edition designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. These delectable and collectible Penguin editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the designMark Twain s tale of a boy s picaresque journey down the Mississippi on a raft conveyed the voice and experience of the American frontier as no other work had done before. When Huck escapes from his drunken father and the sivilizing Widow Douglas with the runaway slave Jim, he embarks on a series of adventures that draw him to feuding families and the trickery of the unscrupulous Duke and Dauphin . Beneath the exploits, however, are more serious undercurrents - of slavery, adult control and, above all, of Huck s struggle between his instinctive goodness and the corrupt values of society, which threaten his deep and enduring friendship with Jim.Mark Twain was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens on 30th November 1835, in Florida, Missouri. In 1853 he left home, earning a living as an itinerant type-setter, and four years later became an apprentice pilot on the Mississippi, a career cut short by the outbreak of the Civil War. For five years, as a prospector and a journalist, Clemens lived in Nevada and California. In February 1863 he first used the pseudonym Mark Twain as the signature to a humorous travel letter. A trip to Europe and the Holy Land in 1867 became the basis of his first major book, The Innocents Abroad (1869). His numerous subsequent books include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876), A Tramp Aborad (1880), The Prince and the Pauper (1882), and his masterpiece, The Adventures of Huckleberry Fin (1885). Twain died on 21st April 1910.

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Welcome to the Best of the Masterworks: a selection of the finest in science fictionArthur Dent thought his day was going badly when someone tried to demolish his house. Then someone demolished his planet. Rescued by his friend Ford - who is not a human from Guilford, but an alien from somewhere in the vicinity of Betelgeuse - Arthur is flung into an adventure among the stars.He will face aliens, robots, world-builders, and that girl he quite fancied who turned him down at a party one time. All in the name of research for the greatest book in the galaxy. He just has to remember not to panic.Part of the multi-media phenomenon The Hitchhiker s Guide to the Galaxy is beloved the world over. Douglas Adams trilogy in five parts originated as a radio show, developed into a book series, and has since spawned a TV series, a film, additional sequels and expanded radio series, a famously impossible video game, and a number of stage shows. It was a Sunday Times bestseller, and ranked fourth in a 2003 BBC poll to find the Nation s Best-Loved Book.- Douglas Adams s inspired melding of hippy-trail guidebook and sci-fi comedy turned its novelisations into a publishing phenomenon - Guardian In a sense that only time can test, it could be said that the Hitchhiker s Guide has become folklore - The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Douglas was a genius, and that s not actually a word I toss around very lightly or use very much - Neil Gaiman

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AI is changing the world at frightening speed. A bestselling author decides to find out more… ‘Something profound and utterly brilliant is going on… hilarious.’ THE TIMES Is ChatGPT the end of creative industries as we know them? An ethical quagmire from which there is no return? A threat to all our jobs, as we keep hearing on the news? Bestselling children’s author Andy Stanton has made a career out of writing differently – from the unconventional ‘hero’ of his bestselling Mr Gum series to his penchant for absurdist plots, his children’s books are anything but formulaic. When a friend introduces him to ChatGPT, the new large language chatbot, Andy is as sceptical as he is curious. Can this jumble of algorithms really mimic the spontaneity of human thought? Could it one day replace human authors like him for good? And are we soon to be ruled over by despotic robot overlords? He decides there’s only one thing for it – he must test this bot’s capabilities. Eventually, he settles on a prompt that will push the algorithm to its creative limits: ‘tell me a story about a blue whale with a tiny penis.’ Chaos ensues. What follows is a surprising and illuminating battle between Andy and ChatGPT that maybe, just maybe, might help us all understand AI a little bit better. Join Andy and his beleaguered AI lackey on a rollicking metafictional journey through the art of storytelling. Presenting his prompts and the AI-generated narrative alongside extensive commentary, Stanton provides a startling paean to the art of a good story and boundless human creativity. Hopeful and hilarious, Benny the Blue Whale provides a joyfully anarchic meditation on AI, literature and why we write. *** A WATERSTONES AND NEW SCIENTIST BEST BOOK OF 2023 ‘There’s no book like it. Scholarly, childish, fascinating and hilarious – one of our funniest writers dissects what it takes to build a story and what that tells us about being human. It’ll really make you think, if you can stop laughing.’ —Chris Addison, co-creator of BREEDERS ‘Entertaining and alarmingly relevant, provocative and philosophically satisfying, it’s ultimately a profoundly human text.’ OBSERVER ‘A magnificent experiment by a perfect fool – deep and shallow and stupid and clever – the perfect use of AI (Andy Intelligence).’ —Robin Ince, author of THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING INTERESTED ‘Benny the Blue Whale is many things. It’s a fascinating discourse on the nature of language and storytelling. It’s a philosophical treatise on the possibilities of artificial intelligence. It’s a receptacle for obscenely hilarious jokes... A brilliant and beautiful cyborg: part human brain, part computational muscle. It’s a post-post-modern work of genius.’ —Anthony McGowan, Carnegie Medal-winning author of LARK

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A top saleswoman at a Finnish sauna company must outwit the police and a murderer when her boss is found dead â ¦ in a sauna. A darkly funny, tense new thriller from â ˜The funniest writer in Europeâ ™ (The Times) â ˜The best comic crime novel youâ ™ll read this yearâ ™ Abir Mukherjee Suspense is uppermost in this adroit mix of psychological thriller, whodunnit and middle-aged rom-com. Comedy is still pervasive â ¦ the novelâ ™s glorious gallery of weirdos Sunday Times Book of the Month Finnish author Tuomainen has a talent for creating offbeat characters â ¦ [a] tense, pacy novel, laced with the authorâ ™s trademark laconic humour Guardian Book of the Month It may seem hard to find good comic crime-writers, but clearly we havenâ ™t been looking in Finland â ¦ simultaneously thrilling and evocative of the mundanity of life, and also very funny indeed Telegraph ______ Love, murder, middle age, and a sauna to die forâ ¦ A cold-blooded killer strikes at the hottest moment: the new head of a sauna-stove company is murdered â ¦ in the sauna. Who has turned up the temperature and burned him to death? The evidence points in the direction of Anni Korpinen â “ top salesperson and the victimâ ™s successor at Steam Devil. And as if hitting middle-age, being in a marriage that has lost its purpose, and struggling with work werenâ ™t enough, Anni realizes that she must be quicker than both the police and the murderer to uncover who is behind it all â “ before itâ ™s too lateâ ¦ From the international bestselling author of Little Siberia and The Rabbit Factor, comes a darkly funny, delightfully tense new thriller that showcases humanity at its most bare â “ in middle age, suspected of murder and, of course, in a saunaâ ¦ _____ â ˜Showcases Anttiâ ™s trademark deadpan humour and crime plots focused on intriguingly quirky individuals. An utter delightâ ™ Vaseem Khan â ˜Just what you want from Antti Tuomainen, the brilliant moulding of apparent mundanity into a which-way-now thrill ride, with humour drier than a desert snakeâ ™s bellyâ ™ Ian Moore â ˜The funniest writer in Europeâ ™ The Times â ˜Hilarious, beautifully penned and startlingly inventive. No other writer can come up with more ways to kill you in a sauna, and The Burning Stones cements Tuomainenâ ™s position as the king of the humorous crime caperâ ™ Abir Mukherjee â ˜Laconic, thrilling and warmly human â “ hugely enjoyableâ ™ Christopher Brookmyre â ˜Antti turns the heat up with this wryly comic thriller. You ll sweat along with the characters!â ™ Douglas Skelton â ˜You donâ ™t expect to laugh when youâ ™re reading about terrible crimes, but thatâ ™s what youâ ™ll do when you pick up one of Tuomainenâ ™s decidedly quirky thrillersâ ™ New York Times â ˜Finland s greatest exportâ ™ M.J. Arlidgeâ ˜A refreshing change from the decidedly gloomier crime fiction for which Scandinavia is knownâ ™ Publishers Weekly â ˜Right up there with the bestâ ™ Times Literary SupplementPraise for Antti Tuomainen â ˜Delightfully funnyâ ™ Guardian Deftly plotted, poignant and perceptive in its wry reflections on mortality and very funny Irish Times â ˜Fresh and wittyâ ™ Chris Ewan â ˜A thrilling and hilarious readâ ™ Liz Nugent â ˜Charming, funny and cleverâ ™ Literary Review â ˜A delight from start to finishâ ™ Big Issue Original and brilliant story-telling Helen FitzGerald â ˜Finnish criminal chucklemeister Tuomainen is channelling Carl Hiassenâ ™ Sunday Times â ˜A thriller with black comedy worth of Nabokovâ ™ Telegraph

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Discover the Sunday Times bestselling supernatural historical fantasy from the author of The Bear and the Nightingale, a spellbinding, sweeping novel set in the trenches of WW1.WATERSTONES SCIENCE FICTION FANTASY BOOK OF THE MONTH⠘Darkly beautiful and deeply humane. Ava Reid, bestselling author of A Study in Drowning⠘One of the best historical fantasies I ve ever read⠙ Emma Törzs, bestselling author of Ink, Blood, Sister, Scribe Wonderful storytelling. Inventive, haunting and deeply moving. Sarah Winman, bestselling author of Still LifeAmid the falling shells of Flanders Field, magic and mystery fills the air⠦January 1918: Laura Iven, a Canadian nurse, returns home from the war, only to receive devastating news - her brother Freddie is dead. But something doesn⠙t quite make sense.Determined to uncover the truth, Laura heads back to Belgium, volunteering at a private hospital. There, she encounters the eerie whispers of ghosts moving among those still living and a strange inn-keeper whose wine gives soldiers the gift of oblivion. Could this have happened to Freddie - but if so, where is he?November 1917: Freddie Iven wakes after an explosion to find himself trapped with a wounded German soldier. Against all the odds, they form a bond and claw their way to an escape.But in the chaos of No Man s Land, neither know where to turn to avoid persecution. Amidst the atrocity, they encounter a fiddler with the power to make their hellscape vanish - but at what price?With the power to both warm and break your heart, The Warm Hands of Ghosts is a breathtaking and spellbinding tale of love, survival, and the supernatural.Praise for The Warm Hands of Ghosts Well-researched and beautifully written, this is a compelling, memorable novel.⠙ The Guardian A spectacular tour de force ... I love this book so much and want everyone to read it! Naomi Novik, bestselling author of A Deadly Education A wonderful clash of fire and ice ... A book you won t want to let go of. Diana Gabaldon, bestselling author of the Outlander series An exquisite, brilliant gem of a story.⠙ Conn Iggulden, bestselling author of Nero Arden is at the very height of her powers with this rich, heart-breaking and life-affirming supernatural journey through the darkest hours of WWI. I ve never read anything like it. Laura Steven, author of Our Infinite Fates Visionary, imaginative and brilliantly written. Anthony Horowitz, bestselling author of The Power of Five⠘Mixing historical fiction with the paranormal, this haunting, atmospheric tale of separated siblings is a real gem of a book.⠙ Heat Magazine⠘A gripping tale of loss, mystery, ghosts and queer romance.⠙ BBC Culture OnlineSunday Times bestseller, March 2024

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A terrific book - essential reading for everyone seeking to make sense of Artificial Intelligence Professor Sir Adrian Smith, Director and Chief Executive of the Alan Turing InstituteIn this myth-busting guide to AI past and present, one of the world s leading researchers shows why our fears for the future are misplaced.The ultimate dream of AI is to build machines that are like us: conscious and self-aware. While this remains a remote possibility, rapid progress in AI is already transforming our world. Yet the public debate is still largely centred on unlikely prospects, from sentient machines to dystopian robot takeovers.In this lively and clear-headed guide, Michael Wooldridge challenges the prevailing narrative, revealing how the hype distracts us from both the more immediate risks that this technology poses - from algorithmic bias to fake news - and the true life-changing potential of the field. The Road to Conscious Machines elucidates the discoveries of AI s greatest pioneers from Alan Turing to Demis Hassabis, and what today s researchers actually think and do. Nobody understands the past, the present, the promise and the peril of this new technology better than Michael Wooldridge. The definitive account Matt Ridley, author of The Rational Optimist Effortlessly readable. The perfect guide to the history and future of AI Tom Chivers, author of The AI Does Not Hate You

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A top saleswoman at a Finnish sauna company must outwit the police and a murderer when her boss is found dead ⠦ in a sauna. A darkly funny, tense new thriller from ⠘The funniest writer in Europe⠙ (The Times) ⠘The best comic crime novel you⠙ll read this year⠙ Abir Mukherjee Suspense is uppermost in this adroit mix of psychological thriller, whodunnit and middle-aged rom-com. Comedy is still pervasive ⠦ the novel⠙s glorious gallery of weirdos Sunday Times Book of the Month Finnish author Tuomainen has a talent for creating offbeat characters ⠦ [a] tense, pacy novel, laced with the author⠙s trademark laconic humour Guardian Book of the Month It may seem hard to find good comic crime-writers, but clearly we haven⠙t been looking in Finland ⠦ simultaneously thrilling and evocative of the mundanity of life, and also very funny indeed Telegraph ______ Love, murder, middle age, and a sauna to die for⠦ A cold-blooded killer strikes at the hottest moment: the new head of a sauna-stove company is murdered ⠦ in the sauna. Who has turned up the temperature and burned him to death? The evidence points in the direction of Anni Korpinen ⠓ top salesperson and the victim⠙s successor at Steam Devil. And as if hitting middle-age, being in a marriage that has lost its purpose, and struggling with work weren⠙t enough, Anni realizes that she must be quicker than both the police and the murderer to uncover who is behind it all ⠓ before it⠙s too late⠦ From the international bestselling author of Little Siberia and The Rabbit Factor, comes a darkly funny, delightfully tense new thriller that showcases humanity at its most bare ⠓ in middle age, suspected of murder and, of course, in a sauna⠦ _____ ⠘⠘Showcases Antti⠙s trademark deadpan humour and crime plots focused on intriguingly quirky individuals. An utter delight⠙ Vaseem Khan ⠘Just what you want from Antti Tuomainen, the brilliant moulding of apparent mundanity into a which-way-now thrill ride, with humour drier than a desert snake⠙s belly⠙ Ian Moore ⠘The funniest writer in Europe⠙ The Times ⠘Hilarious, beautifully penned and startlingly inventive. No other writer can come up with more ways to kill you in a sauna, and The Burning Stones cements Tuomainen⠙s position as the king of the humorous crime caper⠙ Abir Mukherjee ⠘Laconic, thrilling and warmly human ⠓ hugely enjoyable⠙ Christopher Brookmyre ⠘Antti turns the heat up with this wryly comic thriller. You ll sweat along with the characters!⠙ Douglas Skelton ⠘You don⠙t expect to laugh when you⠙re reading about terrible crimes, but that⠙s what you⠙ll do when you pick up one of Tuomainen⠙s decidedly quirky thrillers⠙ New York Times ⠘Finland s greatest export⠙ M.J. Arlidge⠘A refreshing change from the decidedly gloomier crime fiction for which Scandinavia is known⠙ Publishers Weekly ⠘Right up there with the best⠙ Times Literary SupplementPraise for Antti Tuomainen ⠘Delightfully funny⠙ Guardian Deftly plotted, poignant and perceptive in its wry reflections on mortality and very funny Irish Times ⠘Fresh and witty⠙ Chris Ewan ⠘A thrilling and hilarious read⠙ Liz Nugent ⠘Charming, funny and clever⠙ Literary Review ⠘A delight from start to finish⠙ Big Issue Original and brilliant story-telling Helen FitzGerald ⠘Finnish criminal chucklemeister Tuomainen is channelling Carl Hiassen⠙ Sunday Times ⠘A thriller with black comedy worth of Nabokov⠙ Telegraph

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As the Cold War faded into history, it appeared to have been replaced by a new conflict - between Islam and the West. Or so we are told. After the events of 9/11 and the advent of the #39;war on terror #39;, this narrative seemed prophetic. But, as Peter Oborne reveals in this masterful new analysis, the concept of an existential clash between the two is a dangerous and destructive fantasy. Based on rigorous historical research and forensic contemporary journalism that leads him frequently into war-torn states and bloody conflict zones, Oborne explains the myths, fabrications and downright lies that have contributed to this pernicious state of affairs. He shows how various falsehoods run deep, reaching back as far as the birth of Islam, and have then been repurposed for the modern day. Many in senior positions in governments across the West have suggested that Islam is trying to overturn our liberal values and even that certain Muslims are conspiring to take over the state, while Douglas Murray claims in his new book that we face a #39;War on the West #39;. But in reality, these fears merely echo past debates, as we continue to repeat the pattern of seemingly wilful ignorance.With murderous attacks on Muslims taking place from Bosnia in 1995 to China today, Oborne dismantles the falsehoods that lie behind them, and he opens the way to a clearer and more truthful mutual understanding that will benefit us all in the long run.

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Certain to become the definitive work DOUGLAS SMITH Elegantly written and magisterially researched ROBERT SERVICE Masterful . . . a chilling lesson VLADISLAV ZUBOKThe definitive story behind the self-destruction of the autocratic Romanov dynasty, by the world s foremost expert.When Tsar Nicholas II fell from power in 1917, Imperial Russia faced a series of overlapping crises, from war to social unrest. Though Nicholas s life is often described as tragic, it was not fate that doomed the Romanovs - it was poor leadership and a blinkered faith in autocracy.Based on a trove of new archival discoveries, The Last Tsar narrates how Nicholas s resistance to reform doomed the monarchy. Encompassing the captivating personalities of the era, it untangles the struggles between the increasingly isolated Nicholas and Alexandra and the factions of scheming nobles, ruthless legislators, and pragmatic generals who sought to stabilize the restive Russian empire either with the Tsar or without him. By rejecting compromise, Nicholas undermined his supporters at crucial moments. His blunders cleared the way for all-out civil war and the eventual rise of the Soviet Union.Definitive and engrossing, The Last Tsar uncovers how Nicholas II stumbled into revolution, taking his family, the Romanov dynasty, and the whole Russian Empire down with him.

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A HISTORY TODAY BOOK OF THE YEAR Impressive, often brilliant THE TIMES Mesmerising and damning DAILY TELEGRAPH Certain to become the definitive work DOUGLAS SMITH Elegantly written and magisterially researched ROBERT SERVICE Masterful . . . a chilling lesson VLADISLAV ZUBOKThe definitive story behind the self-destruction of the autocratic Romanov dynasty, by the world s foremost expert.When Tsar Nicholas II fell from power in 1917, Imperial Russia faced a series of overlapping crises, from war to social unrest. Though Nicholas s life is often described as tragic, it was not fate that doomed the Romanovs - it was poor leadership and a blinkered faith in autocracy.Based on a trove of new archival discoveries, The Last Tsar narrates how Nicholas s resistance to reform doomed the monarchy. Encompassing the captivating personalities of the era, it untangles the struggles between the increasingly isolated Nicholas and Alexandra and the factions of scheming nobles, ruthless legislators, and pragmatic generals who sought to stabilize the restive Russian empire either with the Tsar or without him. By rejecting compromise, Nicholas undermined his supporters at crucial moments. His blunders cleared the way for all-out civil war and the eventual rise of the Soviet Union.Definitive and engrossing, The Last Tsar uncovers how Nicholas II stumbled into revolution, taking his family, the Romanov dynasty, and the whole Russian Empire down with him.

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Sir John Soaneâ ™s Museum in central London is a unique and idiosyncratic â ˜house museumâ ™, designed and built in the early 19th century by its obsessive architect/collector owner. This book takes the reader on a personal and poetic trail, capturing the tragic story of the man who created it, the eclectic collection he gathered within its walls, and most importantly what it says about our universal desire to leave a mark in space and time. The House of Everything is conceived as a loose navigation from room to room, taking in the Pompeian red library, the crypt with its glowing alabaster sarcophagus of Seti I, the Picture Gallery unfolding its all-too-close-to home story of a Rakeâ ™s Progress, the Monkâ ™s Parlour (dwelling of a completely fictitious gothic monk), the airy delights of the decorated Breakfast Room, right up to the Turner-yellow Drawing room. No matter if you have never visited the place before â “ the texts are intercut with a series of striking collages made by the poet himself. They mix archive imagery of the house with contemporary visuals and help locate the reader in his/her passage through the house. They also help conjure the unique message of this book: how to make material our elusive dreams and imaginings.

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In Who Will Build the Ark?, leading radical thinkers debate left alternatives to runaway global heating, capitalist crisis and wider environmental breakdown, clarifying the stakes in today #39;s key disputes between Green New Deal supporters and proponents of #39;degrowth #39;. In a series of landmark texts first published by New Left Review, Herman Daly and Benjamin Kunkel discusses the possibility of an egalitarian, steady-state economy, while Robert Pollin warns against the worldwide slump #39;degrowth #39; could bring and calls instead for a single-issue campaign - 2 per cent of global GDP dedicated to the switch to renewable energy - as the swiftest solution to the emissions crisis. Nancy Fraser envisages an eco-socialist exit from capitalism #39;s multifold crises, while Troy Vettese advocates eco-austerity and half-earth rewilding. Lola Seaton draws out the strategic implications of these contested perspectives, in a set of unavoidable #39;green questions #39;. In the realm of contemporary politics, Alyssa Battistoni writes on the dead-end of COP diplomacy, Cédric Durand asks whether energy shortages will derail the transition away from fossil fuels, and Thomas Meaney compares Green New Deal proposals to the pinched reality of Biden #39;s Inflation Reduction Act.The world #39;s major powers accept the likelihood of dangerous climate change, yet seem incapable of averting it. Can radical green models generate the social leverage needed to do so? Or, as Mike Davis puts it: Who will build the Ark?

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The Verdun Affair is ravishingly beautiful, and as much about love as about war . . . Dybek is a storyteller of great power. If there s any justice, this novel will be widely read and recognized. I absolutely adored it Paula McLain, bestselling author of THE PARIS WIFE and CIRCLING THE SUNA sweeping, romantic, and profoundly moving novel, set in Europe in the aftermath of World War I and Los Angeles in the 1950s, about a lonely young man, a beautiful widow, and the amnesiac soldier whose puzzling case binds them together even as it tears them apart.In 1920, two young Americans meet in Verdun, the city in France where one of the most devastating battles of the war was waged. Tom is an orphan from Chicago, a former ambulance driver now gathering bones from the battlefield; Sarah is an expatriate from Boston searching for the husband who wandered off from his division and hasn t been seen since. Quickly, the two fall into a complicated affair against the ghostly backdrop of the ruined city. Months later, Sarah and Tom meet again at the psychiatric ward of an Italian hospital, drawn there by the appearance of a mysterious patient the doctors call Douglas Fairbanks (after the silent film actor) - a shell-shocked soldier with no memory of who he is. At the hospital, Tom and Sarah are joined by Paul, an Austrian journalist with his own interest in the amnesiac.Each is keeping a secret; each has been shaken by the horrors of war. Decades later, Tom, now a successful screenwriter, encounters Paul by chance in LA, still grappling with the questions raised by this gorgeous and incisive novel: How to begin again after unfathomable trauma? How to love after so much loss? And who, in the end, was Douglas Fairbanks?From the bone-strewn fields of Verdun to the bombed-out cafés of Paris, from the riot-torn streets of Bologna to the riotous parties of 1950s Hollywood, The Verdun Affair is a riveting tale of romance, grief and the far-reaching consequences of a single lie.

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