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The Resource The driver in the driverless car : how our technology choices will create the future, Vivek Wadhwa with Alex Salkever

The driver in the driverless car : how our technology choices will create the future, Vivek Wadhwa with Alex Salkever

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Technology is advancing faster than ever--but for better or for worse? On the one hand, astonishing technology developments such as personalized genomics, self-driving cars, drones, and artificial intelligence could make our lives healthier, safer, and easier. On the other hand, these very same technologies could raise the specter of a frightening and alienating future--eugenics, a jobless economy, a complete loss of privacy, and an ever-worsening spiral of economic inequality. How can we make appropriate decisions about whether and how to adopt new technologies? Vivek Wadhwa and Alex Salkever propose that we ask three questions: Does the technology have the potential to benefit everyone equally? What are the risks and the rewards? Does the technology more strongly promote autonomy or independence? They subject a host of new and potential technologies to these questions, but ultimately it is up to the reader to make the final decision. -- Provided by publisher
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eng
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Edition
First edition.
Extent
xv, 217 pages
Contents
  • The amazing and scary rise of artificial intelligence
  • Remaking education with avatars and A.I.
  • We are becoming data; our doctors, software
  • Part three.
  • What are the risks and the rewards?.
  • Robotics and biology : the inevitable merging of man and machine
  • Security and privacy in an era of ubiquitous connectivity
  • The drones are coming
  • Designer genes, the bacteria in our guts, and precision medicine
  • Part four.
  • Part one.
  • Does the technology foster autonomy or dependency?.
  • Your own private driver : self-driving cars, trucks, and planes
  • When your scale talks to your refrigerator : the Internet of things
  • The future of your body is electric
  • Almost free energy and food
  • Conclusion:
  • So will it be Star trek or Mad Max?
  • The here and now.
  • A bitter taste of dystopia
  • Welcome to Moore's world
  • How change will affect us personally and why our choices matter
  • If change is always the answer, what are the questions?
  • Part two.
  • Does the technology have the potential to benefit everyone equally?.
Isbn
9781626569713
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The driver in the driverless car : how our technology choices will create the future
Title
The driver in the driverless car
Title remainder
how our technology choices will create the future
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Vivek Wadhwa with Alex Salkever
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Language
eng
Summary
Technology is advancing faster than ever--but for better or for worse? On the one hand, astonishing technology developments such as personalized genomics, self-driving cars, drones, and artificial intelligence could make our lives healthier, safer, and easier. On the other hand, these very same technologies could raise the specter of a frightening and alienating future--eugenics, a jobless economy, a complete loss of privacy, and an ever-worsening spiral of economic inequality. How can we make appropriate decisions about whether and how to adopt new technologies? Vivek Wadhwa and Alex Salkever propose that we ask three questions: Does the technology have the potential to benefit everyone equally? What are the risks and the rewards? Does the technology more strongly promote autonomy or independence? They subject a host of new and potential technologies to these questions, but ultimately it is up to the reader to make the final decision. -- Provided by publisher
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Wadhwa, Vivek
Dewey number
303.48/3
Index
index present
LC call number
HM846
LC item number
.W33 2017
Literary form
non fiction
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Salkever, Alex
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A BK business book
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  • Technology
  • Technological forecasting
  • Automated vehicles
  • Traffic safety
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The driver in the driverless car : how our technology choices will create the future, Vivek Wadhwa with Alex Salkever
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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volume
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  • nc
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rdacarrier
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text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • The amazing and scary rise of artificial intelligence
  • Remaking education with avatars and A.I.
  • We are becoming data; our doctors, software
  • Part three.
  • What are the risks and the rewards?.
  • Robotics and biology : the inevitable merging of man and machine
  • Security and privacy in an era of ubiquitous connectivity
  • The drones are coming
  • Designer genes, the bacteria in our guts, and precision medicine
  • Part four.
  • Part one.
  • Does the technology foster autonomy or dependency?.
  • Your own private driver : self-driving cars, trucks, and planes
  • When your scale talks to your refrigerator : the Internet of things
  • The future of your body is electric
  • Almost free energy and food
  • Conclusion:
  • So will it be Star trek or Mad Max?
  • The here and now.
  • A bitter taste of dystopia
  • Welcome to Moore's world
  • How change will affect us personally and why our choices matter
  • If change is always the answer, what are the questions?
  • Part two.
  • Does the technology have the potential to benefit everyone equally?.
Control code
ocn961161017
Dimensions
23 cm.
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xv, 217 pages
Isbn
9781626569713
Lccn
2016052693
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
40027276013
System control number
(OCoLC)961161017
Label
The driver in the driverless car : how our technology choices will create the future, Vivek Wadhwa with Alex Salkever
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • The amazing and scary rise of artificial intelligence
  • Remaking education with avatars and A.I.
  • We are becoming data; our doctors, software
  • Part three.
  • What are the risks and the rewards?.
  • Robotics and biology : the inevitable merging of man and machine
  • Security and privacy in an era of ubiquitous connectivity
  • The drones are coming
  • Designer genes, the bacteria in our guts, and precision medicine
  • Part four.
  • Part one.
  • Does the technology foster autonomy or dependency?.
  • Your own private driver : self-driving cars, trucks, and planes
  • When your scale talks to your refrigerator : the Internet of things
  • The future of your body is electric
  • Almost free energy and food
  • Conclusion:
  • So will it be Star trek or Mad Max?
  • The here and now.
  • A bitter taste of dystopia
  • Welcome to Moore's world
  • How change will affect us personally and why our choices matter
  • If change is always the answer, what are the questions?
  • Part two.
  • Does the technology have the potential to benefit everyone equally?.
Control code
ocn961161017
Dimensions
23 cm.
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xv, 217 pages
Isbn
9781626569713
Lccn
2016052693
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
40027276013
System control number
(OCoLC)961161017

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