Artificial Unintelligence: How Computers Misunderstand the World (The MIT Press)

Meredith Broussard (New York University)

ISBN 10: 026253701X / ISBN 13: 9780262537018

Verlag: MIT Press Ltd, United States, 2019

A guide to understanding the inner workings and outer limits of technology and why we should never assume that computers always get it right. In Artificial Unintelligence, Meredith Broussard argues that our collective enthusiasm for applying computer technology to every aspect of life has resulted in a tremendous amount of poorly designed systems. We are so eager to do everything digitallyhiring, driving, paying bills, even choosing romantic partnersthat we have stopped demanding that our technology actually work. Broussard, a software developer and journalist, reminds us that there are fundamental limits to what we can (and should) do with technology. With this book, she offers a guide to understanding the inner workings and outer limits of technologyand issues a warning that we should never assume that computers always get things right. Making a case against technochauvinismthe belief that technology is always the solutionBroussard argues that it's just not true that social problems would inevitably retreat before a digitally enabled Utopia. To prove her point, she undertakes a series of adventures in computer programming. She goes for an alarming ride in a driverless car, concluding the cyborg future is not coming any time soon; uses artificial intelligence to investigate why students can't pass standardized tests; deploys machine learning to predict which passengers survived the Titanic disaster; and attempts to repair the U.S. campaign finance system by building AI software. If we understand the limits of what we can do with technology, Broussard tells us, we can make better choices about what we should do with it to make the world better for everyone. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers GOR013896447

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A guide to understanding the inner workings and outer limits of technology and why we should never assume that computers always get it right.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Meredith Broussard is an Assistant Professor in the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University. A former features editor at the Philadelphia Inquirer and software developer at AT&T Bell Labs and the MIT Media Lab, she has written articles and essays for the Atlantic, Harper's, Slate, the Washington Post, and other publications.

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Titel: Artificial Unintelligence: How Computers ...
Verlag: MIT Press Ltd, United States
Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Good