Human-Centered AI, book review: A roadmap for people-first artificial intelligenceA focus on developing AI that helps people will dissolve much of the fear of lost jobs and machine control, argues Ben Shneiderman.May 17, 2022 by Wendy M Grossman in AI & Robotics
Atlas of AI, book review: Mapping out the total cost of artificial intelligenceAI is about much more than algorithms, argues Kate Crawford in Atlas of AI, which examines the entire supply chain that drives it, and the effects on people and the planet.June 21, 2021 by Wendy M Grossman in AI & Robotics
You Look Like a Thing and I Love You, book review: The weird side of AIIn this approachable and insightful book, Janelle Shane examines how AIs work and learn -- and how they can be fooled. The most important question: how do we know when to trust an AI?October 30, 2019 by Wendy M Grossman in AI & Robotics
The Big Nine, book review: Visions of an AI-dominated futureFuturist Amy Webb speculates on the development and implementation of artificial intelligence in the coming decades. Will the outcome be benign, chaotic or disastrous?October 1, 2019 by Wendy M Grossman in AI & Robotics
Artificial Unintelligence, book review: Exploring the limits of technologyMeredith Broussard explains how computers, software, and AI and machine learning actually work -- and considers the times they don't.August 29, 2018 by Wendy M Grossman in AI & Robotics
The 4th Industrial Revolution, book review: A curate's eggHalf of this book is good and useful. What happened in producing the other half is a genuine mystery.July 17, 2018 by Wendy M Grossman in AI & Robotics
To Be a Machine, book review: Disrupting life itselfMark O'Connell explores the drive to transcend biology using technology, examining ideas like the Singularity, mind uploading, cryonics, whole-brain emulation and cyborgs.June 1, 2017 by Wendy M Grossman in AI & Robotics
Thinking Machines, book review: AI, past, present and futureAdvances in recent decades have seen artificial intelligence develop apace, and AI now pervades our lives. Yet, as this book explains, true machine intelligence is still a work in progress.March 21, 2017 by Wendy M Grossman in AI & Robotics
Driverless, book review: Eyes off the road, hands off the wheelA Columbia professor and a technology writer explore what it takes to create a driverless vehicle, and discuss the battle for supremacy between car manufacturers and software companies.January 16, 2017 by Wendy M Grossman in AI & Robotics
Heartificial Intelligence, book review: A question of valuesAI is going to happen whether we like it or not, so it's in our interest to ensure that ethics are included in its development, argues John C. Havens.March 30, 2016 by Wendy M Grossman in AI & Robotics