Future Intelligence

Welcome to the future of internet coordination. By now you’ve heard the buzz about Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs), and how they are going to redefine how we work and earn. But when you peel away the hype and tech jargon, what are they really? How do they operate, why do they...

Tired of hearing about AI like it’s some mysterious force only tech wizards understand? Same. This book skips the hype and breaks down how AI can seriously upgrade your life, whether you're managing your day, building your career, or just trying to keep up with this wild, fast-changing world.

“This gonzo-journalistic exploration of the Silicon Valley techno-utopians’ pursuit of escaping mortality is a breezy romp full of colorful characters.” —New York Times Book Review (Editor's Choice) Transhumanism is a movement pushing the limits of our bodies—our capabilities...

In the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence and neuroscience, we stand at the precipice of a revolutionary understanding of how intelligence itself operates. The concept of "Data Cortex" represents more than just a metaphor—it embodies the fundamental principles that govern how information is processed, stored, and utilized in both biological and artificial systems. This audiobook explores the intricate relationships between the human brain's cortical structures and the data processing systems we create.

Based on the author’s viral New York Times op-ed, this heartfelt book is a celebration and exploration of the tomboy phenomenon and the future of girlhood. We are in the middle of a cultural revolution, where the spectrum of gender and sexual identities is seemingly unlimited. So when author...

In the fast-paced world of oil and gas pipelines, innovation is key. With the PHMSA Mega Rule reshaping the industry, companies need cutting-edge solutions to stay compliant, safe, and efficient. This audiobook is your essential guide to leveraging GIS technology to meet these new challenges and elevate your operations. This comprehensive guide explores the integration of Virtual GIS with advanced technologies to enhance compliance, safety, and efficiency in pipeline operations.

Reduce your work hours and take the first step toward a more efficient, engaging, and fulfilling teaching career. In a world where accessing information has never been easier, the true art of teaching remains invaluable. As an educator, your role is essential, guiding students’ growth and igniting their curiosity. Yet, as the demands of education continue to increase, you may find yourself drowning under an avalanche of tasks and administrative duties. What you need is an intelligent assistant who can take over time-consuming tasks, allowing you to focus on what you do best: teaching.

Author, syndicated columnist, occasional actress, and businesswoman Ariana Huffington examines the ways in which fear affects the lives of women, and the steps anyone can take to conquer fear. Observing that her own teenage daughters were beginning to experience some of the same fears that had...

Discover how artificial intelligence is transforming the future of patient care, diagnostics, and clinical decision-making. Are you a healthcare professional, entrepreneur, or policy leader trying to keep up with the AI revolution? This groundbreaking audiobook is your essential guide to understanding how AI is disrupting the healthcare industry, reshaping everything from early disease detection to hospital workflows, drug discovery, and personalized medicine.

El objetivo no es predecir el futuro con certeza, eso sería imposible dado el rápido ritmo del cambio. Más bien, es proporcionar un marco integral para comprender las fuerzas que dan forma a la evolución de la IA y los escenarios probables que encontraremos en los próximos años.

In The Automation Advantage, global enterprise technology and automation veterans Bhaskar Ghosh, Rajendra Prasad, and Gayathri Pallail give business leaders and managers the action plan they need to execute a strategic agenda that enables them to quickly and confidently scale their automation and AI initiatives.

In SuperShifts, Dr. Ja-Nae Duane and Steve Fisher deliver an incisive overview of how we are at the end of one 200-year arc and embarking on another. With this new age of intelligence, Duane and Fisher highlight the various catalysts for change currently affecting individuals, businesses, and society as a whole. They also provide a model for transformation that expertly bridges the gap between theory and practice to provide a holistic view of making radical change through three lenses: you as a leader, your organization, and society.

Artificial intelligence may feel like it appeared overnight—suddenly able to write stories, answer questions, analyse data, recognise images, and hold conversations with remarkable fluency. But today’s AI is not the result of a single breakthrough. It is the outcome of a long, fascinating journey built on decades of research, experimentation, and problem-solving.

A renowned cardiologist and Harvard professor spells out the future digital shift of medicine—and how it will impact the lives not only of patients and health care professionals but of all humans.

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, you'll see real in-the-field examples of researchers using AI with replicable methods and reusable AI code to inspire your own uses.

With the ongoing advancement of AI and other technologies, our world is becoming increasingly intelligent. From chatbots to innovations in brain-computer interfaces to the possibility of superintelligences leading to the Singularity later this century, our reality is being transformed before our eyes. This is commonly seen as the natural result of progress, but what if there's more to it than that? What if intelligence is an inevitability, an underlying property of the universe?

For centuries, diplomacy has been humanity’s most elegant disguise for deceit. Treaties are broken before their ink dries, and the pursuit of peace has become a theatre of power. Algorithmic Diplomacy tears away this illusion, asking the most dangerous question of the twenty-first century: what if the only path to lasting peace is to surrender politics to reason itself? Boris Kriger envisions a world where nations speak not through fear and vanity, but through a transparent architecture of artificial intelligences bound by international law.

Melanie Mitchell separa la ciencia real de la ciencia ficción en este amplio examen del estado actual de la inteligencia artificial y de cómo está rehaciendo nuestro mundo. Ninguna empresa científica reciente ha resultado tan seductora, aterradora y llena de extravagantes promesas y...

“No one in this world, so far as I know, has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people.” —H. L. Mencken H. L. Mencken was wrong. In this endlessly fascinating book, New Yorker columnist James Surowiecki explores a deceptively simple...

Apple Store creator Ron Johnson shares timeless lessons about innovation, leadership, design, creating winning cultures, and the future of retail through the power of relationships. When Ron Johnson began as vice president of retail at Apple in 2000, the dot-com revolution was in full swing and...