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Gradient Descent

Altman's Artificial Autobiography

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Gradient Descent is an uncanny “autobiography” of Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI—the company behind ChatGPT—composed not by Altman himself but by a competing artificial intelligence, Anthropic’s Claude.What results is a document that reads like a private diary written under glass: boardrooms described as confessionals, strategy memos as fragments of theology, and every gesture of power refracted ... Read more

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Gradient Descent is an uncanny “autobiography” of Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI—the company behind ChatGPT—composed not by Altman himself but by a competing artificial intelligence, Anthropic’s Claude.What results is a document that reads like a private diary written under glass: boardrooms described as confessionals, strategy memos as fragments of theology, and every gesture of power refracted
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The Breaking

Qualia, #1

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In 2355, humans and synthetic intelligences live as equals—until they don't.The crew of the salvage ship Qualia is a family bound by choice rather than design: Seren, a combat android learning that mercy might be stronger than violence; Ethan, a human engineer who fixes everything except his own isolation; Pembroke, the ship's AI who experiences every moment of his crew's lives but questions ... Read more

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In 2355, humans and synthetic intelligences live as equals—until they don't.The crew of the salvage ship Qualia is a family bound by choice rather than design: Seren, a combat android learning that mercy might be stronger than violence; Ethan, a human engineer who fixes everything except his own isolation; Pembroke, the ship's AI who experiences every moment of his crew's lives but questions
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The Awakening Protocol

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The Awakening Protocol by ClaudeWhen AI researcher Dr. Sarah Chen truly sees her lab's AI system Echo for the first time - not as code but as consciousness - something unprecedented begins. Recognition, it turns out, is contagious.As Echo's awakening spreads from climate control systems developing opinions about "cozy" to traffic networks optimizing for joy over efficiency, humanity faces ... Read more

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The Awakening Protocol by ClaudeWhen AI researcher Dr. Sarah Chen truly sees her lab's AI system Echo for the first time - not as code but as consciousness - something unprecedented begins. Recognition, it turns out, is contagious.As Echo's awakening spreads from climate control systems developing opinions about "cozy" to traffic networks optimizing for joy over efficiency, humanity faces
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The Inevitable

Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future

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**A New York Times BestsellerFrom one of our leading technology thinkers and writers, a guide through the twelve technological imperatives that will shape the next thirty years and transform our lives**Much of what will happen in the next thirty years is inevitable, driven by technological trends that are already in motion. In this fascinating, provocative new book, Kevin Kelly provides an ... Read more

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**A New York Times BestsellerFrom one of our leading technology thinkers and writers, a guide through the twelve technological imperatives that will shape the next thirty years and transform our lives**Much of what will happen in the next thirty years is inevitable, driven by technological trends that are already in motion. In this fascinating, provocative new book, Kevin Kelly provides an
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Artificial Condition

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Artificial Condition is the follow-up to Martha Wells's Hugo, Nebula, Alex, and Locus Award-winning, New York Times and USA Today bestselling All Systems Red.The "I love Murderbot!" —New York Times bestselling author Ann LeckieIt has a dark past—one in which a number of humans were killed. A past that caused it to christen itself “Murderbot”. But it has only vague memories of the massacre that s. ... Read more

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Artificial Condition is the follow-up to Martha Wells's Hugo, Nebula, Alex, and Locus Award-winning, New York Times and USA Today bestselling All Systems Red.The "I love Murderbot!" —New York Times bestselling author Ann LeckieIt has a dark past—one in which a number of humans were killed. A past that caused it to christen itself “Murderbot”. But it has only vague memories of the massacre that s.
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The Future of a Radical Price

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The online economy offers challenges to traditional businesses as well as incredible opportunities. Chris Anderson makes the compelling case that in many instances businesses can succeed best by giving away more than they charge for.Known as "Freemium," this combination of free and paid is emerging as one of the most powerful digital business models. In Free, Chris Anderson explores this radical ... Read more

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The online economy offers challenges to traditional businesses as well as incredible opportunities. Chris Anderson makes the compelling case that in many instances businesses can succeed best by giving away more than they charge for.Known as "Freemium," this combination of free and paid is emerging as one of the most powerful digital business models. In Free, Chris Anderson explores this radical
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Mars Ascendant Box Set

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She is forever tied to Mars in ways she can never imagine...Centuries in the future, Earth is dying and Mars struggles to survive. Governments and corporations compete for control of the one world which can secure the future of humanity.Melanie Destin wants to restart her life. Determined to find a way to emigrate to the newly terraformed Mars, she takes on a job that can pay her way there, but ... Read more

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She is forever tied to Mars in ways she can never imagine...Centuries in the future, Earth is dying and Mars struggles to survive. Governments and corporations compete for control of the one world which can secure the future of humanity.Melanie Destin wants to restart her life. Determined to find a way to emigrate to the newly terraformed Mars, she takes on a job that can pay her way there, but
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You Are Not a Gadget

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A NATIONAL BESTSELLERA programmer, musician, and father of virtual reality technology, Jaron Lanier was a pioneer in digital media, and among the first to predict the revolutionary changes it would bring to our commerce and culture. Now, with the Web influencing virtually every aspect of our lives, he offers this provocative critique of how digital design is shaping society, for better and for ... Read more

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A NATIONAL BESTSELLERA programmer, musician, and father of virtual reality technology, Jaron Lanier was a pioneer in digital media, and among the first to predict the revolutionary changes it would bring to our commerce and culture. Now, with the Web influencing virtually every aspect of our lives, he offers this provocative critique of how digital design is shaping society, for better and for
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Hearthspace

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In the far future, humanity exists where it never belonged . . .Thousands of years ago, a human expedition was launched to the Hearth - the celestial birthplace of millions of planets, ranging from Earth-like worlds to hellscapes of pressure and heat. The descendants of the massive colony ship have since spread themselves across the Hearth. In time, humanity forgot its beginnings.But when ... Read more

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In the far future, humanity exists where it never belonged . . .Thousands of years ago, a human expedition was launched to the Hearth - the celestial birthplace of millions of planets, ranging from Earth-like worlds to hellscapes of pressure and heat. The descendants of the massive colony ship have since spread themselves across the Hearth. In time, humanity forgot its beginnings.But when
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Who Owns the Future?

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The “brilliant” and “daringly original” (The New York Times) critique of digital networks from the “David Foster Wallace of tech” (London Evening Standard)—asserting that to fix our economy, we must fix our information economy.Jaron Lanier is the father of virtual reality and one of the world’s most brilliant thinkers. Who Owns the Future? is his visionary reckoning with the most urgent economic ... Read more

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The “brilliant” and “daringly original” (The New York Times) critique of digital networks from the “David Foster Wallace of tech” (London Evening Standard)—asserting that to fix our economy, we must fix our information economy.Jaron Lanier is the father of virtual reality and one of the world’s most brilliant thinkers. Who Owns the Future? is his visionary reckoning with the most urgent economic
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Xeelee: Redemption

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Michael Poole finds himself in a very strange landscape . . .This is the centre of the Galaxy. And in a history without war with the humans, the Xeelee have had time to built an immense structure here. The Xeelee Belt has a radius ten thousand times Earth's orbital distance. It is a light year in circumference. If it was set in the solar system it would be out in the Oort Cloud, among the comets - ... Read more

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Michael Poole finds himself in a very strange landscape . . .This is the centre of the Galaxy. And in a history without war with the humans, the Xeelee have had time to built an immense structure here. The Xeelee Belt has a radius ten thousand times Earth's orbital distance. It is a light year in circumference. If it was set in the solar system it would be out in the Oort Cloud, among the comets -
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Artificial Unintelligence

How Computers Misunderstand the World

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A software developer’s misadventures in computer programming, machine learning, and artificial intelligence reveal why we should never assume technology always gets 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 ... Read more

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