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Learning to write in a coding language can be exciting. This book will allow you to get started writing your own programs, whether you are learning for your own personal benefit, or to begin and advance a career in programming. One of the best languages to begin with is Python. Python is one of the easiest coding languages to learn and understand. It has the power to create complex programs, and the versatility to work when integrated with other coding languages.

The pharmaceutical drug discovery and development cycle is long and complex. This audiobook provides a concise overview of the whole process and offers insights into working in the pharmaceutical industry. It is ideal for individuals who are thinking about a career in this industry, as well as those who want to gain a general understanding of pharmaceutical drug discovery and development.

Harry Parker's life changed overnight when he lost his legs to an IED in Afghanistan. That took him into an often surprising landscape of a very human kind of hacking, and he wondered, are all humans hybrids? Whether it's putting on contact lenses every day or DIY biohackers tinkering in garages, Parker introduces us to the exhilarating breadth of human invention - and intervention. Grappling with his own new identity and disability, he discovers the latest robotics, tech and implants that might lead us to powerful, liberating possibilities for what a body can be.

AIs are everywhere, and they're changing everything. AI Explained: Facts, Fiction, and Future from best-selling author Nigel Poulton is your fast-track easy-to-understand guide to the exciting new world of Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Welcome to "Mastering Complexity: Systems, AI, and the Future of Decision-Making." This book delves into the fascinating world of artificial intelligence (AI) systems and their profound impact on decision-making across diverse industries such as business, healthcare, finance, and beyond. AI technologies are reshaping how we analyze data, predict outcomes, and make informed, defensible decisions in an era of rapid technological advancement.

The Future of Work Now is more than a guide. It's a roadmap for understanding and navigating the changes sweeping across workplaces worldwide. It's an essential listen for business leaders, HR professionals, and employees who are navigating these changes, offering insights, case studies, and practical strategies for adapting to the evolving world of work. As we stand at the crossroads of a new work era, this book serves as a beacon, illuminating the path to a future where AI and hybrid models redefine what it means to work and succeed.

Are you fascinated by apps like Microsoft’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini but unsure how you can utilize them to their full potential? Have you wondered how ChatGPT could help your writing, editing, and even gaming? Understanding and integrating Generative AI into your daily life may seem daunting, but it's not as difficult as you might think. In fact, with the right guide, anyone can harness the power of AI.

Is AI something you’ve heard a lot about but you literally have zero ideas on how to even get started with it? If you want to make moves in the world of business and start bringing in 10 times as more money to your online business, everyone will tell you to use AI. You’ll also be sold the AI dream if you say you want to progress in your career faster than your rivals and find a new way to cruise through your to-do list while making it look easy.

Unlock the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) with "The AI Transformation Starter Guide"–the essential resource for entrepreneurs, business leaders, and professionals seeking to leverage AI for growth and efficiency. This comprehensive guide covers everything from AI fundamentals to real-world applications, providing actionable strategies to transform your business and daily life.

One of the most peculiar and possibly unique features of humans is the vast amount of information we carry outside our biological selves. But in our rush to build the infrastructure for the 20 quintillion bits we create every day, we’ve failed to ask exactly why we’re expending ever-increasing amounts of energy, resources, and human effort to maintain all this data. Drawing on deep ideas and frontier thinking in evolutionary biology, computer science, information theory, and astrobiology, Caleb Scharf argues that information is, in a very real sense, alive - an aggregate lifeform.

Kai-Fu Lee: China, USA und die künstliche Intelligenz. Wer wissen will, wie sich in der Welt die Gewichte verschieben, muss sich die Künstliche-Intelligenz-Industrie (AI-Industrie) anschauen. Kai-Fu Lee, Ex-Google-China-CEO, milliardenschwerer Start-up-Investor und einer der weltweit renommiertesten AI-Experten, bietet in seinem Buch erstmals die chinesisch-amerikanische Perspektive. Er berichtet aus erster Hand: wie die Business-Kulturen aufeinanderprallen, warum die Silicon-Valley- Strategien in China scheitern mussten, wie ein chinesisches Google (Baidu).

Things are getting complicated nowadays, and the job space is not immune. Why waste your chance of getting a job as a system designer after you have managed to get an invite? This is the whole essence of this guide; to give you another chance to land that dream job as a system designer for a top tier firm.

Deep learning is a very exciting concept. Before, computers could only do what they were directly taught. Today, they can make sense of unstructured data and learn without supervision, like good college students. This unsupervised learning from unstructured data is called deep learning. This book will explain the key concepts of deep learning and teach you the basics of Python, the programming language most widely used in deep learning.

In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, computer scientist John Kelleher offers an accessible and concise but comprehensive introduction to the fundamental technology at the heart of the artificial intelligence revolution. Kelleher explains some of the basic concepts in deep learning, presents a history of advances in the field, and discusses the current state of the art.

The artificial intelligence revolution has begun. Today, there are self-driving cars on our streets, autonomous weapons in our armies, robot surgeons in our hospitals - and AI's presence in our lives will only increase. One thing is clear: this is a technology like no other, one that raises profound questions about freedom, justice and the very definition of human agency. In Moral AI, world-renowned researchers in artificial intelligence and philosophy, Jana Schaich Borg, Walter Sinnott-Armstrong and Vince Conitzer tackle these thorny issues head-on.

Surviving AI is a concise, easy guide to what's coming, taking you through technological unemployment (the economic singularity) and the possible creation of a superintelligence (the technological singularity).

Learn Computer Science On the Go is an audiobook meticulously crafted for anyone interested in the vast world of computer science. This comprehensive guide is tailored to cater to a wide audience, from beginners to those looking to refresh their knowledge. The audiobook begins by laying a solid foundation, introducing listeners to fundamental concepts and terminologies in an easily digestible format. It then progresses into the intricacies of programming languages, offering insights into their varied applications and nuances.

It is not if you need to have a presence online, it is how? How do you want to be known online? Because it is assumed you are already online or will be. If you don’t have an online presence in today’s world, it is as if you don’t exist. Therefore, being online is crucial for your brand, company, product, or service. It is a fact that people search online about a product or service before making a purchase. Therefore, if they cannot learn more about your product or service, then you most likely will not have those individuals as your customers.

In Animals, Robots, Gods, acclaimed anthropologist Webb Keane provides a new vision of ethics, defined less by our minds, religion or society, and more by our interactions with those around us. Drawing on ground-breaking research by fieldworkers around the world, he explores the underpinnings of our moral universe. Along the way we investigate the ethical dilemmas of South Asian animal rights activists, Balinese cockfighters, Japanese robot fanciers -- even macho cowboys.

The business-IT wall must come down. Mark brings his unique perspective and experience to business leaders looking to lead their company into the digital age by harnessing the expertise and innovation that is already under their roof: IT. For business leaders looking to unlock their enterprise's digital transformation, War and Peace and IT provides clear context and strategies. Schwartz demystifies the role IT plays in the modern enterprise, allowing business leaders to create new strategies for the new digital battleground.