stibbons started reading The AI Con by Emily M. Bender

The AI Con by Emily M. Bender, Alex Hanna
A smart, incisive take-down of the bogus claims being made about so-called ‘artificial intelligence’, exposing the real harm these technologies …
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A smart, incisive take-down of the bogus claims being made about so-called ‘artificial intelligence’, exposing the real harm these technologies …
Still liking this series, but this one just didn't grab me as much. The added twist just doesn't work as well for me I think.
My favourite Embassy book so far. I don't do murder(-ish) mysteries often, but this one was a fun and captivating one.
I really liked the concept, and the direction the story took surprised me. Fun enough to keep reading.
I didn't make it very far through this. The first few chapters are a series of stories about how the stars and moon are referred to in different cultures. It's interesting but disjointed - if there's an overarching narrative here it's gone right over this layperson's head and I just couldn't bring myself to give it the time it needed.
An accidental find looking for local Aboriginal history in my library.
Enjoyable, very thoroughly researched book discussing the impracticalities of off-world settlement. Covers a much broader range than I was expecting, too, attempting to explain technology, sociology, biology, as well as the legal and geopolitical problems.
Earth is not well. The promise of starting life anew somewhere far, far away—no climate change, no war, no Twitter—beckons, …
I bought this after listening to an interview with the author on ABC's Conversations program. While driving to Parkes to go to an astronomical society meeting.
I really enjoyed the interview, and half a chapter in to this book it's agreeing with me as well. The impression I've gotten so far is that it's a solid if very pop-sci dive in to why we're not settling on the moon or Mars any time soon.
The stars in Cisco, forty-five minutes away from the nearest town whose electrical grid consists of more than a couple extension cords, were unbelievable. I think the stars are something you have to take for granted and then totally lose access to in order to appreciate. I grew up in a town of six thousand or so people. I didn't even realise it was possible to not see stars at night until I moved to New York City.
— America the Beautiful? by Blythe Roberson (Page 140 - 141)
Roberson deftly explaining why I, who grew up in a town of four thousand or so, upended my life so my child could grow up in regional NSW instead of western Sydney.
It has a dark past—one in which a number of humans were killed. A past that caused it to christen …
It has a dark past—one in which a number of humans were killed. A past that caused it to christen …
I am loving how much Roberson enjoys dunking on Kerouac.