That there is a 'digital divide' - which falls between those who have and can afford the latest in technological tools and those who have neither in our society - is indisputable. This title redefines the issue as it explores the cascades of that divide, which involve access, skill, political participation, as well as the obvious economics.
The Art of Living for A Technological Age sketches the crisis of our late modern age, where persons are enamored by the promises of progress and disciplined to form by the power of technology--the ontology of our age. Yet, it also offers a response, attending to those performative activities, educative and transformative social practices that ......
We do not have to hate or fear technology. It is neither friend nor foe. But understanding its impact on our daily lives is paramount to cultivating a healthier relationship both with our digital lives and our real, lived ones. Loretta Brady shows us how in Technology Touchpoints.
How Digital Natives Are Reshaping the American Dream
Digital natives" are hacking the American Dream. Young people brought up with the Internet, smartphones, and social media are quickly rendering old habits and norms a distant memory, creating the greatest generation gap in history. In this eye-opening book, digital sociologist Julie M. Albright looks at our device-obsessed society, and the many ......
Network revolutions of the past have shaped the present and set the stage for the revolution we are experiencing today In an era of seemingly instant change, it's easy to think that today's revolutions-in communications, business, and many areas of daily life-are unprecedented. Today's changes may be new and may be happening faster than ever ......
This book begins with an introduction to AI, followed by machine learning, deep learning, NLP, and reinforcement learning. Readers will learn about machine learning classifiers such as logistic regression, k-NN, decision trees, random forests, and SVMs. Next, the book covers deep learning architectures such as CNNs, RNNs, LSTMs, and auto encoders. ......
Self-learning machines called AIs are popping up all around us. They will alter our lives as workers, consumers, investors, citizens, patients and students. We all need to get smart about AIs, now! Thats Charles Jennings message in his provocative new book, Artificial Intelligence: The Rise of the Lightspeed Learners.
Presents a short tour of basic Angular functionality, such as UI components and forms in Angular applications; introduces machine learning concepts; cpvers classification algorithms, such as kNN, and Naive Bayes; and introduces basic TensorFlow concepts.