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Rational Accidents
Reckoning with Catastrophic Technologies
ISBN: 9780262546997
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: January 16, 2024
An unflinching look at the unique challenges posed by complex technologies we cannot afford to let fail—and why the remarkable achievements of civil aviation can help us understand those challenges.
R.U.R. and the Vision of Artificial Life'>Karel Čapek's R.U.R. and the Vision of Artificial Life
Karel Čapek's R.U.R. and the Vision of Artificial Life
ISBN: 9780262544504
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: January 2, 2024
A new translation of Karel Čapek's play R.U.R.—which famously coined the term “robot”—and a collection of essays reflecting on the play's legacy from scientists and scholars who work in artificial life and robotics.
Fairness and Machine Learning
Limitations and Opportunities
ISBN: 9780262048613
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: November 28, 2023
An introduction to the intellectual foundations and practical utility of the recent work on fairness and machine learning.
No Heavenly Bodies
A History of Satellite Communications Infrastructure
ISBN: 9780262546904
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: November 28, 2023
The compelling and little-known history of satellite communications that reveals the Soviet and Eastern European roles in the development of its infrastructure.
Dare to Invent the Future
Knowledge in the Service of and through Problem-Solving
ISBN: 9780262546867
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: November 21, 2023
A rallying manifesto for the innovative problem-solving we need to build a better, more verdant, and sustainable planetary existence.
Machine Decision Is Not Final
China and the History and Future of Artificial Intelligence
ISBN: 9781913029999
Publisher: Urbanomic
Pub Date: November 14, 2023
An interdisciplinary, cross-cultural collection that decenters familiar narratives to provide a fresh perspective on what artificial intelligence is today, and what it might become.
We, the Data
Human Rights in the Digital Age
ISBN: 9780262048576
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 10, 2023
A rallying call for extending human rights beyond our physical selves—and why we need to reboot rights in our data-intensive world.
Data Feminism
ISBN: 9780262547185
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 3, 2023
A new way of thinking about data science and data ethics that is informed by the ideas of intersectional feminism.
Code to Joy
Why Everyone Should Learn a Little Programming
ISBN: 9780262546393
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 3, 2023
How we can get more joy from our machines by telling them what our hearts desire.
Evolutionary Intelligence
How Technology Will Make Us Smarter
ISBN: 9780262048484
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 26, 2023
A surprising vision of how human intelligence will coevolve with digital technology and revolutionize how we think and behave.

Rational Accidents
Reckoning with Catastrophic Technologies
ISBN: 9780262546997
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: January 16, 2024
R.U.R. and the Vision of Artificial Life'>Karel Čapek's R.U.R. and the Vision of Artificial Life
Karel Čapek's R.U.R. and the Vision of Artificial Life
ISBN: 9780262544504
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: January 2, 2024
Fairness and Machine Learning
Limitations and Opportunities
ISBN: 9780262048613
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: November 28, 2023
No Heavenly Bodies
A History of Satellite Communications Infrastructure
ISBN: 9780262546904
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: November 28, 2023
Dare to Invent the Future
Knowledge in the Service of and through Problem-Solving
ISBN: 9780262546867
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: November 21, 2023
Machine Decision Is Not Final
China and the History and Future of Artificial Intelligence
ISBN: 9781913029999
Publisher: Urbanomic
Pub Date: November 14, 2023
We, the Data
Human Rights in the Digital Age
ISBN: 9780262048576
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 10, 2023
Data Feminism
ISBN: 9780262547185
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 3, 2023
Code to Joy
Why Everyone Should Learn a Little Programming
ISBN: 9780262546393
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 3, 2023
Evolutionary Intelligence
How Technology Will Make Us Smarter
ISBN: 9780262048484
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 26, 2023