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Rational Accidents

Reckoning with Catastrophic Technologies

by John Downer

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

by Karel Čapek

Edited by Jitka Čejková

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

by Solon Barocas, Moritz Hardt and Arvind Narayanan

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

by Christine E. Evans and Lars Lundgren

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

by Clapperton Chakanetsa Mavhunga

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

Edited by Benjamin H. Bratton, Anna Greenspan and Bogna Konior

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.