"This book describes the decades-long genealogy and governing logic of what we call the smartness mandate. While "smart" devices and infrastructures such as smart electrical grids, smart cities, and smart phones proliferated in the 1990s and early 2000s, the smartness mandate, which aims to link these individual instances of smart technologies into a coherent project of governance, was first explicitly articulated in the early 2000s"--

"From the global automation leaders at Accenture-the first-ever comprehensive blueprint for how to use and scale AI-powered intelligent automation in the enterprise to gain competitive advantage through faster speed to market, improved product quality, higher efficiency, and an elevated customer experience. Many companies were already implementing limited levels of automation when the pandemic hit. But the need to rapidly change business processes...

"From AI mirrors that advise us on our outfits, to museums that let us talk with deceased explorers and artists, to the ways we envision sustainable cities, the scope of augmented vision is boundless. SuperSight offers a rich speculative preview of the future and its implications, both shocking and thrilling"--

"Artificial intelligence is driving workforce disruption on a scale not seen since the Industrial Revolution. In schools and universities AI technology has forced a reevaluation of the way students are taught and assessed. Meanwhile, ChatGPT has become a cultural phenomenon, reaching a hundred million users and attracting a $10 billion investment in its parent company, OpenAI. The race to dominate the generative AI market is accelerating at breakneck...

"An exploration of the future of work featuring real-world profiles of changing jobs and work arrangements in light of human/AI interaction"--

"Tells the story of a laser technology that will have a big impact on society and the brilliant innovators responsible for its development"--

"The creative industry is rapidly evolving due to the rise of artificial intelligence. Some fear that the increase in machine-learning technologies could end human creativity. Seema Sharma, a renowned creative director at one of the world's largest independent communication agencies, believes the future of the creative industry lies in collaboration between human creators and machines. The book "The New Creatives," which Sharma co-authored with Artificial...

Inspired by President Dwight D. Eisenhower's "Atoms for Peace" speech, scientists at the Atomic Energy Commission and the University of California's Radiation Laboratory began in 1957 a program they called Plowshare. Joined by like-minded government officials, scientists, and business leaders, champions of "peaceful nuclear explosions" maintained that they could create new elements and isotopes for general use, build storage facilities for water or...

"Doing AI is an essential handbook for anyone interested in AI, business, and especially the overlap of the two"--

"Precisely provides a blueprint for how professionals in the private and public sectors can use big data with precision systems, the highly engineered working arrangements of people, processes, and machines assembled to adapt data science for business purposes. These intersections of people and technology create new systems and opportunities for scaling, and require new skillsets for professionals working in the field. The book will be structured...