The driver in the driverless car: How our technology choices will create the future (Record no. 296619)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9789352772704
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 303.483 WAD-D .SP
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Personal name Vivek Wadhwa
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Title The driver in the driverless car: How our technology choices will create the future
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Noida,Uttar Pradesh
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Harper Business
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2017
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xiv,202p.
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Series statement BK business book.
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Part one. The here and now.-- 1. A bitter taste of dystopia -- 2. Welcome to Moore's world -- 3. How change will affect us personally and why our choices matter -- 4. If change is always the answer, what are the questions? -- Part two. Does the technology have the potential to benefit everyone equally? 5. The amazing and scary rise of artificial intelligence -- 6. Remaking education with avatars and A.I. -- 7. We are becoming data; our doctors, software -- Part three. What are the risks and the rewards? 8. Robotics and biology : the inevitable merging of man and machine -- 9. Security and privacy in an era of ubiquitous connectivity -- 10. The drones are coming -- 1. Designer genes, the bacteria in our guts, and precision medicine -- Part four. Does the technology foster autonomy or dependency? 12. Your own private driver : self-driving cars, trucks, and planes -- 13. When your scale talks to your refrigerator : the Internet of things -- 14. The future of your body is electric -- 15. Almost free energy and food -- Conclusion: So will it be Star trek or Mad Max?
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Summary, etc. Technology is advancing faster than ever--but for better or for worse? On the one hand, astonishing technology developments such as personalized genomics, self-driving cars, drones, and artificial intelligence could make our lives healthier, safer, and easier. On the other hand, these very same technologies could raise the specter of a frightening and alienating future--eugenics, a jobless economy, a complete loss of privacy, and an ever-worsening spiral of economic inequality. How can we make appropriate decisions about whether and how to adopt new technologies? Vivek Wadhwa and Alex Salkever propose that we ask three questions: Does the technology have the potential to benefit everyone equally? What are the risks and the rewards? Does the technology more strongly promote autonomy or independence? They subject a host of new and potential technologies to these questions, but ultimately it is up to the reader to make the final decision. -- Provided by publisher.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Technology -- Social aspects. Technological forecasting. Autonomous vehicles -- Social aspects.
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Personal name Alex Salkever
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Koha item type Book
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        Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Processing Center 04/04/2018 1 1 303.483 WAD-D .SP DCB3211 05/04/2018 05/04/2018 04/04/2018 Book