The driver in the driverless car : how your technology choices create the future /
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| Author / Creator: | Wadhwa, Vivek, author. |
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
| Imprint: | Oakland, CA : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., [2019] ©2019 |
| Description: | 1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13673189 |
| Summary: | "[An] excellent and wide-ranging review of our responses to accelerating technological change" from the authors of Your Happiness Was Hacked ( Financial Times ). <br> <br> Tech experts Vivek Wadhwa and Alex Salkever describe dozens of astonishing technological advances in this fascinating and thought-provoking book, which asks what kind of future lies ahead-- Star Trek or Mad Max ?<br> <br> Breakthroughs such as personalized genomics, drones, self-driving vehicles, and artificial intelligence could make our lives healthier, safer, and easier. On the other hand, the same technologies raise the specter of a frightening future--eugenics, a jobless economy, a complete loss of privacy, and ever-worsening economic inequality.<br> <br> Wadhwa says that we need to ask three questions about every emerging technology: Does it have the potential to benefit everyone equally? What are the risks and the rewards? And does it promote autonomy or dependence? This edition is updated throughout and includes a new chapter on quantum computing, which promises vastly increased processing times--and vastly increased security risks. In the end, our future is up to us; our hands may not be on the wheel, but we will decide the driverless car's destination.<br> <br> "Vivek raises one of the most important issues of our time--the use of technology to uplift rather than displace humans. His book provides an invaluable guide for assessing the benefits and risks of future technologies." --Satya Nadella, CEO, Microsoft <br> <br> "Exponential technologies are about to transform every aspect of our lives . . . Vivek provides you a clear and authoritative blueprint for assessing their benefits and risks." --Peter H. Diamandis, MD, New York Times -bestselling author of Bold |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781523085552 152308555X 9781523085569 1523085568 |