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This reissue of Thomas Sowell’s classic study of decision making, which includes a preface by the author, updates his seminal work in the context of The Vision of the Anointed. Sowell, one of America’s most celebrated public intellectuals, describes in concrete detail how knowledge is shared and disseminated throughout modern society. He warns that society suffers from an ever-widening gap between firsthand knowledge and decision making—a gap that threatens not only our economic and political efficiency but our very freedom.

Delve into the exciting field of “epistemology”, the philosophical term for our inquiry into knowledge: what it is, the ways we acquire it, and how we justify our beliefs as knowledge. Taught by acclaimed Professor Joseph H. Shieber of Lafayette College, these 24 mind-bending lectures take you from ancient philosophers to contemporary neurobiologists, and from wide-ranging social networks to the deepest recesses of your own brain.

Artificial intelligence powers Google's search engine, enables Facebook to target advertising, and allows Alexa and Siri to do their jobs. AI is also behind self-driving cars, predictive policing, and autonomous weapons that can kill without human intervention. These and other AI applications raise complex ethical issues that are the subject of ongoing debate. This volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series offers an accessible synthesis of these issues.

Over the past 10 years, urban planners, technology companies, and governments have promoted smart cities with a somewhat utopian vision of urban life made knowable and manageable through data collection and analysis. Emerging smart cities have become both crucibles and showrooms for the practical application of the Internet of Things, cloud computing, and the integration of big data into everyday life. Are smart cities optimized, sustainable, digitally networked solutions to urban problems? Or are they neoliberal, corporate-controlled, undemocratic non-places?

Brought to you by Penguin. The celebrated scientist and author of Why Information Grows reveals how knowledge moves, drives progress and shapes the world We all understand that knowledge shapes the fate of business and the growth of nations, but few of us are aware of the principles that govern...

Humans are hard-wired for collaboration, and new technologies of communication act as a super-amplifier of our natural collaborative mindset. This volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series examines the emergence of a new kind of social collaboration enabled by networked technologies. This new collaborative society might be characterized as a series of services and startups that enable peer-to-peer exchanges and interactions though technology.

"Big Data" is on the covers of Science, Nature, The Economist, and Wired magazines, on the front pages of the Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. But despite the media hyperbole, as Christine Borgman points out in this examination of data and scholarly research, having the right data is usually better than having more data; little data can be just as valuable as big data. Borgman, an often-cited authority on scholarly communication, argues that data have no value or meaning in isolation; they exist within a knowledge infrastructure.

This introduction to cyborg theory provides a critical vantage point for analyzing the claims around emerging technologies like automation, robots, and AI. Cyborg analyzes and reframes popular and scholarly conversations about cyborgs from the perspective of feminist cyborg theory.

When "metadata" became breaking news, appearing in stories about surveillance by the National Security Agency, many members of the public encountered this once-obscure term from information science for the first time. Should people be reassured that the NSA was "only" collecting metadata about phone calls - information about the caller, the recipient, the time, the duration, the location - and not recordings of the conversations themselves? Or does phone call metadata reveal more than it seems?

The dream of a universal translation device goes back many decades, long before Douglas Adams's fictional Babel fish provided this service in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Since the advent of computers, research has focused on the design of digital machine translation tools - computer programs capable of automatically translating a text from a source language to a target language. This has become one of the most fundamental tasks of artificial intelligence.

Ray Boland and Marenna van Reijsen are two engaged BUas lecturers who like to chat and to challenge each other with their thoughts and readings, not only at the coffee machine. These days AI is a challenging topic. There are a lot of talks and blogs out there, which we also provide links to via our show notes. For this series of podcasts we want to explore AI from a human angle: Can we be happy with AI? We will not give detailed answers to all our questions as sometimes raising the question is more important than the actual answer. In the end, nobody knows what the future will bring, but at ...

Unlock the world of Fintech, banking, technology, and business with The Knowledge Stack, your go-to podcast for staying ahead of the curve. Each episode breaks down the most pressing current events and emerging trends, delivering expert insights and actionable knowledge to help you navigate today's rapidly evolving digital economy. From disruptive technologies and innovations in finance to the biggest moves in business, The Knowledge Stack offers a stacked lineup of discussions, interviews, and analyses with industry leaders and thinkers. Whether you’re a seasoned professional, an aspiring ...

Creators and innovators swarm to SXSW to learn from leaders in media, tech, music and creative industries. At SXSW 2024 in Sydney, we flipped the script, inviting SXSW attendees to join ARN journalists as guests in a special iHeart Podcast series - recorded on-location at SXSW Sydney - to exchange their own knowledge and insights from their respective industries.

Knowledge Distillation is the podcast that brings together a mixture of experts from across the Artificial Intelligence community. We talk to the world’s leading researchers about their experiences developing cutting-edge models as well as the technologists taking AI tools out of the lab and turning them into commercial products and services. Knowledge Distillation also takes a critical look at the impact of artificial intelligence on society – opting for expert analysis instead of hysterical headlines.We are committed to featuring at least 50% female voices on the podcast – elevating...

The official podcast of Edumundo, a provider of digital business education resources, teacher support and higher education gamification.

The Immersive Knowledge Transfer podcast is a creation of the IM4 Media Lab with the aim to amplify the voices of Indigenous creatives working with immersive technologies, such as VR, AR and 360-degree videos. Hosted by Cheyanna Kootenhayoo (aka DJ Kookum) the series features long-form interviews, community highlights and musical guests, sharing the experiences, insights and stories of Indigenous digital leaders and artists from around the world.