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  • The AI Music Problem

    Why Machine Learning Conflicts With Musical Creativity

    by Christopher W. White ...
    Music poses unique and complex challenges for artificial intelligence, even as 21st-century AI grows ever more adept at generating compelling content. The AI Music Problem: Why Machine Learning Conflicts With Musical Creativity probes the challenges behind AI-generated music, with an investigation that straddles the technical, the musical, and the aesthetic. Bringing together the perspectives of ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

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  • Artificial Intelligence

    A Guide for Thinking Humans

    by Melanie Mitchell ...
    **“After reading Mitchell’s guide, you’ll know what you don’t know and what other people don’t know, even though they claim to know it. And that’s invaluable.” —The New York TimesA leading computer scientist brings human sense to the AI bubble.**No recent scientific enterprise has proved as alluring, terrifying, and filled with extravagant promise and frustrating setbacks as artificial ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • Theory of Fun for Game Design

    by Raph Koster ...
    Now in full color, the 10th anniversary edition of this classic book takes you deep into the influences that underlie modern video games, and examines the elements they share with traditional games such as checkers. At the heart of his exploration, veteran game designer Raph Koster takes a close look at the concept of fun and why it’s the most vital element in any game.Why do some games become ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence

    What It Is, Where We Are, and Where We Are Going

    by Michael Wooldridge ...
    From Oxford's leading AI researcher comes a fun and accessible tour through the history and future of one of the most cutting edge and misunderstood field in science: Artificial IntelligenceThe somewhat ill-defined long-term aim of AI is to build machines that are conscious, self-aware, and sentient; machines capable of the kind of intelligent autonomous action that currently only people are ... Read more

    $17.29 USD

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  • These Strange New Minds

    How AI Learned to Talk and What It Means

    by Christopher Summerfield ...
    An insider look at the Large Language Models (LLMs) that are revolutionizing our relationship to technology, exploring their surprising history, what they can and should do for us today, and where they will go in the future—from an AI pioneer and neuroscientistIn this accessible, up-to-date, and authoritative examination of the world’s most radical technology, neuroscientist and AI researcher ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

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  • AI

    Its nature and future

    by Margaret A. Boden ...
    The applications of Artificial Intelligence lie all around us; in our homes, schools and offices, in our cinemas, in art galleries and - not least - on the Internet. The results of Artificial Intelligence have been invaluable to biologists, psychologists, and linguists in helping to understand the processes of memory, learning, and language from a fresh angle. As a concept, Artificial Intelligence ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Artificial General Intelligence

    by Julian Togelius ...
    Series series The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series
    How to make AI capable of general intelligence, and what such technology would mean for society.Artificial intelligence surrounds us. More and more of the systems and services you interact with every day are based on AI technology. Although some very recent AI systems are generalists to a degree, most AI is narrowly specific; that is, it can only do a single thing, in a single context. For example ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Hollywood Harmony

    Musical Wonder and the Sound of Cinema

    by Frank Lehman ...
    Series series Oxford Music/Media Series
    Film music often tells us how to feel, but it also guides us how to hear. Filmgoing is an intensely musical experience, one in which the soundtrack structures our interpretations and steers our emotions. Hollywood Harmony explores the inner workings of film music, bringing together tools from music theory, musicology, and music psychology in this first ever book-length analytical study of this ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • AI

    Unexplainable, Unpredictable, Uncontrollable

    by Roman V. Yampolskiy ...
    Series series Chapman & Hall/CRC Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Series
    Delving into the deeply enigmatic nature of Artificial Intelligence (AI), AI: Unexplainable, Unpredictable, Uncontrollable explores the various reasons why the field is so challenging. Written by one of the founders of the field of AI safety, this book addresses some of the most fascinating questions facing humanity, including the nature of intelligence, consciousness, values and knowledge.Moving ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • Artificial Intelligence

    Modern Magic or Dangerous Future?

    by Yorick Wilks ...
    Series series Hot Science
    Artificial intelligence has long been a mainstay of science fiction and increasingly it feels as if AI is entering our everyday lives, with technology like Apple's Siri now prominent, and self-driving cars almost upon us.But what do we actually mean when we talk about 'AI'? Are the sentient machines of 2001 or The Matrix a real possibility or will real-world artificial intelligence look and feel ... Read more

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  • The Creativity Code

    Art and Innovation in the Age of AI

    by Marcus Du Sautoy ...
    “A brilliant travel guide to the coming world of AI.”—Jeanette WintersonWhat does it mean to be creative? Can creativity be trained? Is it uniquely human, or could AI be considered creative?Mathematical genius and exuberant polymath Marcus du Sautoy plunges us into the world of artificial intelligence and algorithmic learning in this essential guide to the future of creativity. He considers the ... Read more

    $15.19 USD

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  • Who Wrote This?

    How AI and the Lure of Efficiency Threaten Human Writing

    by Naomi S. Baron ...
    Would you read this book if a computer wrote it? Would you even know? And why would it matter?Today's eerily impressive artificial intelligence writing tools present us with a crucial challenge: As writers, do we unthinkingly adopt AI's time-saving advantages or do we stop to weigh what we gain and lose when heeding its siren call? To understand how AI is redefining what it means to write and ... Read more

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