An edition of Talking Back to the Machine (1999)

Talking Back to the Machine

Computers and Human Aspiration

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An edition of Talking Back to the Machine (1999)

Talking Back to the Machine

Computers and Human Aspiration

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From the editors of the wildly successful Beyond Calculation comes another exploration of the overwhelming impact of computers on our future. This time, the essays focus on the human impact of computer technology and culture: how computers will affect the ways we teach, learn, communicate, relate to each other, and live in the coming decades. The contributors, representing the best of many fields, include Secretary of Defense William Perry on how computers will affect warfare; Brian Ferrin on technology and storytelling; Patti Maes on intelligent agents; Nobel Laureate Murray Gell-Mann on the quality of information; Eliot Soloway on the impact of computers on education; and many more. Like Beyond Calculation, praised by the New York Times for its "astonishing intellectual reach," this sequel engages readers with some of the most compelling and important issues of our time.

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Springer New York
Language
English
Pages
193

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Subjects

Mathematics, Computers and civilization, Prediction theory, Mathematics, general

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Cover of: Talking Back to the Machine
Talking Back to the Machine: Computers and Human Aspiration
1999, Springer New York
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Table of Contents

Foreword (Robert Metcalfe)
Preface (Peter Denning)
Introduction (James Burke)
The Folly of Prediction (Gordon Bell)
Non-Electronic Computing (Joel Birnbaum)
The Future of the Internet (Vin Cerf)
The Transformation of Stories (Brian Ferrin)
Information Technology and Business (Fernando Flores)
The Quality of Information (Murray Gell-Mann)
Telecommunications in the Future (Reed Hundt)
The Cultural Impact of Information Technology (Laurel)
Intelligent Agents and Software Technology (Patti Maes)
The Future of Semiconductors (Mead)
The Future of Software (With Some Speculations about Windows 47) (Nathan Myhrvold)
Information Technology and the Face of War (William Perry)
How Computing Research Will Pay Off (Raj Reddy)
Computers and Early Education (Eliot Soloway)
The Dark Side of Information Technology (Bruce Sterling)
Learning to Predict the Future from the Past (Wilkes)
Insert: A Tour of the Exhibits (Dave Kasik).

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New York, NY

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Dewey Decimal Class
510
Library of Congress
QA1-939, QA76.9.C66QA76.9.U83, QA76.9.C66

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[electronic resource] :
Pagination
1 online resource (xxiv, 193p. 10 illus.)
Number of pages
193

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OL27090747M
Internet Archive
talkingbacktomac00bell
ISBN 10
1461274338, 146122148X
ISBN 13
9781461274339, 9781461221487
OCLC/WorldCat
853258344

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