You Look Like a Thing and I Love You
Janelle Shane holds a PhD in electrical engineering as well as a master's degree in physics. She blogs on artificial intelligence and the entertaining and often scary ways that algorithms get human stuff wrong at aiweirdness.com. She has appeared on the main TED stage, as well as in the New York Times, The Atlantic, Wired, Popular Science, and other publications, as well as on NPR's All Things Considered, Science Friday, and Marketplace. She has been recognized a Fast Company 100 Most Creative Person in Business and an Adweek Young Influential. She is most likely not a robot.
You look like a thing and I love you is one of the greatest pickup lines ever... according to an artificial intelligence taught by Janelle Shane, the popular site AI Weirdness's creator. Shane makes amusing AIs that learn how to name paint colors, cook the best foods, and even romance (badly) with humans—all in the service of better understanding the technology that regulates so much of our human lives.
We rely on AI every day, trusting it with anything from unlocking our phones to hospital treatment. But how intelligent is AI really...? Shane answers every AI question you've ever had, as well as some you haven't, such as: How can a computer build the ideal sandwich? What does the sound of computer-generated Harry Potter fan literature sound like? Is "vampire hog bride" really the best Halloween costume in the world?
In You look like a thing and I love you, Shane illustrates how these robots learn, fail, and adapt—and how they mirror both the best and worst of humanity in this sharp, often funny introduction to the most fascinating science of our time.
Author: Janelle Shane
Link to buy: https://www.amazon.com/You-Look-Like-Thing-Love/dp/0316525227/
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