Artificial unintelligence : how computers misunderstand the world /
Meredith Broussard.
- 1 online resource (247 pages)
- The MIT Press Ser. .
- The MIT Press Ser. .
Intro -- Contents -- I How Computers Work -- 1 Hello, Reader -- 2 Hello, World -- 3 Hello, AI -- 4 Hello, Data Journalism -- II When Computers Don't Work -- 5 Why Poor Schools Can't Win at Standardized Tests -- 6 People Problems -- 7 Machine Learning: The DL on ML -- 8 This Car Won't Drive Itself -- 9 Popular Doesn't Mean Good -- III Working Together -- 10 On the Startup Bus -- 11 Third-Wave AI -- 12 Aging Computers -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
A guide to understanding the inner workings and outer limits of technology and why we should never assume that computers always get it right.
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Electronic data processing-Social aspects.. Computer programs-Correctness.. Errors.