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The Unorthodox Creator: How to Survive and Thrive in the Digital World explores the digital world, anything from social media to Web3. It embarks on a journey taking you from the past to the present to the future. Technology as we know it is evolving at a rapid pace and there are many opportunities that come with this evolution if we're willing to adapt. Author Derron Payne walks us through the case studies, research, and everyday people that are...
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Technology industries largely strive for innovation and revenue, living by mantras such as "move fast, break things" and "fail fast, fail often." Computing education systems have often been molded to meet these industrial demands, overlooking the impact on individuals and societies through this revolution. Author Eric Fan has the conviction that these issues of educational equity and social impact are foundational in computing education in his book...
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Whatever our background, bias, or beliefs, there is one truth to which each is bound and from which none can escape: sooner or later, we will die.
Talking about death is never easy. Digital Remains: Death, Dying & Remembrance in the Tech Generation makes expert insights accessible and unintimidating. In this book, you'll gain up-to-date knowledge about your options, including how to:
• Use social media to notify your networks.
• Convert a Facebook...
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Author Daniel Bashir's AI Literacy is a book about AI at its best and worst: AI systems can and will do incredible things but why we need to be careful as we develop and use them. The book focuses on AI literacy, the simple act of understanding the abilities and limitations of AI systems.
Through his experiences in academia and the tech industry, Bashir has been exposed to and called to question the ethical and societal impacts of AI. Ultimately,...
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a game-changing technology. Not just disruptive, but a complete shift in the way humans live. Even in its infancy, it is already being abused.
In Monsters, Machines, and the Media: Everything Media Producers and Consumers Should Know About Artificial Intelligence, you will hear from experts in the field as well as media personalities, broaching topics like...
• The intersections of this revolutionary technology,...
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"When today's technology relies on yesterday's data, it will simply mirror our past mistakes and biases."
AI and other high-tech tools embed and reinforce America's history of prejudice and exclusion - even when they are used with the best intentions. Patrick K. Lin's Machine See, Machine Do: How Technology Mirrors Bias in Our Criminal Justice System takes a deep and thorough look into the use of technology in the criminal justice system and investigates...
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Do you recognize any of these band names? Starz. City Boy. Mother May I.
Probably not, and that's what is wrong with the music industry. It's baffling that unique artists struggle, while ordinary artists become popular. In today's fast-paced music industry, it's more important than ever to give the smaller artists a fighting chance.
In Journey to Generation Clash, Carmela Carr details her journey to show the importance of creating our own version...
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A recent Purdue University study showed that, in 2019, 95% of TV coverage, including highlights on sports networks, focused on men's sports. That doesn't leave much room for women, and female athletes are more than fed up with this inequality. One of those athletes, Prabhleen Kaur Lamba, decided to interview a number of top female athletes, and reflect on many other issues that female athletes face. In this breakout book, She Plays to Win, Lamba features...
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