Brian Christian: 14 books

A fascinating exploration of how computer algorithms can be applied to our everyday lives, helping to solve common decision-making problems and illuminate the workings of the human mind All our lives are constrained by limited space and time, limits that give rise to a particular set of problems....

Each year, the AI community convenes to administer the famous (and famously controversial) Turing test, pitting sophisticated software programs against humans to determine if a computer can “think.” The machine that most often fools the judges wins the Most Human Computer Award. But there is also...

Master the development of 2D games by learning to use the powerful GameMaker Language and tools provided by the GameMaker: Studio workspace and engine! About This Book Rapidly develop games using the powerful yet easy easy-to to-use GameMaker: Studio engine Comprehensive: This is a comprehensive...

「這不算。……『深藍』也沒有贏。」 西洋棋大師卡斯帕洛夫與超級電腦交手落敗後，為何這麼說？ 人類與人工智慧的關係，是「你輸我才贏」的零和賽局？ 　　●《麻省理工科技評論》年度最佳書籍、亞馬遜書店電腦科學Top...

In The Dark is a monstrous collection of all-new original terror tales from the darkest and most brilliant minds in comics and prose. Featuring an introduction by American Vampire, The Wake, and Severed writer Scott Snyder, and a frightful feature on the history of horror comics, through their rotten rise and dreadful decline by comic book historian Mike Howlett!

Meine neue Frau kannte meine Furcht vor Medizinern und half mir, mein Geheimnis zu wahren. Aber das war das Schlimmste, was wir hätten tun können. Wenn ich mich eher um das Ding gekümmert hätte, wäre vielleicht... Sehen Sie, Mr. Belton, an mir wuchs etwas. Ja, ein Organ! Ein Anhängsel, ein Schnauzen-ähnliches...

Angst und Entsetzen sind allgegenwärtig. Überall und zu jeder Stunde greifen sie in mannigfaltiger Gestalt und mit eiskalten Klauen nach ihren Opfern... ...wie in der Geschichte von einem ganz speziellen Totentanz... ...oder in der Geschichte von dem Schloss, welches am Rand der Welt...

Die große Halle hatte sich jetzt fast geleert; nur noch ein paar Zuschauer befanden sich auf der Galerie am gegenüberliegenden Ende und bewunderten die geschickt angelegte Mondlandschaft. Eddie arbeitete sich durch den falschen Bimsstein, den Kopf gesenkt, die Hände in den Taschen. Seltsam:...

The fourth edition of an authoritative overview, with all new chapters that capture the state of the art in a rapidly growing field. Science and Technology Studies (STS) is a flourishing interdisciplinary field that examines the transformative power of science and technology to arrange and...

Das zentrale Anliegen des Lehrbuchs ist die Verbesserung der medizinischen und pädagogischen Behandlung und Begleitung von Menschen mit kognitiver Beeinträchtigung. Im Zentrum des ersten Teils stehen Gespräche mit den beteiligten Familien, die Fragen zu psychischer Gesundheit, Lebensqualität und...

Phenomenology and the Arts develops the interplay between phenomenology as a historical movement and a descriptive method within Continental philosophy and the arts. Divided into five themes, the book explores first how the phenomenological method itself is a kind of artistic endeavor that mirrors...

Build effective solutions for real-world business scenarios—using out-of-the-box tools in Microsoft SharePoint Server, SharePoint Foundation, and Office 365. Each chapter in this hands-on book focuses on a single business project, using a standard approach to guide you through the solution-building...

Rhode Island's contribution to World War II vastly exceeded its small size. Narragansett Bay was an armed camp dotted by army forts and navy facilities. They included the country's most important torpedo production and testing facilities at Newport and the Northeast's largest naval air station at...

The essays in this volume consider the ways in which material and intellectual culture both shaped and were shaped by the literature of late medieval England. The first section, “Textual Material,” reflects on cultural and social issues generally referred to as the History of Ideas, and how those...