The driver in the driverless car : how your technology choices create the future / / Vivek Wadhwa and Alex Salkever

• Autore: Wadhwa Vivek
• Pubblicazione: Oakland, CA : , : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., , [2019]; ©2019
• Edizione: Second edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (146 pages)
• Disciplina: 303.48/3
• Soggetto topico: Technology - Social aspects; Medical innovations; Artificial intelligence - Social aspects; Technological forecasting
• Persona (resp. second.): SalkeverAlex
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Tech experts Vivek Wadhwa and Alex Salkever describe dozens of astonishing technological advances in this fascinating and thought-provoking book, which asks what kind of future lies ahead—Star Trek or Mad Max? Breakthroughs such as personalized genomics, drones, self-driving vehicles, and artificial intelligence could make our lives healthier, safer, and easier. On the other hand, the same technologies raise the specter of a frightening future—eugenics, a jobless economy, a complete loss of privacy, and ever-worsening economic inequality. Wadhwa says that we need to ask three questions about every emerging technology: Does it have the potential to benefit everyone equally? What are the risks and the rewards? And does it promote autonomy or dependence? This edition is updated throughout and includes a new chapter on quantum computing, which promises vastly increased processing times—and vastly increased security risks. In the end, our future is up to us; our hands may not be on the wheel, but we will decide the driverless car's destination.
• Titolo autorizzato: The driver in the driverless car
• ISBN: 1-5230-8555-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910816778703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II