From Gutenberg to Google and on to AI

The History of Our Future

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

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The two great Western technological revolutions of the past, the invention of movable type in the fifteenth century and the Industrial Revolution of the eighteenth century, changed the course of economies and societies and radically altered how humans interacted with each other and their world. In this updated edition of From Gutenberg to Google, former FCC chairman Tom Wheeler takes up a still unfolding transformational revolution in twenty-first century technology: artificial intelligence. Building on insights on connectivity developed in the previous edition, Wheeler describes the enormous potential of this fast-expanding and powerful technology and highlights the urgent need for governments across the globe to regulate its use, both to limit opportunities for harm and to engage its capabilities for good.

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Utgivningsdatum:2024-07-01
Mått:152 x 226 x 20 mm
Vikt:420 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:306
Upplaga:24000
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780815740612

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Before he became chairman of the Federal Communications Commission in 2013, Tom Wheeler started or helped found several companies offering new cable, wireless, and video communications services. He is also a historian with a deep interest in how the events and trends of today reflect—or don’t—what happened in the past.

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Sometimes we have to take a step back in order to understand what’s under our noses. With his entertaining account of three historical network revolutions, and the reactions they inspired, Tom Wheeler gives us the tools to understand the one we are living through today—and where it might take us tomorrow.

Innehållsförteckning

Contents:AcknowledgmentsPrefaceProloguePart I: Perspective1. Connections Have ConsequencesPart II: Predicates2. The Original Information Revolution3. The First High-Speed Network and the Death of Distance4. The First Electronic Network and the End of TimePart III: The Road to Revolution5. Computing Engines6. Connected Computing7. The Planet's Most Powerful and Pervasive PlatformPart IV: Our Turn8. The History We Are Making9. Connecting ForwardEpilogueNotesIndex