From Algorithms to Thinking Machines : The New Digital Power / Talia Domenico.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Domenico, Talia, author.

Series:

ACM books ; Number 54.

ACM Books ; Number 54

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Algorithms--Social aspects.

Algorithms.

Information society.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (308 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Association for Computing Machinery, [2023]

Summary:

The book is part of the ACM Books series, focusing on the impact and evolution of algorithms and computing technologies in society. It covers topics such as the historical development of algorithms, their application in various fields like machine learning and artificial intelligence, and their societal implications. Key figures such as Euclid, Gödel, Turing, and von Neumann are discussed in the context of their contributions to computing. The book also addresses current issues related to AI ethics, biases in algorithms, and the influence of algorithms on politics and society. It is intended for an audience interested in computer science, technology, and their societal impacts. Generated by AI.

Contents:

Intro

From Algorithms to Thinking Machines

Contents

Prologue

Acknowledgments

References

1 Algorithms-From Mathematics to People

1.1 Introducing Algorithms

1.2 Babylonian Algorithms

1.3 Other Ancient Algorithms

1.4 Euclid's Algorithm

1.5 Fibonacci and His Numbers

1.6 A Few Simple Examples of Algorithms

1.7 Algorithms and Computers

1.8 Algorithms and the Internet

1.9 Algorithms in Our Daily Life

2 From Algorithms to Software

2.1 Hilbert, Gödel, and Turing

2.2 John von Neumann and the EDVAC

2.3 Bit, Bytes, and Boolean Algebra

2.4 Programs and Software

2.5 High-level Languages, Concepts, and Evolution

2.6 Source and Executable Code

2.7 Software Applications

3 Algorithms and Data-The Pillars of Our Future

3.1 Data Storing and Abstract Structures

3.2 Data in Files

3.3 Data in Databases

3.4 Data in the Web

3.5 The Era of Big Data

3.6 Data Science

3.7 Data-intensive Applications

4 The Age of Machine Intelligence

4.1 Machine Intelligence

4.2 Birth and Evolution of Artificial Intelligence

4.3 Learning from Data

4.4 Machine Learning Algorithms

4.4.1 Decision Trees

4.4.2 k-nearest Neighbors

4.4.3 Clustering Algorithms

4.4.4 Association Rules

4.5 Neural Networks and Deep Learning Models

5 Living with Algorithms

5.1 Algorithms in Our Lives

5.2 Software Intelligence in Searching the Web

5.3 Social Media Algorithms

5.4 Programming Self-driving Cars

5.5 Intelligent Algorithms at School

5.6 Algorithmic Art

6 Working with Algorithms

6.1 Machine Intelligence for the Fourth Industrial Revolution

6.2 Everytime Workers

6.3 Working with Robots

6.4 AI Algorithms and Gig Workers

6.5 Learning Algorithms for Healthcare.

6.6 AI for Energy and Green AI

6.7 AI for Finance and Trading

6.8 AI in the Public Sector

7 Algorithm Biases and Values

7.1 Human Values in Automatic Procedures

7.2 Human Biases and Algorithms

7.3 Algorithmic Biases

7.4 Toward Responsible Algorithms

7.5 Biases in Data

7.6 Ethics in Software

7.7 Human Alignment of AI

8 Algorithms and Politics

8.1 Algorithms, Information, and Democracy

8.2 Digitalization of Politics

8.3 Algorithmic Hegemony

8.4 Marcuse and the Digital Man

8.5 Political Influence

8.6 Politicians Replaced by AI?

9 Ruling Algorithms

9.1 From Surveillance Capitalism to Politics

9.2 AI Technology for Citizens' Surveillance

9.3 Algocracy

9.4 Governmentality and Algorithms

9.5 The Chinese Social Credit System and Similar Systems

10 Transparency and Accountability of AI Algorithms

10.1 Introduction to Algorithm Accountability

10.2 Algorithm Transparency and Opacity

10.3 Explainability of AI Algorithms

10.4 Some Final Remarks

11 The Non-computable

11.1 The Limits of Computation

11.2 Other Non-computable Problems

11.3 On the Computability of Machine and Human Intelligence

11.4 A Few Final Remarks

Author's Biography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9798400708589

OCLC:

1419870273