Visionaries, Rebels and Machines : The Story of Humanity's Extraordinary Journey from Electrification to Cloudification.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dobson, Jamie.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technological innovations.

Artificial intelligence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (268 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol : SRA Books, 2025.

Summary:

From the first sparks of electrification to the dawn of artificial intelligence, Visionaries, Rebels and Machines is a rip-roaring adventure through the history of technology. It reveals how curiosity, ingenuity, bold breakthroughs, and pure chance have driven progress, leading to the artificial intelligence, automation and cloud computing that's reshaping our world today. This book is not just about how we got here, but also where we're heading. Understanding this evolution helps us make informed decisions, seize opportunities and stay ahead in a rapidly shifting landscape.

Contents:

Preface

Introduction: The short history of a utopian technique

Prologue: In the beginning was the word, and the word was Jeff’s

Part 1: From the Enlightenment to enlightenment

1 A digital and binary system of communication

2 The right call

3 The invention factory

End of Part 1

Part 2: Electrons and nuclear bombs

4 The peculiar birth of a peculiar company

5 The computer

6 The wasp and the fig tree

End of Part 2

Part 3: Those who knew the score

7 The Alto and the internet

8 The rise of utility computing

9 The dramatic fall of utility computing

End of Part 3

Part 4: Cloudification

10 The magical computer store

11 Saturday night at the movies

12 A womb with a view

13 The computer as a community

14 Talent density

15 The computer and the company

16 The secret life of teams

End of Part 4

Part 5: The enchanted loom

17 The end of the world (of work) as we know it

18 Only the paranoid will survive the coming wave Generated by AI.

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ISBN:

1-915483-16-6

OCLC:

1521497453