![]() ![]() The potential application for such technology is indeed enormous, which is why there are already calls to regulate AI like ChatGPT.Ĭan AI outsmart humans? Does it pose public threats? Indeed, can AI become an existential threat? The world’s preeminent linguist Noam Chomsky, and one of the most esteemed public intellectuals of all time, whose intellectual stature has been compared to that of Galileo, Newton, and Descartes, tackles these nagging questions in the interview that follows.Ĭ. ![]() ![]() It is a subset of machine learning and relies on what is called Large Language Models that can generate human-like responses. ChatGPT, which is dominating social media, is an AI-powered chatbot developed by OpenAI. It is transforming every walk of life and raising in the process major ethical concerns for society and the future of humanity. Share on WhatsApp Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Telegram Share on Reddit Share on EmailĪrtificial intelligence (AI) is sweeping the world. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ⚡ Content warning No condom/ No safety talk/ No mention of birthcontrol. □ Steam level: 1/5 1 foreplay scene and 1 sex scene, both lacked chemistry ![]() ✔️ Age gap H is in his mid 30s and h in her mid 20s (unclear) ✔️ HEA Epilogue: 3 years later, they are married and h is a few months pregnant Their meeting, their instalove, their short separation-reunion and then we were already at their happy ending.It all went too quickly and I didn't like that. As a novella, I just didn't get to care about anything that was happening. I thought the concept could've been nice if it'd been a standalone novel instead of a novella, with more meat around the bone. She could snap my neck and I’d die happy down here. It was the same for Tabitha, she was assertive and confident which drew a nice contrast between the two of them, I just didn't feel their chemistry at all. He was besotted and very into Tabitha which I normally love but I don't know.something was missing. Spencer had potential to be interesting, with his nerdy and shy personality. ![]() Maybe if I bought more jewels and hid them around my apartment, she’d visit me again. They instantly fall in love in a very unrealistic and weird way. She gets caught by him and that's pretty much it. Put simply, Tabitha is a burglar who has for mission to steal a sapphire from Spencer's penthouse, a billionaire tech guy. It could've been good but it felt rushed, drafty and unfinished. As much as I praise Cassie Mint's concepts, this one just didn't work. Woah! This novella did absolutely nothing for me. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In The Power of Habit, business reporter Charles Duhigg takes us to the edge of scientific discoveries that explain why habits exist and how they can be changed. What do all these people have in common? They achieved success by focusing on the patterns that shape every aspect of our lives. His first order of business is attacking a single pattern among his employees - how they approach worker safety - and soon the firm, Alcoa, becomes the top performer in the Dow Jones. ![]() ![]() An untested CEO takes over one of the largest companies in America. Suddenly, one of them detects a nearly imperceptible pattern - and with a slight shift in advertising, Febreze goes on to earn a billion dollars a year. They are desperately trying to figure out how to sell a new product called Febreze, on track to be one of the biggest flops in company history. Marketers at Procter & Gamble study videos of people making their beds. The patterns inside her brain, neurologists discover, have fundamentally changed. She has quit smoking, run a marathon, and been promoted at work. Over the past two years, she has transformed almost every aspect of her life. Summary: A young woman walks into a laboratory. ![]() ![]() One can hear Jefferson’s amusement and the subtle ironies and wit of his voice, see the lift of an eyebrow and his warmth as we read his passages, framed by Meacham’s writing. One can imagine Jefferson sitting by the sunny window of his corner office in the White House, his pet mockingbird, Dick, perched on his shoulder singing, his red roses and geraniums in pots on the sill, humming along as he worked through the federal correspondence twelve hours a day (he read and corrected all federal paperwork).Įven more wondrously, Jon Meacham, the author, brings Jefferson’s voice back to life. The characters and the scenes come to life. And that’s the delight of this Jefferson biography. ![]() He was given great tracts of land for surveying the Virginia-North Carolina border, a feat when one imagines surveying a straight line several hundred miles long through the wild forest mountains and swamps. Jefferson’s father, Peter, was a renowned frontiersman in the early 1700s. Thomas Jefferson, The Art of Power is a portrait of Jefferson, the political theorist and working politician who, by intent, became a world historical figure. ![]() Of all our great men, we know most and least of Jefferson. ![]() ![]() Thomas Jefferson was given many gifts: wealth, in the form of plantations and slaves, vast natural talents, education, health, powerful family connections, a capacity for hard work, a nose for the main chance and the political savvy to take it. ![]() ![]() In particular, the autobiographical style of such poets as Sexton, whose work he discovered in 1975, and O’Hara can be seen in Trinidad’s work. Among the poets who have influenced Trinidad are Ann Stanford, Sylvia Plath, Ann Sexton, Ted Hughes, Allen Ginsberg, Frank O’Hara. Relocating to New York City in 1988, he studied at Brooklyn College where he earned in 1990 his Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing. Trinidad earned his Bachelor of Arts in English at California State University in 1979. It was Stanford who introduced Trinidad to the genre of found poetry in 1972. He attended California State University at Northridge where, as an undergraduate, he took Introduction to Literature with poet Ann Stanford. ![]() Photographers Unknown, My Spirits Are Liftedĭavid Trinidad, Red Parade, Plasticville, Turtle Point Press, 2000īorn in Los Angeles, California in 1953, David Trinidad is a contemporary American poet know for his masterful use of popular-culture references in his work. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Can she vanquish the spawn of Satan? And overcome the social prejudices of the class-conscious landed gentry?Ĭomplete with romance, heartbreak, swordfights, cannibalism, and thousands of rotting corpses, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies transforms a masterpiece of world literature into something you'd actually want to read. What ensues is a delightful comedy of manners with plenty of civilized sparring between the two young lovers - and even more violent sparring on the blood-soaked battlefield as Elizabeth wages war against hordes of flesh-eating undead. He also wrote Tim Burton’s latest film ‘Dark Shadows’. "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains." So begins Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, an expanded edition of the beloved Jane Austen novel featuring all-new scenes of bone-crunching zombie mayhem.Īs our story opens, a mysterious plague has fallen upon the quiet English village of Meryton - and the dead are returning to life! Feisty heroine Elizabeth Bennet is determined to wipe out the zombie menace, but she's soon distracted by the arrival of the haughty and arrogant Mr. SETH GRAHAME-SMITH is the New York Times bestselling author of the novels Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, for which he also adapted the screenplay. Get this audiobook for free when you try Audible: ![]() Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith on Audible: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The wheels of dissent are set into motion one night when Evey slips out after curfew to see her friend – and talkshow host – Gordon Deitrich. He’s basically a dictator, reinforced through the large monitors we see his face menacingly projected onto when communicating with the puppets in the government. ![]() In doing so, Sutler becomes the High Chancellor. ![]() Through Sutler’s crazed rants and speeches, he managed to convince the nation to vote for him, winning in a landslide against the Conservative and Labour parties. His vessel for helping to carry this message stems from Evey, an employee of the TV channel broadcasting the propaganda to the masses.īritain is stuck in the grip of the Norsefire Party, led by the maniacal Adam Sutler. Ruling through fearmongering and misinformation, a masked vigilante named V sets out to tip the scales back in favour of the everyday man – or woman as the case may be. Specifically, our tale takes place in a near-future dystopian Britain.Ī virus has ravaged the country, catapulting a tyrannical government into the throngs of power. V for Vendetta is an empowering and well-written dystopian tale, reinforcing that there are strength in numbers and that the strength of many will usurp the minority when backed into a corner. “Governments should be afraid of their people.” V For Vendetta Plot Synopsis ![]() ![]() ![]() The goddess of chaos gets him every time. You can always tell a person loves you when they tease you like that and poke fun at your faults without doing it in a mean way. Oh, and of course, the innuendo and teasings. I love it that he’s growing even though he doesn’t want to. Ravirn is learning stubbornly what it means to be the Raven and interacting with the Furies and other gods on a whole new level. I do love the virtual bit where he stabs himself in the hand to become virtually part of the environment. The take McCullough has on Persephone and Hades was neat too, giving Hades a very bad mojo and Persephone a very sympathetic vibe.Īlthough the computer lingo was a bit better in this one, I still had some difficulty understanding some of the things. Three different personalities as well, driven towards one ultimate goal. I love that the author portrays the three-headed dog as three different species of dogs when it comes to their heads. ![]() I like the idea that Ravirn’s a bit shy of his new identity.Ĭerberus is introduced in this book! I love it. I found I could understand some of the things I’d misunderstood in the first one better once they were summarized in this book. ![]() Ravirn is in trouble again – imagine that! Feeling badly for leaving Cerice’s AI familiar in Hell, Ravirn and Melchior, his own AI, plan a trip to Hell to get her back. ![]() ![]() ![]() Overall, the film doesn't reinvent the wheel when it comes to action thrillers. marshal who leads him away from a deadly environment. However, when he does need help, he puts his trust in those who haven't betrayed him - namely people who look like him, including Greer and later a Black U.S. ![]() Black people in the military have been asked or ordered to put their lives on the line for this country without the guarantees of full citizenship or safety that they've more than earned.Īt its core, the film is a typical antihero origin story - the guy who goes barreling toward danger because he has little left to lose - and John is almost arrogant enough to take on his mission alone. ![]() ![]() ![]() OL46395W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 95.21 Pages 294 Ppi 650 Related-external-id urn:isbn:0575129050 In the twenty-second century Earth obtains limitless, free energy from a. Urn:lcp:godsthemselves00isaa:epub:5a5f6efd-02d2-4761-bc8a-9c6d133ea8fb Extramarc University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (PZ) Foldoutcount 0 Identifier godsthemselves00isaa Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t8kd5755v Invoice 11 Isbn 0449237567ĩ780586037720 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.17 Openlibrary OL7567482M Openlibrary_edition Read The Gods Themselves A Novel by Isaac Asimov available from Rakuten Kobo. ![]() Internetarchivebookdrive Edition Paperback edition External-identifier ![]() ![]() Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 15:46:19 Bookplateleaf 0002 Boxid IA1130307 Boxid_2 BWB220140909 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Donor ![]() |