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As a celebration for the International Chess Day, I started reading Garry Kasparov's Deep Thinking out of my TBR pile. I'm very much excited to know his thoughts about artificial intelligence and human creativity especially as he battled IBM supercomputer Deep Blue years ago during his reign as the World Chess Champion back then, a notable portion of events engraved in the history of chess.

This book was riveting. I read so little nonfiction so when I love something you know it‘s REALLY great. I laughed SO hard and also learned a ton. Maybe I‘m an expert on AI now! Jk :) But truthfully, if you‘ve ever wanted to understand AI better, Janelle Shane explains things in a way that is so approachable, providing concrete and hilarious examples. The thesis - that robots are not smart enough to take over the planet - is also quite reassuring.

Fourth #owlsreadingchallenge subject passed!!

HERBOLOGY:

🌟Herbology: a book with a plant on cover or title - Psalm for the Wild Built
🌟Pomona sprout: character with herb name - Good Company (Flora)
🌟Greenhouses: green cover - You Look Like a Thing and I Love You

I was fascinated by how this book explains how the design of everyday life suits tech companies at our expense.

#nonfiction #computing #technology

My year in review: goals met! Some interesting trends in rate of reading throughout the year (summer months look like my highest reading months) and a neat breakdown of genres, format, and fiction vs nonfiction… def need to ramp up on nonfiction on the new year!
Will also pay attention to format on #storygraph going forward cause I know that audio % is way too low 😂 #2021stats #readingstats #thestorygraph
(Booked tagged is last finished of year)

If you have ever wondered how artificial intelligence really works, you need this book. Clear explanations, hilarious examples of AI output, and super-cute cartoon AIs. I borrowed this from the library but will have to get a copy to share with my family (maybe as an Xmas present so I can borrow it back 😂)

The little AIs in this book are SO CUTE and I want one on a T-shirt 😍

“ConceptNet Numberbatch (no, not the British actor)”

Glad I wasn‘t drinking when I read this, or I would have sprayed the drink out my nose and needed to buy the library a new copy of this book 🤣

I have never laughed so hard while reading a tech book.