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The Unplugged Hours
- Cultivating a Life of Presence in a Digitally Connected World
- By: Hannah Brencher
- Narrated by: Hannah Brencher
- Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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In the spring of 2021, Hannah Brencher found herself depleted and exhausted—and she knew the culprit was her constantly plugged-in lifestyle. Like so many of us, Hannah had been turning to her phone to cope with life in a time of isolation and uncertainty. Those coping mechanisms had calcified into habits she didn't know how to break. Sound familiar? That's when the nudge happened. Turn off your phone and keep turning off your phone. In The Unplugged Hours, Hannah demonstrates how the act of powering down changed her entire life.
By: Hannah Brencher
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The Mind's Mirror
- Risk and Reward in the Age of AI
- By: Daniela Rus, Gregory Mone
- Narrated by: Nan McNamara
- Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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As advances in AI spark fear and confusion, The Mind’s Mirror reminds us that in spite of the very real and pressing challenges, AI is a force with enormous potential to improve human life. Computer scientist and AI researcher Daniela Rus, along with science writer Gregory Mone, offers an expert perspective as a leader in the field who has witnessed many technological hype cycles. Rus and Mone illustrate the ways in which AI can help us become more productive, knowledgeable, creative, insightful, and even empathetic, as well as the many risks associated with misuse.
By: Daniela Rus, and others
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Distracted
- A Philosophy of Cars and Phones
- By: Robert Rosenberger
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Rosenberger brings together ideas from philosophy and cognitive science to leverage a postphenomenological perspective that reveals how our smartphones make us such bad drivers. Reviewing decades of empirical studies in cognitive science, he shows that we have developed habits of perception regarding our compulsive technology use—habits that may wrest our attention away from the road.
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The Extinction of Experience
- Being Human in a Disembodied World
- By: Christine Rosen
- Narrated by: Suzie Althens
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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In The Extinction of Experience, Christine Rosen investigates the cultural and emotional shifts that accompany our embrace of technology. In warm, philosophical prose, Rosen reveals key human experiences at risk of going extinct, including face-to-face communication, sense of place, authentic emotion, and even boredom. Considering cultural trends, like TikTok challenges and mukbang, and politically unsettling phenomena, like sociometric trackers and online conspiracy culture, Rosen exposes an unprecedented shift in the human condition, one that habituates us to alienation and control.
By: Christine Rosen
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AI for Beginners 2024
- How to Survive AI Algorithms
- By: Elon Zakari
- Narrated by: Tavish Grade
- Length: 2 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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There's no denying the scrutiny of AI algorithms are making life tougher, whether you're applying for jobs, passing exams or securing loans. These digital gatekeepers are raising the stakes and it's natural to feel anxious about their growing influence. This book exists because AI algorithms are changing every aspect of our lives at lightening speed and many of us feel overwhelmed or unprepared for this change.
By: Elon Zakari
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The Shortcut
- Why Intelligent Machines Do Not Think Like Us
- By: Nello Cristianini
- Narrated by: Graham Mack
- Length: 6 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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A particular form of AI is now embedded in our tech, our infrastructure, and our lives. How did it get there? Where and why should we be concerned? And what should we do now? The Shortcut: Why Intelligent Machines Do Not Think Like Us provides an accessible yet probing exposure of AI in its prevalent form today, proposing a new narrative to connect and make sense of events that have happened in the recent tumultuous past, and enabling us to think soberly about the road ahead.
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The Unplugged Hours
- Cultivating a Life of Presence in a Digitally Connected World
- By: Hannah Brencher
- Narrated by: Hannah Brencher
- Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
-
Story
In the spring of 2021, Hannah Brencher found herself depleted and exhausted—and she knew the culprit was her constantly plugged-in lifestyle. Like so many of us, Hannah had been turning to her phone to cope with life in a time of isolation and uncertainty. Those coping mechanisms had calcified into habits she didn't know how to break. Sound familiar? That's when the nudge happened. Turn off your phone and keep turning off your phone. In The Unplugged Hours, Hannah demonstrates how the act of powering down changed her entire life.
By: Hannah Brencher
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The Mind's Mirror
- Risk and Reward in the Age of AI
- By: Daniela Rus, Gregory Mone
- Narrated by: Nan McNamara
- Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
As advances in AI spark fear and confusion, The Mind’s Mirror reminds us that in spite of the very real and pressing challenges, AI is a force with enormous potential to improve human life. Computer scientist and AI researcher Daniela Rus, along with science writer Gregory Mone, offers an expert perspective as a leader in the field who has witnessed many technological hype cycles. Rus and Mone illustrate the ways in which AI can help us become more productive, knowledgeable, creative, insightful, and even empathetic, as well as the many risks associated with misuse.
By: Daniela Rus, and others
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Distracted
- A Philosophy of Cars and Phones
- By: Robert Rosenberger
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Rosenberger brings together ideas from philosophy and cognitive science to leverage a postphenomenological perspective that reveals how our smartphones make us such bad drivers. Reviewing decades of empirical studies in cognitive science, he shows that we have developed habits of perception regarding our compulsive technology use—habits that may wrest our attention away from the road.
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The Extinction of Experience
- Being Human in a Disembodied World
- By: Christine Rosen
- Narrated by: Suzie Althens
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In The Extinction of Experience, Christine Rosen investigates the cultural and emotional shifts that accompany our embrace of technology. In warm, philosophical prose, Rosen reveals key human experiences at risk of going extinct, including face-to-face communication, sense of place, authentic emotion, and even boredom. Considering cultural trends, like TikTok challenges and mukbang, and politically unsettling phenomena, like sociometric trackers and online conspiracy culture, Rosen exposes an unprecedented shift in the human condition, one that habituates us to alienation and control.
By: Christine Rosen
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AI for Beginners 2024
- How to Survive AI Algorithms
- By: Elon Zakari
- Narrated by: Tavish Grade
- Length: 2 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
There's no denying the scrutiny of AI algorithms are making life tougher, whether you're applying for jobs, passing exams or securing loans. These digital gatekeepers are raising the stakes and it's natural to feel anxious about their growing influence. This book exists because AI algorithms are changing every aspect of our lives at lightening speed and many of us feel overwhelmed or unprepared for this change.
By: Elon Zakari
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The Shortcut
- Why Intelligent Machines Do Not Think Like Us
- By: Nello Cristianini
- Narrated by: Graham Mack
- Length: 6 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A particular form of AI is now embedded in our tech, our infrastructure, and our lives. How did it get there? Where and why should we be concerned? And what should we do now? The Shortcut: Why Intelligent Machines Do Not Think Like Us provides an accessible yet probing exposure of AI in its prevalent form today, proposing a new narrative to connect and make sense of events that have happened in the recent tumultuous past, and enabling us to think soberly about the road ahead.