In Artificial Experts, Collins explains what computers can't do, but he also studies the ordinary and extraordinary things that they can do. He argues that the machines we create are limited because we cannot reproduce in symbols what every community knows, yet we give our machi…
Today's rapid growth in information technology has occurred without a full understanding of the human consequences of its use -- on individuals, on organizations, and on society as a whole. As a result, initial expectations have frequently not been met, and a backlash has develo…
A technology reporter for the "New York Times" traces the rise of Big Data and explains how individuals and institutions will need to exploit, protect, and manage their data to stay competitive in the coming years.--[Source inconnue]
A technology reporter for the "New York Times" traces the rise of Big Data and explains how individuals and institutions will need to exploit, protect, and manage their data to stay competitive in the coming years.--[Source inconnue].
Avec le XXe siècle se clôt le 2e millénaire mais aussi la Terre, l'astre des vivants. La mondialisation clôt le champ des possibles de l'horizon terrestre : le globe est bouclé par une ronde de satellites qui nous fait heurter l'enveloppe de notre planète. Et par le couplage des…
This volume offers very selected papers from the 2014 conference of the ℓ́ℓInternational Association for Computing and Philosophyℓ́ℓ (IACAP) - a conference tradition of 28 years. The theme of the papers is the two-way relation between computing technologies and philosophical quest…