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Aguanten los K: Una mirada mordaz sobre la increíble Argentina de estos tiempos
by Carlos M. Reymundo RobertsEl personaje es un liberal del diario La Nación que se hizo "K", que seesfuerza por ser un militante y no es aceptado, hecho que da pie a unamirada crítica y humorística de la realidad política del país. El autores el prosecretario general de redacción del diario La Nación. El libro reúne las columnas publicadas por en la sección «De no creer» ylos comentarios de los lectores. El personaje creado por ReymundoRoberts se sueña K y no logra serlo, o no logra ser aceptado como tal, yesa tensión es la que confunde, enoja y encanta. Así es que los foros delanacion.com estallan con vítores, insultos y signos de interrogación.Como dijo el periodista Carlos Pagni en el prólogo de «Aguanten los K»:"La ficción puede convertirse en un instrumento inigualable deindagación de la realidad".Pagni elogió que el autor haya descubierto la "mejor forma" de describirla realidad política del país, que es "matándose de risa". Así,consideró que "el kirchnerismo, que dramatiza todo y por su matrizautoritaria, no entiende el humor y lo ofende mucho". Añadió: "Roberts,siguiendo una tendencia de su personalidad, a través del humor consiguecriticar sin agredir, lo cual es un hallazgo en momentos en que nosquieren meter en la trampa de una guerra".
El agujero: España invadida por la yihad
by José María IrujoUn relato trepidante que descubre cómo se gestó la célula de terroristas del 11-M y por qué Al Qaeda protagonizó en España el mayor atentado de la historia en la Unión Europea. Al Qaeda ha convertido a España en su base principal en Europa. Gracias a la inmigración, la proximidad a África y la desaparición de las fronteras europeas varios miles de radicales islamistas se han asentado en España. Algunos son ex muyahidin que combatieron o se entrenaron en campos terroristas en Afganistán, Bosnia o Chechenia; otros, simpatizantes de la corriente salafista que financia a las células nacidas en los alrededores de algunas mezquitas. Desde hace años el periodista de investigación José María Irujo venía advirtiendo, ante el escepticismo de muchos, de la formidable presencia de Al Qaeda en territorio español, de las conexiones de las células locales con el 11-S y los atentados de Casablanca, y del riesgo de un ataque terrorista. Irujo describe ahora, con rigor y sin concesiones a la fabulación, cómo se gestó y desarrolló el grupo de terroristas que protagonizó el 11-M. Revela con todo detalle cuándo y por qué se organizaron los ataques y descubre a los que movieron los hilos de una criatura que se transformó en monstruo ante la pasividad de la policía y la indiferencia e incredulidad del Gobierno y la clase política. La semilla de la yihad se plantó hace más de una década por todo el país. La amenaza continúa.
Ahead of Her Time: Abby Kelley and the Politics of Antislavery
by Dorothy Sterling"[The author] tells this remarkable story with honesty and compassion. Readers will find a wealth of new information not only about Kelley's outstanding contribution to abolitionism but about the movements to bring about the end of slavery and to advance the cause of women." --Mari Jo Buhle, Brown University In the tumultuous years before the Civil War, a young white woman from a Quaker background came to embody commitment to the cause of antislavery and equal rights for black people. Abby Kelley became the abolitionist movement's chief money-raiser and organizer and its most radial member. She traveled hundreds of miles to awaken the country to the evils of slavery, braving hardship and prejudice as well as opening the way for other women, black and white, to take leadership roles. Now the full story of this principled woman has been told in Dorothy Sterling's compelling biography.
Ahead of Time: My Early Years as a Foreign Correspondent
by Ruth GruberThe renowned journalist and Jewish activist looks back on her first 25 years in &“one of the most evocative journalistic autobiographies to appear&” (Publishers Weekly). In this fascinating memoir, Ruth Gruber recalls her first twenty-five years, from her youth in Brooklyn to her astonishing academic accomplishments and groundbreaking journalistic career. She shares her experiences entering New York University at fifteen and just five years later becoming the world&’s youngest person to earn a PhD. She recounts her time in Cologne, Germany, studying during Hitler&’s rise to power, and her adventures in Europe and the Arctic as a reporter for the New York Herald Tribune. Spirited and compelling, Ahead of Time is a striking account of the early years of a woman at the center of the twentieth century&’s turning points.
Ahí les dejo esos fierros
by Alfredo Molano BravoUn libro imprescindible para desentrañar los orígenes y las más profundas realidades y motivaciones de los distintos procesos de desmovilización y reincorporación en Colombia. Cuando la guerra se extingue en sus propios métodos, los medios empiezan a transformarse. Cuando las promesas se diluyen, las luchas se convierten en ficciones. Y cuando las armas comienzan a ser cada día más pesadas, se regresa a la búsqueda de la identidad sin ellas. Alfredo Molano les da voz a dos personajes que nunca antes había abordado: el ideólogo, perteneciente a la clase media trabajadora y profesional, cuya lucha revolucionaria se gestó en las aulas universitarias a mediados del siglo XX, y el militante de los grupos paramilitares, producto de la división de la sociedad y la complejidad del conflicto colombiano. Seis historias de vida desgarradoras, historias de desmovilización, reencuentros y desarraigo; desde la contradicción de la selva hasta la soledad del despojo.
Ahmad Qābel and Contemporary Islamic Thought: Rational Shariah in Twenty-First-Century Iran
by Lloyd RidgeonAhmad Qābel (1954–2012) was one of the key figures in the 'New Religious Thinking' trend of reformist thought, whose radical views were some of the most daring of his generation, seeking to rationalize and modernize Islamic law. In this comprehensively researched and accessibly written book, Lloyd Ridgeon offers an original examination of Qābel's writings, including his seminal work Shari'at-e 'Aqlāni (Rational Shariah). Throughout his career, Qābel crossed many political and religious redlines, resulting in several prison terms and hastening his premature death while under hospital arrest. Chapters covering topics from jurisprudence and politics to gender relations and society unravel Qābel's worldview, introducing and illuminating his work for all readers. With extended translations from Qābel's compositions, including two whole chapters from Shari'at-e 'Aqlāni, Ridgeon offers the necessary context to understand the resounding significance of Qābel's ideas and arguments.
Ahmed the Philosopher: Thirty-Four Short Plays for Children and Everyone Else
by Alain BadiouEnglish-speaking readers might be surprised to learn that Alain Badiou writes fiction and plays along with his philosophical works and that they are just as important to understanding his larger intellectual project. In Ahmed the Philosopher, Badiou's most entertaining and accessible play, translated into English here for the first time, readers are introduced to Badiou's philosophy through a theatrical tour de force that has met with much success in France. <P><P> Ahmed the Philosopher presents its comic hero, the "treacherous servant" Ahmed, as a seductively trenchant philosopher even as it casts philosophy itself as a comic performance. The comedy unfolds as a series of lessons, with each "short play" or sketch illuminating a different Badiousian concept. Yet Ahmed does more than illustrate philosophical abstractions; he embodies and vivifies the theatrical and performative aspects of philosophy, mobilizing a comic energy that exposes the emptiness and pomp of the world. Through his example, the audience is moved to a living engagement with philosophy, discovering in it the power to break through the limits of everyday life.
¿Ahora qué?: Apuntes urgentes para entender una campaña interminable
by Diego SalazarEl periodista Diego Salazar analiza con rigor y una perspectiva única los sucesos y polémicas que marcaron esta campaña electoral interminable. En un país harto de unas élites y una clase política desconectadas de la ciudadanía, la sorpresiva segunda vuelta entre Pedro Castillo y Keiko Fujimori tuvo como consecuencia una sociedad aún más polarizada y la percepción generalizada de que buena parte de la prensa favorecía de forma poco honesta a una candidatura. El periodista Diego Salazar analiza con rigor y una perspectiva única los sucesos y polémicas que marcaron esta campaña electoral interminable. En una serie de artículos y reflexiones posteriores, Salazar realiza un pormenorizado recuento de lo ocurrido en estas elecciones 2021, así como de la actuación de varios de sus personajes principales. Por las páginas de ¿Ahora qué? desfilan como protagonistas no solo el ahora presidente Pedro Castillo y la excandidata Keiko Fujimori, sino también, en un papel que pocos esperaban, el premio nobel Mario Vargas Llosa, quien apoyó de forma incondicional a la hija de su antiguo rival, Alberto Fujimori. A ellos se suman políticos de distinto signo, aliados de uno y otro bando, y periodistas que, como el director de Canal N y América Noticias, Gilberto Hume, parecen haber olvidado que el periodismo político es algo más que un show interesado. En este libro, Salazar publica en exclusiva y por primera vez la entrevista que realizó a Gilberto Hume y que dio pie a su comentado artículo sobre la aparición del criptoanalista Arturo Arriarán en el programa televisivo Cuarto Poder, uno de los momentos más vergonzosos de toda la cobertura electoral.
AI and Education in China: Imagining the Future, Excavating the Past
by Jeremy KnoxThis book explores the relationships between artificial intelligence (AI) and education in China. It examines educational activity in the context of profound technological interventions, far-reaching national policy, and multifaceted cultural settings. By standing at the intersection of three foundational topics – AI and the recent proliferation of data-driven technologies; education, the most foundational of our social institutions in terms of actively shaping societies and individuals; and, finally, China, which is a frequent subject for dramatic media reports about both technology and education – this book offers an insightful view of the contexts that underpin the use of AI in education, and promotes a more in-depth understanding of China. Scholars of educational technology and digital education will find this book an indispensable guide to the ways new technologies are imagined to transform the future, while being firmly grounded in the past.
AI and Society: Tensions and Opportunities (Chapman & Hall/CRC Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Series)
by Christo El MorrAI's impact on human societies is and will be drastic in so many ways. AI is being adopted and implemented around the world, and government and universities are investing in AI studies, research, and development. However, very little research exists about the impact of AI on our lives. This book will address this gap; it will gather reflections from around the world to assess the impact of AI on different aspects of society as well as propose ways in which we can address this impact and the research agendas needed.
AI and the Future of the Public Sector: The Creation of Public Sector 4.0 (Wiley Finance)
by Tony BoobierDiscover how data, analytics, and AI will transform public services for the better In AI and the Future of the Public Sector: The Creation of Public Sector 4.0, renowned executive and consultant Tony Boobier delivers a comprehensive reference of the most relevant and central issues regarding the adoption and implementation of AI in the public sector. In the book, you&’ll find out why data and analytics are the solution to significant and ongoing problems in the public service relating to its ability to effectively provide services in an environment of reduced funding. You&’ll also discover the likely impact of future technological developments, like 5G and quantum computing, as well as explore the future of healthcare and the effective digitalization of the healthcare industry. The book also offers: Discussions of policing 4.0 and how data and analytics will transform public safety Explorations of the future of education and how ai can dramatically enhance educational standards while reducing costs Treatments of the internationalization of public services and its impact on agencies and departments everywhereA can&’t-miss resource for public sector employees at the managerial and professional levels, AI and the Future of the Public Sector is an insightful and timely blueprint to the effective use of artificial intelligence that belongs in the bookshelves of policy makers, academics, and public servants around the world.
AI Changing the Arc of Educational Leadership
by Rosemary Papa Karen Moran JacksonAs artificial intelligence becomes an all-encompassing issue in education and beyond, this book seeks to answer how it will change the arc of educational leadership in K-12 schooling. Educators and leaders serve as the champions and gatekeepers of technology use in schools. They need to consider how AI can change education for the better while keeping in mind cultural, social, and emotional concerns that cannot be isolated from educational settings. Jackson and Papa examine existing literature and include insightful interviews with professionals in AI and education to understand how educators currently perceive and use AI. They also illustrate the similarities and differences in how educators and A.I.ED developers envision AI's present and future.
AI for Learning (AI for Everything)
by Carmel Kent Benedict du BoulayWhat is artificial intelligence (AI)? How can AI help a learner, a teacher or a system designer? What are the positive impacts of AI on human learning? AI for Learning examines how artificial intelligence can, and should, positively impact human learning, whether it be in formal or informal educational and training contexts. The notion of ‘can’ is bound up with ongoing technological developments. The notion of ‘should’ is bound up with an ethical stance that recognises the complementary capabilities of human and artificial intelligence, as well as the objectives of doing good, not doing harm, increasing justice and maintaining fairness. The book considers the different supporting roles that can help a learner – from AI as a tutor and learning aid to AI as a classroom moderator, among others – and examines both the opportunities and risks associated with each.
AI for Peace (AI for Everything)
by Branka Panic Paige ArthurThe role of artificial intelligence in war is widely recognized, but is there also a role for AI in fostering peace and preventing conflict? AI for Peace provides a new perspective on AI as a potential force for good in conflict-affected countries through its uses for early warning, combating hate speech, human rights investigations, and analyzing the effects of climate change on conflict. This book acts as an essential primer for introducing people working on peacebuilding and conflict prevention to the latest advancements in emerging AI technologies and will act as guide for ethical future practice. This book also aims to inspire data scientists to engage in the peacebuilding and prevention fields and to better understand the challenges of applying data science in conflict and fragile settings.
AI for School Teachers (AI for Everything)
by Rose Luckin Karine George Mutlu CukurovaWhat is artificial intelligence? Can I realistically use it in my school? What’s best done by human intelligence vs. artificial intelligence, and how do I bring these strengths together? What would it look like for me, and my school, to be AI Ready? AI for School Teachers will help teachers and headteachers understand enough about AI to build a strategy for how it can be used in their school. Examining the needs of schools to ensure they are ready to leverage the power of AI and drawing examples from early years to high school students, this book outlines the educational implications and benefits that AI brings to school education in practical ways. It develops an understanding of what AI is and isn't and how we define and measure what we value and provides a framework which supports a step-by-step approach to developing an AI mindset, focusing on ways to improve educational opportunities for students with evidence-informed interventions.
AI for the Sustainable Development Goals (AI for Everything)
by Henrik Skaug SætraWhat is artificial intelligence? What are the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? How does AI affect the SDGs? Artificial Intelligence has a real impact on our lives and on our environment, and the Sustainable Development Goals enable us to evaluate these impacts in a systematic manner. This book shows that doing so requires us to understand the context of AI – the infrastructure it is built on, who develops it, who owns it, who has access to it, who uses it, and what it is used for – rather than relying on an isolationist theory of technology. By doing so, we can analyze not only the direct effects of AI on sustainability, but also the indirect – or second-order – effects. AI for the Sustainable Development Goals shows how AI potentially affects all SDGs – both positively and negatively.
AI in and for Africa: A Humanistic Perspective (Chapman & Hall/CRC Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Series)
by Susan Brokensha Eduan Kotzé Burgert A. SenekalAI in and for Africa: A Humanistic Perspective explores the convoluted intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) with Africa’s unique socio-economic realities. This book is the first of its kind to provide a comprehensive overview of how AI is currently being deployed on the African continent. Given the existence of significant disparities in Africa related to gender, race, labour, and power, the book argues that the continent requires different AI solutions to its problems, ones that are not founded on technological determinism or exclusively on the adoption of Eurocentric or Western-centric worldviews. It embraces a decolonial approach to exploring and addressing issues such as AI’s diversity crisis, the absence of ethical policies around AI that are tailor-made for Africa, the ever-widening digital divide, and the ongoing practice of dismissing African knowledge systems in the contexts of AI research and education. Although the book suggests a number of humanistic strategies with the goal of ensuring that Africa does not appropriate AI in a manner that is skewed in favour of a privileged few, it does not support the notion that the continent should simply opt for a "one-size-fits-all" solution either. Rather, in light of Africa’s rich diversity, the book embraces the need for plurality within different regions’ AI ecosystems. The book advocates that Africa-inclusive AI policies incorporate a relational ethics of care which explicitly addresses how Africa’s unique landscape is entwined in an AI ecosystem. The book also works to provide actionable AI tenets that can be incorporated into policy documents that suit Africa’s needs. This book will be of great interest to researchers, students, and readers who wish to critically appraise the different facets of AI in the context of Africa, across many areas that run the gamut from education, gender studies, and linguistics to agriculture, data science, and economics. This book is of special appeal to scholars in disciplines including anthropology, computer science, philosophy, and sociology, to name a few.
AI in the Wild: Sustainability in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (One Planet)
by Peter DauvergneExamining the potential benefits and risks of using artificial intelligence to advance global sustainability.Drones with night vision are tracking elephant and rhino poachers in African wildlife parks and sanctuaries; smart submersibles are saving coral from carnivorous starfish on Australia's Great Barrier Reef; recycled cell phones alert Brazilian forest rangers to the sound of illegal logging. The tools of artificial intelligence are being increasingly deployed in the battle for global sustainability. And yet, warns Peter Dauvergne, we should be cautious in declaring AI the planet's savior. In AI in the Wild, Dauvergne avoids the AI industry-powered hype and offers a critical view, exploring both the potential benefits and risks of using artificial intelligence to advance global sustainability.
AI Needs You: How We Can Change AI's Future and Save Our Own
by Verity HardingA humanist manifesto for the age of AIArtificial intelligence may be the most transformative technology of our time. As AI&’s power grows, so does the need to figure out what—and who—this technology is really for. AI Needs You argues that it is critical for society to take the lead in answering this urgent question and ensuring that AI fulfills its promise.Verity Harding draws inspiring lessons from the histories of three twentieth-century tech revolutions—the space race, in vitro fertilization, and the internet—to empower each of us to join the conversation about AI and its possible futures. Sharing her perspective as a leading insider in technology and politics, she rejects the dominant narrative, which often likens AI&’s advent to that of the atomic bomb. History points the way to an achievable future in which democratically determined values guide AI to be peaceful in its intent; to embrace limitations; to serve purpose, not profit; and to be firmly rooted in societal trust.AI Needs You gives us hope that we, the people, can imbue AI with a deep intentionality that reflects our best values, ideals, and interests, and that serves the public good. AI will permeate our lives in unforeseeable ways, but it is clear that the shape of AI&’s future—and of our own—cannot be left only to those building it. It is up to us to guide this technology away from our worst fears and toward a future that we can trust and believe in.
AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order
by Kai-Fu LeeDr. Kai-Fu Lee—one of the world’s most respected experts on AI and China—reveals that China has suddenly caught up to the US at an astonishingly rapid and unexpected pace. <P><P>In AI Superpowers, Kai-fu Lee argues powerfully that because of these unprecedented developments in AI, dramatic changes will be happening much sooner than many of us expected. Indeed, as the US-Sino AI competition begins to heat up, Lee urges the US and China to both accept and to embrace the great responsibilities that come with significant technological power. <P><P>Most experts already say that AI will have a devastating impact on blue-collar jobs. But Lee predicts that Chinese and American AI will have a strong impact on white-collar jobs as well. Is universal basic income the solution? <P><P> In Lee’s opinion, probably not. But he provides a clear description of which jobs will be affected and how soon, which jobs can be enhanced with AI, and most importantly, how we can provide solutions to some of the most profound changes in human history that are coming soon. <P><b>A New York Times Bestseller</b>
AI to Improve e-Governance and Eminence of Life: Kalyanathon 2020 (Studies in Big Data #130)
by Somnath Mukhopadhyay Sunita Sarkar Jyotsna Kumar Mandal Sudipta RoyThe volume presents research works on developing Artificial Intelligence based algorithms and methodologies for making social good that too to a notable one. The book discusses latest findings on efficient technological solutions of e-governance and other areas of life from the leading researchers in the field. The prime focus is on solving socio-economic technical problems using state-of-the-art research findings like fuzzy computing, evolutionary and hybrid frameworks, neuro computing, etc., along with other AI based computation platforms. The topics covered include solution frameworks using Artificial Intelligence based models in application areas like agriculture and rural development, road accident, travel and tourism, solid waste management, rural medical care, crowd sourced election monitoring system, ragging, rape and other abuses, cyber criminals and cyber bullying, disaster management, social good, etc. The book offers a valuable resource for all undergraduate, postgraduate students and researchers interested in exploring solution frameworks for social good problems using artificial intelligence.
The AI Wave in Defence Innovation: Assessing Military Artificial Intelligence Strategies, Capabilities, and Trajectories
by Michael RaskaAn international and interdisciplinary perspective on the adoption and governance of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in defence and military innovation by major and middle powers. Advancements in AI and ML pose pressing questions related to evolving conceptions of military power, compliance with international humanitarian law, peace promotion, strategic stability, arms control, future operational environments, and technology races. To navigate the breadth of this AI and international security agenda, the contributors to this book include experts on AI, technology governance, and defence innovation to assess military AI strategic perspectives from major and middle AI powers alike. These include views of how the United States, China, Japan, South Korea, the European Union, and Russia see AI/ML as a technology with the potential to reshape military affairs and power structures in the broader international system. This diverse set of views aims to help elucidate key similarities and differences between AI powers in the evolving strategic context. A valuable read for scholars of security studies, public policy, and STS studies with an interest in the impacts of AI and ML technologies.
Ai Weiwei: Art, Human Rights, and the Power of Writing a Letter
by Ai Weiwei Cheryl Haines David Spalding Jasmine HeissRenowned artist Ai Weiwei engaged nearly 900,000 visitors in a conversation about human rights with his art installation @Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz. In one participatory piece, Yours Truly, visitors sent 92,829 postcards to prisoners of conscience around the world. This book delves into those postcards' lasting impact. Five former prisoners and their loved ones reflect on the experience of receiving hundreds of postcards while imprisoned. Essays and a statement by Ai Weiwei contextualize this extraordinary project. And photographs taken during the exhibition show visitors and the messages they wrote.
Aid and Technical Cooperation as a Foreign Policy Tool for Emerging Donors: The Case of Brazil (Routledge Explorations in Development Studies)
by Déborah Barros FariasThe question of why countries give aid and assistance to other countries has long been a topic of debate- is it altruism, or selfishness? The assumption is sometimes made that donors from developing countries might be more motivated by altruism than ‘traditional’ western donors. This book demonstrates that on the contrary, the provision of development assistance can be used to serve national interests, allowing so-called ‘emerging’ donors to gain soft power in the international sphere by improving their image and global influence. Technical cooperation, or the transfer of knowledge, is an area of particular interest, as it can enable donors to position themselves as a global leader in a given field, with a unique set of skills and expertise in a knowledge area. This book uses the Brazilian case to demonstrate how a country such as Brazil can seek power and influence by providing no-strings-attached technical assistance. The empirical analysis unpicks the motivations behind development assistance, and how it can be used as a foreign policy tool. In doing so, the book sheds light upon the similarities and variations in the provision of technical cooperation as a foreign policy tool by China, India, and Brazil. This book will be of interest to researchers of International Development, South-South Cooperation, International Relations, and those working on Brazil specifically.
Aid as Handmaiden for the Development of Institutions
by Machiko Nissanke Yasutami ShimomuraThrough comparative studies of aid-supported infrastructure projects in East Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, the book examines how aid could assist development processes by facilitating development of local endogenous institutions.