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Advances in Artificial Intelligence for Healthcare Applications (Future Generation Information Systems)
by V. S. Anoop Suhasini Verma Usharani Hareesh GovindarajanAdvances in Artificial Intelligence for Healthcare Applications comprehensively covers the theoretical foundations, applications, and research potential of artificial intelligence in the healthcare domain.Features: Discusses advanced concepts such as biomedical large language models, and natural language processing applications Covers machine vision applications for robotics in healthcare, challenges, and trends in rehabilitation devices in healthcare, and robotic interactions and control for wearable devices Presents the Internet of Things-based disease monitoring systems, Internet of nano-things for healthcare applications, and wearable Medical Internet of Things devices for accessible healthcare services Explains the use of artificial intelligence in bone and brain imaging, molecular imaging using artificial intelligence, and medical image segmentation Illustrates the importance of using generative artificial intelligence for clinical documentation, and medical imaging applications using generative artificial intelligence The text is primarily written for senior undergraduates, graduate students, and academic researchers in the fields of electrical engineering, electronics and communications engineering, computer science and engineering, and biomedical engineering.
Sustainable Development and Finance in Europe: Environmental, Social and Governance Reporting in Financial Markets (Routledge International Studies in Money and Banking)
by Małgorzata Janicka Artur SajnógSustainable development is a major challenge of our times. The conditions necessary for sustainable transformation cut across all economic entities and sectors that operate on macro- and micro-economic scales, both nationally and internationally. The subject of sustainability has been represented in the public space for years, but there are few studies available on the practical implementation of the related goals and most publications focus on the issues of “green” finance and the environment. A particularly large information gap relates to the role of sustainable finance in achieving sustainable development, which has been underestimated for years. This book characterizes and evaluates how stock markets operate in European Union (EU) countries in terms of the sustainable development of public companies.The book addresses two key research areas. Firstly, it provides an analysis of the legal and institutional environment of the EU stock markets in the sustainable reconstruction of the European economy and secondly, it assesses the conditions for EU public companies to implement environmental, social, and governance (ESG) non-financial reporting requirements, and how the ESG indicators, based on these, function. The book presents the methodology for constructing ESG indicators, with particular emphasis on Refinitiv, which is one of the largest databases in this area and the most recognizable on a global scale.The book is a valuable source of knowledge on the conditions and consequences of changes in the financial markets, especially the stock markets and is addressed primarily to the academic community but may also be informative, engaging, and useful for various stakeholders in the business sector, including enterprises, institutional and individual investors, and financial institutions.
Plasticity: Fundamentals and Applications
by U.S. Dixit P.M. DixitThis book covers the fundamentals of the elastic-plastic deformation including stress, strain, constitutive relations, fracture, anisotropy and contact problems along with a discussion of updated Lagrangian and Eulerian formulations. The second edition includes new material on thermal effects in plasticity and an introduction to crystal plasticity with review of all the chapters including more solved examples and a solutions manual.Features: Explores the physics behind the equations and computational aspects of plasticity. Reviews the latest developments in fracture mechanics including elasto-plastic behavior of solids. Explains anisotropy, thermal effects, dynamics plasticity, contact mechanics and ductile fracture. Provides introduction to crystal plasticity. Includes real-life examples in the form of solved and unsolved examples, and practice problems including MATLAB® and solutions manual. This textbook is aimed at senior undergraduate and graduate students in mechanics and mechanical engineering.
AI/ML for Healthcare: Navigating the AI/ML Maze Responsibly, Securely, and Sustainably
by Kapila MongaThe advent of Generative AI has democratized access to AI, prompting nearly everyone in healthcare organizations - from frontline workers to business leaders – to ask pressing questions: How can I be better equipped to support AI adoption meaningfully? How do I ensure I ask the right questions? What cautions should I exercise as I think about AI/machine learning (ML) in my business process? This book aims to answer these and other such questions and to empower healthcare professionals, at all levels, by providing them knowledge across various aspects of AI/ML, enabling them (at least in part) to realize positive, lasting business value from AI and ML initiatives. This book draws upon my experience of working in healthcare AI/ML, lessons I learned while observing leaders in this space trying to make a difference, and research (for evolving topics like sustainable AI development and securing AI/ML systems).This book provides readers with actionable insights to build responsible, secure, and sustainable AI/ML solutions in healthcare and delves into key principles for scaling AI/ML value delivery, including establishing Machine Learning Operations (MLOps) processes and launching citizen data science programs. At its heart, this book features a healthcare-specific case study that bridges the gap between theoretical knowledge and practical application, illustrating all major concepts in a real-world context.The final chapter of this book offers a forward-looking commentary on the future of healthcare AI/ML. It explores the potential of Generative AI for healthcare and advocates leveraging lessons from past AI/ML implementations to chart a meaningful path for embracing Generative AI. Additionally, this book emphasizes the importance of adopting “reciprocal altruism” to accelerate AI/ML value realization across the healthcare industry and provides practical recommendations toward the same.
Playtesting Best Practices: Real World and Online (CRC Press Guides to Tabletop Game Design)
by Chris BackePlaytesting Best Practices: Real World and Online covers the complete journey of playtesting – the iterative journey to shape and refine tabletop games from raw ideas to balanced and fun games. This step-by-step guide embraces the process and celebrates the purpose of every step, from early self-playtesting to late-stage unguided playtesting, and offers the specific questions and practices the author has refined to perfect his own games.This book is split up into four main sections, each with a distinct focus: Getting ready to playtest: Establishing goalposts, brainstorming, self-playtesting, getting organized, how to design a prototype, and writing rules. The focus here is starting good habits and establishing best practices, whether this is your first game or your hundredth. Playtesting in the real world: How to find playtesters, how to teach your game, what to do during the playtest, how to take notes and collect feedback, and being a great playtester yourself. Playtesting online: How to adapt to digital platforms, the best practices for playtesting online, how to use these opportunities well, and cautions about playtesting online. What to do next: How to iterate, additional ways to playtest your game, knowing when you’re done with playtesting, and choosing how to get your game out there.
Meaning Generation in Chinese Official Media Discourse (Routledge Studies in Chinese Discourse Analysis)
by Rui Zhang Lutgard Lams Emma LupanoDrawing on approaches from Linguistic Pragmatics, Critical Discourse Analysis, Conceptual Metaphor Theory, Social Actor Representation Theory, and Framing Theory, this book critically explores the various linguistic devices and pragmatic strategies that concern meaning generation in the context of Chinese official media discourse.The volume rests on eight chapters that—using different analytical lenses, with either a culture-specific perspective or a cross-cultural one—take language analysis as their point of departure, in order to investigate how meaning is generated in situated discourse, such as media accounts about specific issues within the socio-political, cultural, or economic sphere. Each chapter is empirically grounded, and either focuses on a specific genre, such as the documentary and the press conference, or explores social and political events and initiatives that have been topical in recent years: the Covid-19 and SARS crises, the US-China trade conflict, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), and the 2021 Hong Kong electoral system reform.By bringing back the linguistic analysis to the core of the analytical approach, the volume shows the interconnection of text and context, reminding the reader about the key role of language users both on the production and reception side.This book will be of interest to students and scholars interested in the relation between language and politics and, in particular, in understanding meaning-making and meaning-moulding processes in discourses articulated in an official Chinese context aimed both internally and internationally.
A Welcome at Cloud Cottage
by Zara ThorneAn unlikely friendship changes lives in this emotional, heartwarming story from the author of Christmas at the Ginger Cat Cafe. Twelve-year-old Ramona Donnelly knows what happens to kids left alone—the system takes them. So when her grandmother Tilly vanishes, Ramona doesn&’t call for help. She tracks Tilly herself from the hospital to a nursing home. But something is wrong. Tilly doesn&’t have dementia . . . does she? Then there&’s Emily, warm and open, who believes the story Ramona spins. She welcomes the odd, brilliant girl with the animal bone collection into her life, unaware that Ramona needs far more than kindness—she needs saving. But Emily has her own troubles. Her boyfriend Ethan is pulling away, and for some reason, Ramona unsettles him. Why does he find her visits to Cloud Cottage so disturbing? As the truth unravels, two lives collide in ways neither expected. Because love isn&’t just about caring—it&’s about fighting for someone, even when the odds are against you.
Making Precarity Work: Life on the Edge of Venice Beach
by Laura A. OrricoShows how the precarious workers of Venice Beach—without help from the government—work together to create a safety net for themselves. In Making Precarity Work, sociologist Laura A. Orrico shows how Los Angeles’s Venice Beach boardwalk, which is a magnet for tourists, is also a workplace, one that wouldn’t exist without the motley crew of people selling art, drinking, performing, using drugs, and working odd jobs who gather daily to engage in varied activities, from selling crafts to minding each other’s wares and asking for spare change. Throughout the book, Orrico lifts up this workplace as a collective accomplishment, demonstrating how it can be a safety net to manage insecurity and inequality for those opting into its flexible and precarious structure, as well as how the LA government’s efforts to stabilize this work often disrupt the success of this collaborative and creative ecosystem. She also presents the ways this work can exacerbate those very inequalities. Sharing the personal stories of boardwalk workers, Orrico considers these juxtaposed realities and asks her audience to question how we can and should respond to a society whose best option for the disadvantaged is precarity.
Critical Marxist Theory: Political Autonomy and the Radicalising Project of Modernity (Political Philosophy and Public Purpose)
by Lukas MeisnerThis book argues why Critical Theory – as first developed in the Zeitschrift für Sozialforschung – must be updated to help us tackling today&’s capitalist polycrisis, from economic via political to ecological crises. Yet, following the dissolution of the Institute for Social Research in New York, and the latest with the death of Adorno in 1969 and the death of Marcuse almost exactly ten years later, there has been a &‘domestication&’ of the main strands of the Frankfurt School. To understand and overcome this domestication, the book traces, with the means of philosophy and sociology, its two affirmative steps in a liberal and in a postmodern turn. As an alternative to both, it defends Habermas&’ project of modernity, yet only by disentangling it – in Marxian fashion – from the capitalist process of modernisation. This disentanglement is at the same time a political radicalisation. It is necessary because the cultural-political ideal(s) of the project of modernity – from human autonomy via rational society to qualitative individuality – can only be realised beyond the framework of capitalism. As their conceptual concentrate, the book proposes political autonomy as a key concept confined neither by Kantian or liberal approaches nor by autonomist or operaist traditions. Rather, it draws on thinkers like Herbert Marcuse, Ellen Meiksins Wood, and Martin Hägglund to rephrase Marxist concepts such as social freedom, democratic socialism, and the end of prehistory. In this way, political autonomy is developed both as a legit criterion for justified critique and as the philosophical foundation and emancipatory goal of a pluralist yet transcapitalist Critical Marxist Theory.
Intelligent Information Systems: CAiSE 2025 Forum and Doctoral Consortium, Vienna, Austria, June 16-20, 2025, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing #557)
by Selmin Nurcan Sergio España Luise Pufahl Kristina RosenthalThis book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the CAiSE 2025 Forum and Doctoral Consortium, held as part of the 37th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering, CAiSE 2025, during June 2025. This year the conference took place under the theme "Bridging Silos". The CAiSE Forum is a place for presenting and discussing new ideas and tools related to information systems engineering. Intended to serve as an interactive platform, the Forum aims at the presentation of emerging new topics and controversial positions, as well as demonstration of innovative systems, tools and applications. It received 23 submissions of which 11 have been accepted; 15 submissions were invited from the CAISE main research track. The overall 26 papers include 20 vision and 6 tool demonstration papers. The Doctoral Consortium aims to attract PhD candidates working on foundations, techniques, tools, and applications in the Information Systems Engineering field. The Doctoral Consortium received a total of 27 submissions of which 12 were accepted for presentation.
Human and Artificial Intelligence in Group Decision and Negotiation: 25th International Conference on Group Decision and Negotiation, GDN 2025, Zaragoza, Spain, June 15–18, 2025, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing #553)
by Danielle Costa Morais José María Moreno-Jiménez María Teresa Escobar Alberto TurónThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Group Decision and Negotiation, GDN 2025, which took place in Zaragoza, Spain, during June 2025. The field of Group Decision and Negotiation focuses on decision processes with at least two participants and a common goal but conflicting individual goals. Research areas of Group Decision and Negotiation include electronic negotiations, experiments, the role of emotions in group decision and negotiations, preference elicitation and decision support for group decisions and negotiations, and conflict resolution principles. The 12 full papers included in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 99 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: AI, Ethics, and Societal Impact in Group Decision and Negotiation; Preference Modeling, Evaluation, and Decision Support in Group Contexts; and Conflict Modeling in Complex Decision Environments.
Ready Indiana Mathematics, Practice and Problem Solving, Grade 2
by Curriculum Associates Llc.NIMAC-sourced textbook
Indiana Reveal Math®, Grade K, Volume 1
by Ralph Connelly Annie Fetter Linda GojakNIMAC-sourced textbook
Everyday Mathematics [Grade 1] Home Links
by Max Bell Jean Bell University of Chicago School Mathematics ProjectNIMAC-sourced textbook
Characterizing Biotherapeutics: Analytical Methods for Diverse Modalities
by Jennie R. Lill Wendy SandovalProvides detailed and up-to-date coverage of analytical approaches for biologic drug modalities The development of innovative biologic therapies has revolutionized medicine, but their complexity demands equally advanced analytical approaches. Characterizing Biotherapeutics: Analytical Methods for Diverse Modalities introduces the tools and techniques used to analyze these groundbreaking therapies. Designed to help readers characterize and troubleshoot increasingly diverse and sophisticated therapeutic molecules, this in-depth guide addresses different biologic drugs, their unique analytical challenges, and the methods that enable their analysis. Organized into two comprehensive sections, Characterizing Biotherapeutics first delves into the fundamentals of analytical platforms, providing a robust foundation in techniques such as mass spectrometry and biophysical assays. The second section applies these methods to real-world scenarios, focusing on drug discovery, clinical evaluation, and commercial considerations in drug development. Authors Jennie R. Lill and Wendy Sandoval provide clear guidance tailored to the evolving demands of therapeutic innovations such as structural characterization, high-throughput biophysical assays, and RNA-based therapeutics. Equipping researchers with the knowledge to navigate the challenges posed by increasingly complex biologics, Characterizing Biotherapeutics: Analytical Methods for Diverse Modalities: Discusses new and emerging biological molecule diversity and both traditional analytical methods Provides characterization strategies for large molecule (protein/antibody) based therapeutics Summarizes cutting-edge technologies for novel modalities and antibody protein therapeutics Incorporates the latest advancements in mass spectrometry, functional assays, and biophysical methods Addresses specialized analytical issues for membrane proteins and other challenging targets Presents methodologies for assessing safety and therapeutic potential Characterizing Biotherapeutics: Analytical Methods for Diverse Modalities is an essential reference for analytical scientists, biologists, and mass spectrometrists involved in biomolecule analysis. It is also a valuable resource for graduate students taking advanced courses in biotechnology, drug development, and biotherapeutic analysis, as well as professionals in biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries working to advance biotherapeutic research and development.
Philanthropy: Multidisciplinary Perspectives (Routledge Research Companions in Business and Economics)
by Giulia Neri-Castracane and Giuseppe UgazioPhilanthropy Multidisciplinary Perspectives is a reference for academics and professionals engaged in philanthropy. It brings together scholars from fields such as economics, finance, law, philosophy, and sociology, showcasing the power of a multidisciplinary approach in providing a comprehensive view of this complex subject.The book addresses foundational questions in philanthropy and is divided into four parts. The first part asks the crucial question of why philanthropy matters, exploring the motivations behind giving and how beneficiaries are selected. The second part looks at the interaction between business and philanthropy. It examines the rise of social enterprises, the shift toward purpose-driven businesses, and the evolution of corporate social responsibility into sustainable enterprises. This part also addresses tax considerations that impact philanthropy's ability to scale. The book explores the synergies between finance and philanthropy to foster sustainable development and how philanthropy is addressing or could address specific SDGs. It concludes with key ingredients for good governance in philanthropy.The book tackles major challenges, such as diversity, compensation, and data management, while tracing the evolution of best practices in foundation governance. It identifies areas for improvement and discusses the relationships between governance in philanthropic organizations and important issues such as trust, equality, and democracy.The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.
Esports and the Media: Challenges and Expectations in a Multi-Screen Society (Routledge Focus on Digital Media and Culture)
by Angel Torres-ToukoumidisThis book takes a multidisciplinary approach to the question of esports and their role in society. A diverse group of authors tackle the impact of esports and the ways in which it has grown within the entertainment industry around the world.Chapters offer a coherent response to the following questions: What role do esports play in the entertainment industry? What communication skills can be learned through esports? What do the media gain from broadcasting esports? What is the relationship between social networks and esports? What are the main marketing strategies used in esports? What effect does communicative globalization have on the development of esports? What is the relationship between merchandising and esports? What do communication experts think about esports? Offering clear insights into this rapidly developing area, this volume will be of great interest to scholars, students, and anyone working in game studies, new media, leisure, sport studies, communication studies, transmedia literacy, and digital culture.The Open Access version of this book has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edit/10.4324/9781003273691/esports-media-angel-torres-toukoumidis
Routledge Handbook of Climate Change and Society (Routledge International Handbooks)
by Steven R. Brechin Seungyun LeeRoutledge Handbook of Climate Change and Society is a comprehensive guide that provides insights into the multifaceted relationship between climate change and society and covers a wide array of topics, disciplines, and cultures, from the latest trends in weather patterns to the issue of climate (in)justice. The second edition, which is overwhelmingly comprised of all-new essays, is an indispensable resource for those interested in understanding the complexities of climate change and its societal implications.The book contains seven thematically organized sections examining the various aspects of climate change and its intersection with our society: Climate Change in the Natural and Social Sciences; Human Population, Movement, and Health; Economics, Energy, and Consumption; Urban Climate Resiliency; Technological Innovations and Pitfalls; Gender, Poverty, and Justice; and Politics and Governance. Each part provides a unique and important perspective for understanding the challenges as well as opportunities presented by climate change.Through original research findings and critical analysis, this book sheds light on the urgent need for interdisciplinary approaches to tackle climate change effectively. By examining the intersectionality of climate change with various social, economic, and political factors, it offers valuable insights for researchers, policymakers, activists, and anyone concerned about the future of our planet. With a forward-looking perspective that emphasizes optimism and resilience, this book serves as a tool for fostering hope and collective action in the face of climate change challenges.
Den of Iniquity: A J.P. Beaumont Novel (J. P. Beaumont Novel #23)
by J. A JanceNew York Times bestselling author J. A. Jance returns with a new pulse-pounding suspense novel featuring beloved private investigator J. P. Beaumont as his investigation of a seemingly accidental death uncovers a complex web of evil.Former Seattle homicide cop J. P. Beaumont faces trouble in the small town of Ashland, as both his personal and professional lives are thrown into turmoil. Beau’s daughter and son-in-law are having marital troubles, and his grandson, a senior in high school, shows up on his doorstep, wanting to live with Beau and his wife Mel as he finishes out the school year.Meanwhile, a friend from his past asks for Beau’s help in looking into what appears to be an accidental death. A young man died of a fentanyl overdose, but those closest to him are convinced that he would never have used the drug, and that something much more sinister has happened. Beau agrees to unofficially reopen the case, and his investigation leads him to uncover similar mysterious deaths that all point to a most unlikely suspect.As the case becomes more complicated than he could have imagined, and past and present mysteries collide, it will take everything Beau has to track down a dangerous vigilante killer. The result is an unforgettable read, and “newcomers and longtime series fans alike will be thrilled” (Publishers Weekly).
The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us
by Steve BrusatteBy the author of the acclaimed bestseller The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, a "brilliant" and "beautifully told" new history of mammals, illuminating the lost story of the extraordinary family tree that led to us [New Scientist; The Times UK]National Bestseller • Top 10 Nonfiction of the Year: Kirkus • Best Science Book of the Year: The Times UKWe humans are the inheritors of a dynasty that has reigned over the planet for nearly 66 million years, through fiery cataclysm and ice ages: the mammals. Our lineage includes saber-toothed tigers, woolly mammoths, armadillos the size of a car, cave bears three times the weight of a grizzly, clever scurriers that outlasted Tyrannosaurus rex, and even other types of humans, like Neanderthals. Indeed humankind and many of the beloved fellow mammals we share the planet with today—lions, whales, dogs—represent only the few survivors of a sprawling and astonishing family tree that has been pruned by time and mass extinctions. How did we get here?In his acclaimed bestseller The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs—hailed as “the ultimate dinosaur biography” by Scientific American—American paleontologist Steve Brusatte enchanted readers with his definitive history of the dinosaurs. Now, picking up the narrative in the ashes of the extinction event that doomed T-rex and its kind, Brusatte explores the remarkable story of the family of animals that inherited the Earth—mammals— and brilliantly reveals that their story is every bit as fascinating and complex as that of the dinosaurs.Beginning with the earliest days of our lineage some 325 million years ago, Brusatte charts how mammals survived the asteroid that claimed the dinosaurs and made the world their own, becoming the astonishingly diverse range of animals that dominate today’s Earth. Brusatte also brings alive the lost worlds mammals inhabited through time, from ice ages to volcanic catastrophes. Entwined in this story is the detective work he and other scientists have done to piece together our understanding using fossil clues and cutting-edge technology.A sterling example of scientific storytelling by one of our finest young researchers, The Rise and Reign of the Mammals illustrates how this incredible history laid the foundation for today’s world, for us, and our future.
Imaging of the Shoulder: Techniques and Applications (Medical Radiology)
by Mark Davies Rajesh Botchu Karthikeyan. P. IyengarThis volume provides an up-to-date and comprehensive review of Imaging of the Shoulder. In the first part of the book, the various techniques employed when imaging the shoulder are discussed in detail. Individual chapters are devoted to radiography, computed tomography, ultrasound and MRI. The second part then highlights the application of these techniques to the diverse diseases encountered in the shoulder region. Among the many topics addressed are congenital and developmental abnormalities, trauma, metabolic bone disease, infection, arthritis and tumors. Each chapter is written by an acknowledged expert in the field and a wealth of illustrative material is included. This book will be of great value to radiologists, orthopedic surgeons and other clinicians with an interest in the shoulder pathology.
Assisted Reproductive Technologies in Animals Volume 2: Future Developments and Considerations
by Juan Carlos Gardón Katy Satué AmbrojoThis Volume 2 of a two-volume topical collection highlights reproductive biotechnologies applied to males and females of different animal species. Organized in two parts, you will find a detailed review of the latest developments in reproduction management for equines, cattle, swine, and birds. The authors discuss the application of ultrasonography, equine cloning, animal germplasm banks, the captive breeding of threatened wild birds, as well as nanotechnologies and artificial intelligence. Vivid illustrations complement the rich information. Each contributor brings an own perspective, knowledge, and writing style, resulting in the latest research results, advances, and current trends in assisted reproductive technologies. The work also includes case studies and hands-on examples to provide readers with real-life applications. The practical approach will enhance the learning experience and differentiates this volume from mainly theoretical literature. Specifically tailored to the professional audience within the field of assisted animal reproduction, this book will update veterinarians, researchers, animal breeders, and advanced students. By presenting innovative techniques and approaches not widely covered in other works, this volume offers new perspectives and ideas for reproductive management.
Prompt Engineering im Unternehmen – eine Einführung: Wettbewerbsvorteile durch generative KI und Large Language Models
by Daniel Koch Andreas Kohne Nils BrechbühlerDieses Buch führt Schritt für Schritt in die Kunst des Prompt Engineerings ein – die wichtigste Kompetenz auf dem Weg zur effizienten Nutzung von generativer KI. Spätestens seit der Einführung von ChatGPT sind Large Language Models (LLMs) allgegenwärtig. Die Systeme liefern beeindruckende Antworten auf vielfältige Fragen, verfassen Konzepte und Texte, übersetzen, programmieren und bearbeiten Aufträge. Der wahre Mehrwert im Geschäftsalltag entfaltet sich jedoch erst, wenn die Fragen richtig gestellt werden. Denn die Qualität der vom LLM generierten Antworten hängt vor allem von der Qualität der Fragen ab.
Robotics Goes MOOC: Impact
by Bruno SicilianoIt is often read in the media that AI and Robotics are the primary cause of technology unemployment. AI and machine learning techniques are expected to take over lower-level tasks, while humans can spend more time with higher-level tasks. In perspective, it can be said that jobs requiring boring cognitive tasks or repeatable and dangerous physical tasks will be considerably shredded by automation thanks to the wide adoption of AI & Robotics technology to replace humans, while jobs requiring challenging cognitive tasks or unstructured physical tasks will be suitably re-engineered with the progressive introduction of AI & Robotics technology to assist humans.From the discussion above, it should be clear that in a world populated by humans and robots, issues arise that go beyond engineering and technology due to the impact resulting from the use of robots in various application scenarios. The anthropization of robots cannot ignore the resolution of those ethical, legal, sociological, economic (ELSE) problems that have so far slowed their spread in our society.The final book of the Robotics Goes MOOC project enlightens the impact of using robotic technology in the main fields of application, namely, industrial robots as in Chapter 1 by Bischoff et al, medical robotics as in Chapter 2 by Dario et al, aerial robots as in Chapter 3 by Ollero et al, orbital robotics as in Chapter 4 by Lampariello, underwater robots in Chapter 5 by Antonelli, and rescue robots as in Chapter 6 by Murphy. The last part is devoted to the open dilemma of using and accepting robots in human co-habited environments which is addressed in Chapter 7 on social robotics by Pandey and the very final chapter by Tamburrini on the important issues raised with roboethics.