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The Holy Machine
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Author : Chris Beckett
language : en
Publisher: Atlantic Books Ltd
Release Date : 2010-07-01
The Holy Machine written by Chris Beckett and has been published by Atlantic Books Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07-01 with Fiction categories.
George Simling has grown up in the city-state of Illyria, an enclave of logic and reason founded as a refuge from the Reaction, a wave of religious fundamentalism that swept away the nations of the twenty-first century. Yet to George, Illyria's militant rationalism is as stifling as the faith-based superstition that dominates the world outside its walls. For George has fallen in love with Lucy. A prostitute. A robot. She might be a machine, but the semblance of life is perfect. To the city authorities, robot sentience is a malfunction, curable by erasing and resetting silicon minds. But George knows that Lucy is something more. His only alternative is to flee Illyria, taking Lucy deep into the religious Outlands where she must pass as human because robots are seen as mockeries of God, burned at the stake, dismembered, crucified. Their odyssey leads them through betrayal, war and madness, ending only at the monastery of the Holy Machine...
Holy Machine
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Author : Patric Sheron
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
Holy Machine written by Patric Sheron and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with categories.
The Crying Machine
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Author : Greg Chivers
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Release Date : 2019-04-04
The Crying Machine written by Greg Chivers and has been published by HarperCollins UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-04 with Fiction categories.
A sharp, lyrical thriller of power, religion, and artificial intelligence.
Star Maker
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Author : Olaf Stapledon
language : en
Publisher: e-artnow
Release Date : 2021-01-08
Star Maker written by Olaf Stapledon and has been published by e-artnow this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-08 with Fiction categories.
A human narrator from England is transported out of his body via unexplained means. He realizes he is able to explore space and other planets. After exploring a civilization on another planet in our galaxy at a level of development similar to our own that existed millions of years ago thousands of light years from Earth (the "Other Earth") in some detail, his mind merges with that of one of its inhabitants, and as they travel together, they are joined by still more minds or group-minds. This snowballing process is paralleled by the expansion of the book's scale, describing more and more planets in less and less detail. The disembodied travelers encounter many ideas that are interesting from both science-fictional and philosophical points of view. Star Maker tackles philosophical themes such as the essence of life, of birth, decay and death, and the relationship between creation and creator. A pervading theme is that of progressive unity within and between different civilizations.
God From The Machine
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Author : William Sims Bainbridge
language : en
Publisher: Rowman Altamira
Release Date : 2006-04-17
God From The Machine written by William Sims Bainbridge and has been published by Rowman Altamira this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-04-17 with Computers categories.
'God from the machine' (deus ex machina) refers to an ancient dramatic device where a god was mechanically brought onto the stage to save the hero from a difficult situation. But here, William Sims Bainbridge uses the term in a strikingly different way. Instead of looking to a machine to deliver an already known god, he asks what a computing machine and its simulations might teach us about how religion and religious beliefs come to being. Bainbridge posits the virtual town of Cyburg, population 44,100. Then, using rules for individual and social behavior taken from the social sciences, he models a complex community where residents form groups, learn to trust or distrust each other, and develop religious faith. Bainbridge's straightforward arguments point to many more applications of computer simulation in the study of religion. God from the Machine will serve as an important text in any class with a social scientific approach to religion.
Sekret Machines Book 1 Chasing Shadows
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Author : Tom DeLonge
language : en
Publisher: To The Stars
Release Date : 2016-04-05
Sekret Machines Book 1 Chasing Shadows written by Tom DeLonge and has been published by To The Stars this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-05 with Fiction categories.
For those who know... that something is going on... The witnesses are legion, scattered across the world and dotted through history, people who looked up and saw something impossible lighting up the night sky. What those objects were, where they came from, and who—or what—might be inside them is the subject of fierce debate and equally fierce mockery, so that most who glimpsed them came to wish they hadn’t. Most, but not everyone. Among those who know what they’ve seen, and—like the toll of a bell that can’t be unrung—are forever changed by it, are a pilot, an heiress, a journalist, and a prisoner of war. From the waning days of the 20th century’s final great war to the fraught fields of Afghanistan to the otherworldly secrets hidden amid Nevada’s dusty neverlands—the truth that is out there will propel each of them into a labyrinth of otherworldly technology and the competing aims of those who might seek to prevent—or harness—these beings of unfathomable power. Because, as it turns out, we are not the only ones who can invent and build...and destroy. Featuring actual events and other truths drawn from sources within the military and intelligence community, Tom DeLonge and A.J. Hartley offer a tale at once terrifying, fantastical, and perhaps all too real. Though it is, of course, a work of... fiction?
The Twittering Machine
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Author : Richard Seymour
language : en
Publisher: Verso Books
Release Date : 2020-09-22
The Twittering Machine written by Richard Seymour and has been published by Verso Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-22 with Political Science categories.
A brilliant probe into the political and psychological effects of our changing relationship with social media Former social media executives tell us that the system is an addiction-machine. We are users, waiting for our next hit as we like, comment and share. We write to the machine as individuals, but it responds by aggregating our fantasies, desires and frailties into data, and returning them to us as a commodity experience. The Twittering Machine is an unflinching view into the calamities of digital life: the circus of online trolling, flourishing alt-right subcultures, pervasive corporate surveillance, and the virtual data mines of Facebook and Google where we spend considerable portions of our free time. In this polemical tour de force, Richard Seymour shows how the digital world is changing the ways we speak, write, and think. Through journalism, psychoanalytic reflection and insights from users, developers, security experts and others, Seymour probes the human side of the machine, asking what we’re getting out of it, and what we’re getting into. Social media held out the promise that we could make our own history–to what extent did we choose the nightmare that it has become?
The Glorious Salvation Machine
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Author : Lee W. Brainard
language : en
Publisher: Lee W Brainard
Release Date : 2022-01-27
The Glorious Salvation Machine written by Lee W. Brainard and has been published by Lee W Brainard this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-27 with Fiction categories.
In a spirit of sanctified humor, this satire skewers the error of the easy-believe gospel and defends the biblical truth that Christians will be changed by the Holy Spirit that indwells and empowers them. Take a rough-n-tumble journey with Peregrinus (Latin for pilgrim) as he, with the help of his mentor Plowman, battles with the errors thrown at him by the likes of such characters as Willy "Rush" Forward, Strawberry Nostrum, Reverend Quacksalver, and Jumping Jack Hallelujah.
Hell In The Holy Land
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Author : David R. Woodward
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Release Date : 2014-04-23
Hell In The Holy Land written by David R. Woodward and has been published by University Press of Kentucky this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-23 with History categories.
Woodward uses graphic eyewitness accounts from the diaries, letters, and memoirs of British soldiers who fought in that war to describe in detail the genuine experience of the fighting and dying in Egypt and Palestine.
Human Machine
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Author : Paul R. Daugherty
language : en
Publisher: Harvard Business Press
Release Date : 2018-03-20
Human Machine written by Paul R. Daugherty and has been published by Harvard Business Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-20 with Computers categories.
AI is radically transforming business. Are you ready? Look around you. Artificial intelligence is no longer just a futuristic notion. It's here right now--in software that senses what we need, supply chains that "think" in real time, and robots that respond to changes in their environment. Twenty-first-century pioneer companies are already using AI to innovate and grow fast. The bottom line is this: Businesses that understand how to harness AI can surge ahead. Those that neglect it will fall behind. Which side are you on? In Human + Machine, Accenture leaders Paul R. Daugherty and H. James (Jim) Wilson show that the essence of the AI paradigm shift is the transformation of all business processes within an organization--whether related to breakthrough innovation, everyday customer service, or personal productivity habits. As humans and smart machines collaborate ever more closely, work processes become more fluid and adaptive, enabling companies to change them on the fly--or to completely reimagine them. AI is changing all the rules of how companies operate. Based on the authors' experience and research with 1,500 organizations, the book reveals how companies are using the new rules of AI to leap ahead on innovation and profitability, as well as what you can do to achieve similar results. It describes six entirely new types of hybrid human + machine roles that every company must develop, and it includes a "leader’s guide" with the five crucial principles required to become an AI-fueled business. Human + Machine provides the missing and much-needed management playbook for success in our new age of AI. BOOK PROCEEDS FOR THE AI GENERATION The authors' goal in publishing Human + Machine is to help executives, workers, students and others navigate the changes that AI is making to business and the economy. They believe AI will bring innovations that truly improve the way the world works and lives. However, AI will cause disruption, and many people will need education, training and support to prepare for the newly created jobs. To support this need, the authors are donating the royalties received from the sale of this book to fund education and retraining programs focused on developing fusion skills for the age of artificial intelligence.