The countywide group engagement program options books on the theme “Empowering Humanity: Technology for a Better World.”
The books chosen for Silicon Valley Reads discover the ramifications of synthetic intelligence, from a nonfiction work about AI’s potential impression on society to fictional tales about how it may be used for each exploitation and connection
Just lately dubbed “The Godmother of AI” by Wired Journal, Dr. Fei-Fei Li shares her private journey and insights into the event and potential of the expertise in “The Worlds I See: Curiosity, Exploration, and Discovery at the Dawn of AI.”
“The Mountain in the Sea,” a sci-fi novel by former Santa Clara College professor Ray Nayler, follows a marine biologist who’s finding out a very smart octopus species, sparking a world race to grasp and probably exploit the species.
“Loneliness and Company” by Charlee Dyroff is about in a near-future New York, the place isolation has seemingly been eradicated. The novel follows a lady tasked with coaching an AI companion.
Silicon Valley Reads is offered yearly by the Santa Clara County Library District, Santa Clara County Workplace of Training and San José Public Library.
Register to attend the kickoff occasion at siliconvalleyreads.org, the place a whole schedule of occasions must be accessible in mid-January.
