Promise

Marsoni

M251S

$28.00

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PromiseTwo Black sisters growing up in small town New England fight to protect their home, their bodies, and their dreams as the civil rights movement sweeps the nation in this magical, magnificent novel, that amounts to a secret history of an America we think we know, but never really knew (Marlon James). The people of Salt Point could indeed be fearful about the world beyond themselves; most of them would be born and die without ever having gone more than

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Fabulous book. Wide ranging, every page full of information that ALL modern citizens should already know or should learn as we go to green technologies and even more dependence on AI and computers. These techs look 'all clean' and 'socially fair' when in fact at every stage (she takes us from design, to engineering to mining, to sales to production of techs) in this 'atlas' of AI we see pollution, inequality, power relationships hidden just beneath the surface. The tip of the AI/computer/green tech iceberg looks all white and clean........the rest (the filth, pollution and inequaity) are all hidden away. Just a tremendous book and not too hard to read. This book should be required reading for all college students, whatever their field!

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Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2023

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A M

Belleville, US

★★★★★ 3

Embitterment in regard to AI

Format: Kindle

AI is one of the most important innovations in the last decades. But the author of this book claims that the current application of AI is bad. It requires computers that use rare material, the mining of which harms the environment, and it uses inaccurate training data, to list some of the arguments presented in this book. But when considering these drawbacks against AI's blessing (automatic translation, contribution to medical research, etc.), the criticism seems to be not justified. The author blames AI for searching order in an infinitely complex world (in the Conclusion chapter), but she ignores that this is exactly what science does. The book also includes many interesting reviews of the history of science and AI. I enjoyed very much reading these reviews.

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Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2021

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Jill

Boise, US

★★★★★ 5

Engaging study of the underpinnings of AI

Format: Kindle

This “atlas” maps what is often forgotten when discussing AI: material needs like the extraction of lithium and other minerals from the earth with the destruction of nature that requires and the workers, as well as the epistemological constraints of classification and the false proxies of data. The book is engagingly written and easy to follow while richly sourced. I’ll probably assign at least a couple of chapters to undergrads in our digital culture program. I would have loved an audio book version - but I listened to it using automatic text to speech on my phone and it was surprisingly not awful. This is the first time I’ve done that with a whole book.

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Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2021

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MaireadH

Belleville, US

★★★★★ 5

It’s good

Format: Paperback

Good

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Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2025

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Michael J. Bernaski

Natrona Heights, US

★★★★★ 5

A Critical Perspective on the Hype and Reality of AI

Format: Hardcover

Of the many books I have read on AI, having been interested in the topic for 35 years, this is perhaps the most profound. When I read the abstract I thought the goals for the book were going to be almost impossible to achieve. But Kate Crawford has succeeded wonderfully. I find myself referring back to marked sections of the book — and perhaps most importantly questioning some long-held beliefs I have had on the topics. I have shared the book with friends with less time invested in the topic — and they were equally glowing. I hope this finds its way onto the summer reading lists of people with far-flung interests.

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Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2021