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"Cogs and Monsters: What Economics Is, and What It Should Be" by Diane Coyle is a book that argues for a return to the discipline of political economy in order to yield realistic and useful analyses and recommendations. Coyle criticizes the prevailing standard economic theory, which assumes rational actors with autonomy and fixed needs, as a narrative or ideological story. She highlights the need for economists to acknowledge the realities of an economy that is increasingly complex and difficult to simplify theoretically or quantitatively, particularly in the face of the new digital economy and the rapid development of artificial intelligence. Coyle also addresses the changing dynamics of the economy, such as the growing importance of the service sector and the casualization of the labor market, and the political implications of economists' inability to grasp these changes. The book concludes by emphasizing the need for a modern approach to the public provision and regulation of information goods and the importance of putting the social, rather than the individual, at the heart of the study of economics. [Extracted from the article]

JITCAR's review of books on the role of artificial intelligence (AI) started with a review of Prediction Intelligence (Heath, [2]). The AI Advantage is not about AI hype, or a list of "gee whiz" AI applications, but how businesses should adapt to AI and leverage their capabilities. [Extracted from the article]

The article reviews the book "Readings in Distributed Artificial intelligence," edited by A. H. Bond and L. Gasser.

Reviews the book "Advances in Artificial Intelligence," edited by John Hallan and Chris Mellish.

Algorithmic retrieval systems, in fact, organize information and make visible results not on the basis of the links of entities (i.e. a piece of information, a book, a movie, a music track, or any digital artefact) with pre-existing categories of knowledge and meaning, but on the basis of user-action-data feedbacks that are constantly crunched in real time ([1]). Thylstrup, Nanna Bonde The Politics of Mass Digitization Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2018 Digitization is intended as the transformation of bounded objects such as single paper-based books into (temporarily bounded) sets of data. Together with the logic of feedback already mentioned, it discusses the logic of scale and accumulation of information and links them to emerging "information pathologies". [Extracted from the article]

Allwood, Jens Pombo, Olga Renna, Clara Scarafile, Giovanni 2020 Controversies and Interdisciplinarity: Beyond disciplinary fragmentation for a new knowledge model Amsterdam John Benjamins 978-90-272-0754-8 vi + 279 10.1075/cvs.16 It's difficult to imagine a project more interdisciplinary than reviewing an edited book about interdisciplinarity... written by nearly a dozen international scholars from seven linguistically different European countries, plus Israel... not to mention from disciplines as divergent as the history and philosophy of science, the innovation of engineering, technology and economics, materials engineering, computer science, art history, and moral philosophy. And just to complicate matters further, let's add the fact that book reviewers these days are rarely offered material copies of books to thumb through, underline, scrawl upon and flag with scraps of paper. One wishes that the editors had provided some thematization of chapters (either in the introduction or perhaps as a short introductory paragraph preceding each chapter) to illuminate underlying themes and/or discern contrasts in scholarly approaches or subject matter. [Extracted from the article]

Reviews the book "Artificial Intelligence in Accounting and Auditing," by Miklos A. Vasarhelyi.

The book review discusses Christina Parker-Flynn's "Artificial Generation: Photogenic French Literature and the Prehistory of Cinematic Modernity," which explores the relationship between French literary modernity and early cinema. Parker-Flynn examines the concept of a 'photogenic aesthetic' at the core of cultural production in the 19th and 20th centuries, focusing on the figure of the mobile 'artificial woman' in literature and film. The study delves into the proto-cinematic imperatives of 19th-century cultural objects, tracing a shared DNA sequence across media and offering insights into gendered fantasies of reproductive mastery. [Extracted from the article]

Reviews the book 'Machine Intelligence 8,' by David Canter.

The text discusses the development and application of Systemic Functional Translation Studies (SFTS), which is a branch of translation studies that utilizes the principles of Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL). SFTS examines the link between grammar, function, and meaning in translation, and it has been influenced by various linguistic theories and scholars. The text also introduces a book that provides an overview of SFTS and includes interviews with renowned researchers in the field. The interviews cover topics such as the theoretical foundations of SFTS, the relationship between SFL and other translation theories, and future directions for the field. This book is a collection of interviews with scholars in the field of Systemic Functional Translation Studies (SFTS). The interviews cover a range of topics, including the application of SFTS in translation studies, the use of advanced technology in translation process studies, the development of SFTS in Africa, and interdisciplinary approaches to translation studies. The book provides insights into the current state of SFTS and offers suggestions for future research directions. It also highlights the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration and the impact of Large Language Models (LLMs) on translation studies. Overall, the book is a valuable resource for those interested in gaining a deeper understanding of SFTS and its applications in translation studies. [Extracted from the article]

The article presents a review of the book "Automated Educational Systems," by Enoch Haga.

The article is a book review of "Communicating with Intelligence: Writing and Briefing for National Security" by M. Patrick Hendrix and James S. Major. The book addresses the differences between intelligence communication and other forms of writing, emphasizing the importance of bottom-line-up-front communication. It provides clear explanations and exercises for improving intelligence writing skills, with chapters on research methods, analysis, prewriting, drafting, revising, and citing sources. The book is recommended for university courses on intelligence analysis or for analysts looking to enhance their writing abilities. However, the section on intelligence briefing is not as strong as the rest of the book. Overall, the book is a valuable resource for improving writing skills in the field of intelligence. [Extracted from the article]

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This article provides a summary of the book "Principles of Institutional and Evolutionary Political Economy: Applied to Current World Problems" by Phillip Anthony O'Hara. The book applies political economy principles to global, regional, and national issues, using eight core concepts and associated principles. It analyzes diverse topics such as the global pandemic, climate change, corruption, and artificial intelligence. The review praises the book's comprehensive and interdisciplinary approach, but questions the use of the term "contradiction" to describe tensions between opposing forces. Overall, the book is accessible and contributes to the literature on world problems. [Extracted from the article]

The discussion around artificial empathy and its ethics is not a new one. This concept can be found in classic science fiction media such as Star Trek and Blade Runner and is also pondered on in more recent interactive media such as the video game Detroit: Become Human. In most depictions, emotions and empathy are presented as the key to being human. Misselhorn's new publication shows that these futuristic stories are becoming more and more relevant today. We must ask ourselves whether we are socially responsible enough to deal with the consequences of artificial empathy/awareness. If we create artificial life, we should be prepared to treat them accordingly as living beings with respect and no longer categorize them as objects. The author does not rule out the idea that machines might one day become more human than humans themselves and that we humans might even lose our own specific cognitive, emotional and social abilities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reviews the book `Artificial Intelligence and Economic Analysis: Prospects & Problems,' edited by Scott Moss and John Rae. Focus on the contributions of artificial intelligence to economics; Failure of authors to present a convincing case as to why the economic focus on outcomes is unsatisfactory; Assertion to include the study of processes in economic modeling.

A review of the book "Stay This Day and Night With Me," by Belén Gopegui, translated by Mark Schafer, is presented.

Reviews the book "Neurocomputing: Foundations of Research," edited by James A. Anderson and Edward Rosenfeld.