Blue Wolf Reviews

Tag: artificial

  • AI Demystified

    AI Demystified

    Whether you like it or not AI or Artificial Intelligence is here to stay and is without a doubt rapidly changing the way the world operates. Is it safe, is it ethical and to a large degree what is it, other than ChatGPT and an automated reply to an online query?

    Antonio Weiss, an expert in the field of AI has written a game changing book AI Demystified that goes into detail about the new kid on the block, Artificial Intelligence, writing in a style that is extremely easy to understand. Although the focus is on Business use of this latest form of technology, he makes the subject matter readable for anyone who is interested in understanding what the future holds for not just business but everyone.

    Not altogether a new concept, AI has been around since the 1950’s in a very small way, but since the 2000’s has steadily increased in development to the point where we, as the general public, have subtly been contributing to the  advancement of Generative AI  through various means such as log ins verifying whether you are a Human and much more.

    In this well constructed step by step guide he looks the reasons why business needs to adopt this technology, the benefits and believed negative impacts on Companies and staffing as well as the future scope of this still rapidly changing ‘frontier’ of science.

    Along with the history of AI development, he looks at the underpinning aspects of ethics, legislation, misuse and abuse but states that as this field is fast developing,  should you be considering installing  AI within your business in the very near future,  considered research needs to be undertaken before choosing the right form of AI for your Business.

    AI Demystified is helpful, technical in a relatable format, delivers a working knowledge that literally demystifies what is still considered a bewildering science and is an essential read for any Business Manager, Company Executive or anyone trying to either find their way through the technology that is Generative AI and the impact it will have on just on not just business but the world in which we live.

  • The Consciousness Company

    The Consciousness Company

    An idea, a thought, a what if conversation between two friends sees the birth of what is considered as a new way of looking at life. They have a garage and in that garage they set about creating what will be an entirely new concept of being able to understand who they are and how their past and thoughts affect them emotionally and psychologically.

    This start-up takes off slowly, but gathers speed far faster than they ever imagined. The Artificial Intelligence they have created sets some limits, but eventually these limits expand. When they take the next step into creating ‘suits’ for their clients to better utilised this new concept, it seems like a brilliant idea, but……………

    And then they meet an Entrepreneur, make the fateful decision to launch the now very large, very successful company onto the Stock market and find that as the Company expands so do the many issues that go with tampering with minds, creating thoughts and listening into another person’s thoughts and feelings.

    As the story unfolds, people are becoming seriously unhappy with what is happening to them, that their very thoughts are being formed for them, that they are challenged by a form of intelligence that has no morals, no boundaries.

    The Consciousness Company carefully explores the vastly unknown limits of Artificial Intelligence (AI), and the possible effect on the human mind, that is slowly but surely beginning to permeate so much of what we do in our daily lives. Rosen looks at what can happen when there are no limits, no legal boundaries and considerable financial reward or gain becomes the motivating factor.

    Is The Consciousness Company prescient, a droll look into what is the future or the product of an author’s thoughts and feeling? This is your conclusion to draw, and even thought this is a work of fiction, it is based on very, very real plausibility’s!

  • Klara and the Sun

    Klara and the Sun

    Klara and the Sun is the eighth novel by Kazuo Ishiguro, who has won many prizes for his work. To read this book you need to bend to the author’s wishes, as he drip feeds information throughout the story. The reader needs to be patient and persistent with the minimalistic writing which means the reader has a greater input into the work because one must “fill in the gaps.”  At first this is slow, but once you become familiar with Klara and how she thinks, her narration makes sense.

    Klara is an AF; An Artificial Friend. In America in the future, parents buy their children a suitable AF to keep them company. Life is very different and most parents choose to have their children genetically modified. The story is told by Klara and begins in the shop where other AF’s are stored.

    From the beginning we realise that Klara is more thoughtful, more observant, and more curious than the other androids. She has a beautiful naivety, and clarity of thought without sentimentality. When she is put in front of the shop window, she makes her own sense of all she sees.

    Josie is a teenager who comes by the store with her mother. She has seen Klara in the window and chooses to take her home. Josie is very ill and has times when she is bed ridden and sleepy.

    Klara offers support in many ways and her understanding grows when Rick, their neighbour comes to visit every day. They play a bubble game, where Josie draws people and Rick fills in the bubble above them to show what they are saying.

    There are many versions of love for Klara to examine in Josie’s family. Her mother and Father are separated and have very different ideas about Josie’s needs. She had a sister who died, and the parents have different ways of remembering her, some more physical than others.

    Be prepared to step out of your comfort zone with Klara and the Sun, but glory in the precise and amazing prose it presents.