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Surviving AI

Surviving AI

Calum Chace

Three CS
2015
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Artificial intelligence is our most powerful technology, and in the coming decades it will change everything in our lives. If we get it right it will make humans almost godlike. If we get it wrong... well, extinction is not the worst possible outcome."Surviving AI" is a concise, easy-to-read guide to what's coming, taking you through technological unemployment (the economic singularity) and the possible creation of a superintelligence (the technological singularity).Here's what some of the leading thinkers in the field have to say about it: A sober and easy-to-read review of the risks and opportunities that humanity will face from AI.Jaan Tallinn - co-founder of SkypeUnderstanding AI - its promise and its dangers - is emerging as one of the great challenges of coming decades and this is an invaluable guide to anyone who's interested, confused, excited or scared. David Shukman - BBC Science EditorWe have recently seen a surge in the volume of scholarly analysis of this topic; Chace impressively augments that with this high-quality, more general-audience discussion.Aubrey de Grey - CSO of SENS Research Foundation; former AI researcherIt's rare to see a book about the potential End of the World that is fun to read without descending into sensationalism or crass oversimplification. Ben Goertzel - chairman of Novamente LLCCalum Chace is a prescient messenger of the risks and rewards of artificial intelligence. In "Surviving AI" he has identified the most essential issues and developed them with insight and wit - so that the very framing of the questions aids our search for answers. Chace's sensible balance between AI's promise and peril makes "Surviving AI" an excellent primer for anyone interested in what's happening, how we got here, and where we are headed. Kenneth Cukier - co-author of "Big Data"If you're not thinking about AI, you're not thinking. "Surviving AI" combines an essential grounding in the state of the art with a survey of scenarios that will be discussed with equal vigor at cocktail parties and academic colloquia.Chris Meyer - author of "Blur", "It's Alive", and "Standing on the Sun"The appearance of Calum Chace's book is of some considerable personal satisfaction to me, because it signifies the fact that the level of social awareness of the rise of massively intelligent machines has finally reached the mainstream. If you want to survive the next few decades, you cannot afford NOT to read Chace's book.Prof. Dr. Hugo de Garis - former director of the Artificial Brain Lab, Xiamen University, China"Surviving AI" is an exceptionally clear, well-researched and balanced introduction to a complex and controversial topic, and is a compelling read to boot.Se n h igeartaigh - executive director of Cambridge Centre for the Study of Existential RiskIn "Surviving AI", Calum Chace provides a marvellously accessible guide to the swirls of controversy that surround discussion of what is likely to be the single most important event in human history - the emergence of artificial superintelligence. Throughout, "Surviving AI" remains clear and jargon-free.David Wood - chair of London FuturistsArtificial intelligence is the most important technology of our era. Technological unemployment could force us to adopt an entirely new economic structure, and the creation of superintelligence would be the biggest event in human history. "Surviving AI" is a first-class introduction to all of this.Brad Feld - co-founder of Techstars
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The Economic Singularity

The Economic Singularity

Calum Chace

Three CS
2016
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"Read The Economic Singularity if you want to think intelligently about the future."Aubrey de GreyArtificial intelligence (AI) is overtaking our human ability to absorb and process information. Robots are becoming increasingly dextrous, flexible, and safe to be around (except the military ones). It is our most powerful technology, and you need to understand it. This new book from best-selling AI writer Calum Chace argues that within a few decades, most humans will not be able to work for money. Self-driving cars will probably be the canary in the coal mine, providing a wake-up call for everyone who isn't yet paying attention. All jobs will be affected, from fast food McJobs to lawyers and journalists. This is the single most important development facing humanity in the first half of the 21st century.The fashionable belief that Universal Basic Income is the solution is only partly correct. We are probably going to need an entirely new economic system, and we better start planning soon - for the Economic Singularity The outcome can be very good - a world in which machines do all the boring jobs and humans do pretty much what they please. But there are major risks, which we can only avoid by being alert to the possible futures and planning how to avoid the negative ones.ENDORSEMENTS"The advance of automation, described with great care and accuracy in this book, will almost certainly constitute the substrate within which all other technological developments - be they biomedical, environmental or something else entirely - will occur, and thus within which they should be discussed as regards their value to humanity. Read "The Economic Singularity" if you want to think intelligently about the future."Aubrey de Grey - CSO of SENS Research Foundation; former AI researcher"Following his insightful foray into the burgeoning AI revolution and associated existential risks in Surviving AI, Calum focuses his attention on a nearer term challenge - the likelihood that intelligent machines will render much of humanity unemployable in the foreseeable future. Once again he proves a reliable guide through this complex yet fascinating topic."Ben Medlock, co-founder of Swiftkey, the best-selling app on Android"Calum Chace is an acknowledged expert on the likely impact of artificial intelligence on society. In his new book, he investigates the possibility that machine intelligence will, over the coming few decades, make it impossible for most people to find paid work. He arrives at some surprising and radical conclusions, which merit careful consideration."Hugh Pym, former chief economics correspondent, BBC News"The Economic Singularity is fascinating. I couldn't put this book down."Ben Goldsmith - Menhaden Capital"Chace does a good job answering the question whether robots will take our jobs."Prof. Dr. Hugo de Garis - former director of the Artificial Brain Lab, Xiamen University, China"This fast-paced new book explains the challenge facing humanity: to navigate through a dramatic transition which he christens the economic singularity. Unexpectedly, it threatens the end of capitalism itself, and potentially the fracturing of the human species."David Wood - chairman, London Futurists"Unprecedented productivity gains and unlimited leisure-what could possibly go wrong? Everything, says Calum Chace, if we don't evolve a social system suited to the inevitable world of connected intelligent systems."Christopher Meyer, author of "Blur", "Future Wealth", and "Standing on the Sun""It's important that this book and others like it are written. Not because the future will necessarily happen exactly in the way described, but because it's important to be prepared if it does."Dr Stuart Armstrong, James Martin Research Fellow at the Future of Humanity Institute, Oxford University
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Luke's Unique Parables

Luke's Unique Parables

Calum Carmichael

Cambridge University Press
2025
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Calum Carmichael presents a new perspective on how parables unique to Luke's Gospel were composed. These parables took up moral issues that arose out of conflicts among figures such as Jacob and Esau, Joseph and his brothers, Judah and Tamar as portrayed in Genesis narratives. Providing literary and linguistic analyses, Carmichael demonstrates how Luke, like many of his contemporaries, absorbed the narrative legacy of the Hebrew Bible and used it to express ideas about Jesus. The Joseph story was of particular interest to Luke because Joseph's role during the Egyptian famine resulted in the rescue of his family, thereby giving the Israelite nation a future. Carmichael's radically different approach identifies the influence of ancestral wrongdoing on how Luke portrayed Jesus' moral teaching.
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The 20-Minute Vegan

The 20-Minute Vegan

Calum Harris

PAN MACMILLAN
2023
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'Calum's vegan recipes are super easy and tasty' – Joe Wicks80 fast, fresh and flavour-packed recipes! The 20-Minute Vegan is perfect for flexitarians, students, home cooks on a budget and anyone wanting to cook more meals that just happen to be plant-based.Eager to introduce more veg to your weekly meals?Looking to eat less meat but still want protein-packed mains?Want hearty and comforting dishes that are maximum flavour but minimum fuss?Calum Harris is here to show you how you can feed yourself and your loved ones hearty, healthy and delicious vegan fare in under twenty minutes – including the time you spend chatting while you cook.From proper pastas to creamy curries, chocolatey puddings to fluffy pancakes, this hearty, vibrant food will appeal to everyone – whether you’re vegan full-time or simply want to eat more plant-based meals when you can. Calum will teach you how to cook quick and easy vegan food that is bursting with flavour with easy-to-find ingredients that don’t cost the earth.If you’re all about indulgent sweet treats, protein-rich mains and big family favourites to impress a crowd, Calum’s delicious recipes will keep you coming back for more.
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A Terrible Man?

A Terrible Man?

Calum Kerr

BryerHouse Publishing
2024
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A Russian drug baron is planning to flood the UK with Fentanyl, an opioid that is fifty times more potent than heroin and incredibly addictive and easy to manufacture.The DEA and the NCA need to stop the man in his tracks. But the only person who can help them is dead.
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Wordsmith: A collection of short stories

Wordsmith: A collection of short stories

Calum Kerr

Independently Published
2019
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"In the mornings he brings me a word. Gift-wrapped with love he gives it to me like the reddest rose or the clearest diamond. This morning he gave me 'murmur'." - from 'Wordsmith'. Wordsmith is a short story collection from the master of flash fiction. Known for his tiny tales of excitement, adventure, horror and romance, Calum Kerr now brings us a career-spanning collection of his longer stories. As you would expect, there is a wide mix of genres, with stories that will make you smile, cry, scream and laugh.
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The Sacrificial Laws of Leviticus and the Joseph Story

The Sacrificial Laws of Leviticus and the Joseph Story

Calum Carmichael

Cambridge University Press
2017
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In this study, Calum Carmichael offers a new assessment of the Joseph story from the perspective of the biblical laws in Leviticus 1-10. These sacrificial laws, he argues, respond to the many problems in the first Israelite family. Understanding how ancient lawgivers thought about Joseph's and his brothers' troubling behavior leads to a greater appreciation of this complicated tale. The study of the laws in Leviticus 1-10 in relation to the Joseph story provides evidence that all biblical laws, over 400, constitute commentary on issues in the biblical narratives. They do not, as commonly thought, directly reflect the societal concerns in ancient Israelite times. Through close reading and analysis, Carmichael reveals how biblical narrators and lawgivers found distinctive and subtle ways of evaluating a single development in a narrative from multiple perspectives. Thus, the sacrificial laws addressing idolatry, keeping silent about a known offense, confessing wrongdoing, and seeking forgiveness become readily understandable when reviewed as responses to the events in the Joseph story.
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The Politics of Health Policy Reform in the UK

The Politics of Health Policy Reform in the UK

Calum Paton

Palgrave Macmillan
2016
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This book explains the politics of thirty years of ‘market reform’ in the English NHS, with the rest of the UK a counter-factual. Paton shows how each subsequent reform has been shaped by the confusion left by the previous reform. The long-term ideology has been anti-statist but policy-making at each stage of ‘reform’ has been driven by short-term politics. The outcome in England has been ever-increasing complexity in the NHS, with significantly increased management costs and no commensurate benefit.
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New Labour's State of Health

New Labour's State of Health

Calum Paton

Routledge
2017
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In this timely and unique work, Calum Paton assesses the political economy and politics of current health policy in order to explain the underlying causes of problems in the National Health Service. Debates from political theory, political economy and public administration are used to examine health policy made and implemented by New Labour since their election victory in 1997. The author argues that the fundamental nature of health policy is dependent upon the prevailing regime in political economy and also that 'policy overload', contradictions and confusion have rendered the task of coherent implementation very difficult. Although there is implicit comparison, the primary focus is England within the UK (post-devolution), and the book provides a detailed examination of contemporary health policy. Written by an established scholar in the field, it will particularly interest academics, post-graduate students and professionals in health policy, social policy and politics.
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Jacques Lacan

Jacques Lacan

Calum Neill

Routledge
2023
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Jacques Lacan: The Basics provides a clear and succinct introduction to the work of Jacques Lacan, one of the key thinkers of the twentieth century. Lacan’s ideas are applied in the study of the humanities, politics, and psychology as well as contemporary media and the arts, but their complexity makes them impenetrable to many. This book is unique in explaining the key concepts and context, from Lacan’s understanding of psychoanalysis to drive and desire, in an accessible way without diluting them beyond meaning. Examples from popular culture are used throughout to emphasise the ideas being discussed and a full glossary and list of resources for further reading encourages additional exploration. This engaging and accessible text is essential reading for all those interested in Lacan and his work, as well as students of psychology, psychoanalysis, literature, politics, cultural studies, film studies, and more.
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Jacques Lacan

Jacques Lacan

Calum Neill

Routledge
2023
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Jacques Lacan: The Basics provides a clear and succinct introduction to the work of Jacques Lacan, one of the key thinkers of the twentieth century. Lacan’s ideas are applied in the study of the humanities, politics, and psychology as well as contemporary media and the arts, but their complexity makes them impenetrable to many. This book is unique in explaining the key concepts and context, from Lacan’s understanding of psychoanalysis to drive and desire, in an accessible way without diluting them beyond meaning. Examples from popular culture are used throughout to emphasise the ideas being discussed and a full glossary and list of resources for further reading encourages additional exploration. This engaging and accessible text is essential reading for all those interested in Lacan and his work, as well as students of psychology, psychoanalysis, literature, politics, cultural studies, film studies, and more.
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Nottingham Buses in the 1990s

Nottingham Buses in the 1990s

Calum MacLennan

AMBERLEY PUBLISHING
2022
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During the mid-1990s Nottingham’s scene was dominated by Nottingham City Transport and the Wellglade group that included Trent buses and Barton buses. Notable independents had been purchased by Wellglade and Nottingham City Transport respectively, with evidence of their existence still very much on the road. Other players included Kinch, Nottingham Omnibus and Delta bus, who tried to make a mark on the scene but were eventually swept away. By the end of decade low-floor buses would start to become the new normal, and new operating practices began to change. This nostalgic look back at buses in Nottingham in the 1990s presents a picture of an interesting and varied bus scene.
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There's a Monster in My Tent

There's a Monster in My Tent

Calum Dewsbury

Austin Macauley Publishers
2024
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Having been awoken early in the morning by some strange noises downstairs, the little girl goes down to investigate. She is alarmed to find a monster sleeping in her tent and flees to her mother to tell her what she had seen.From the fierce growls coming from inside to his wild, hairy arms and legs, she had never come across anything quite so fearsome; nor quite so startling. Although all is not as it first seems.There's a Monster in My Tent demonstrates a father's devotion to his little girl as it details the imagination present in the minds of children. It's as thought-provoking as it is lively and is aimed at educating and delighting in equal measure.
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A Surgeon in Napoleon’s Grande Armée

A Surgeon in Napoleon’s Grande Armée

Calum Johnson

PEN SWORD BOOKS LTD
2024
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Pierre-François Percy was Surgeon-in-Chief of Napoleon’s Grande Armée. This is the first English translation of Baron Percy’s notebooks, containing his interesting, revealing, and informative testimony of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic campaigns in which he played an active role, as the most senior surgeon in the French Army, from 1799-1807. In his journal, Percy writes intimately about his life on campaign. He recounts his experiences across Europe, particularly in Switzerland (Helvetia), Germany, and Poland. The journal shows Percy’s delight at seeing his surgeons recognised for their work at Eylau, and his notes express his shock at the brazen corruption of military officials and the indiscriminate pillaging to which the French army frequently resorted. He recounts his audiences with Napoleon, during which his pleas for more resources and a more professional military surgical corps frequently fell on deaf ears. Details that may have seemed trivial to Percy’s contemporaries – about food, accommodation, dress, and transport – now offer a vital insight into the persistent struggles, and occasional pleasures, of those who followed Napoleon on his quest to conquer Europe. Percy documents his experiences of some of the major battles of the period; namely, Jena, Eylau, and Friedland. As a surgeon, he witnessed the enormous scale of devastation wrought by these significant battles, so often glorified in the historiography as tactical successes. His descriptions are meticulous and personal; injuries are described scientifically, their stark details offering a vivid and horrifying picture of the aftermath of the fighting. Percy’s singular position – living with the soldiers and sharing in their poor conditions, while also being aware of the administrative decisions that governed (and often negatively impacted) their lives – makes for an account that is simultaneously fascinating for the general reader and invaluable for scholars of military and surgical history.
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