John McChesney-Young finished reading Empire of AI by Karen Hao

Empire of AI by Karen Hao
When AI expert and investigative journalist Karen Hao first began covering OpenAI in 2019, she thought they were the good …
Theology, fantasy and science fiction, science, history, classics, general bibliophile
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When AI expert and investigative journalist Karen Hao first began covering OpenAI in 2019, she thought they were the good …
I've probably read 10 books now over the last 5 of so years about the Christian Right and this was by far the most engaging (her first book was also excellent). I will warn readers that the second part, devoted to education, family dynamics, and childrearing are intense, with the chapter devoted to the last topic quite disturbing.
Vera Wong is back and as meddling as ever in this follow-up to the hit Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for …
Good, but the title and subtitle are misleading because although a substantial part of the book is devoted to the nominal subject of the deciphering of Old Persian and Akkadian, a majority is on the archaeological work that made it possible. (Also, the subtitle refers to "the world's oldest writing," but in the body of the book it's made clear that it's only the script itself which is oldest but the language for which it was first used was Sumerian, which receives only paying discussion.)
Interesting, but there was a lot of speculation about what people in the past civilizations thought and felt about what was going on. Apart from that I thought it was quite good and very educational.
Burning with resentment and intrigue, this fantastical family drama invites readers to dig up the secrets of the Belman family, …
CW: #YesTheDogDies, suicide. But a beautiful if largely rather grim book with a happy(-ish) ending.
A lonely shopkeeper takes it upon herself to solve a murder in the most peculiar way in this captivating mystery …
Becky Chambers meets Miss Marple in this sci-fi ode to the cozy mystery, helmed by a formidable no-nonsense auntie of …
An expansion of the 2020 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award winning story. Arboreality is a finalist for the Philip K. Dick …