12 Bytes: How We Got Here. Where We Might Go Next
Hardback Published on: 12/10/2021
Price: £19.99
Publisher information
- Publisher: Black Cat
- ISBN: 9780802159250
- Number of pages: 324
- Languages: English
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Intriguing and a little bit scary view of the AI future
This book is definitely not one I would have picked up, although I do read some non fiction. As a woman with little understanding of this world, using IT o... READ MORE
Absolutely Brilliant
12 Bytes by Jeanette Winterson is absolutely brilliant. Packed with history, philosophy, social and political themes not to mention technology it’s an educ... READ MORE
Sparkling with intelligence
This was Love(lace) at first byte. The book begins with a lively survey of the history of AI. This is no dry chronology but a tale bursting with brilliant ... READ MORE
Well Researched
This was a good book and clearly a lot of research had gone into it.
The first part, setting out how Ada Lovelace made contributions to science and techn... READ MORE
A gripping but alarming read
From the subject matter I wasn't sure I was going to enjoy this book, but I really did. I love the history and the detail, some of which I knew but lots I ... READ MORE
!Interesting Read!
Having only read Winterson's 'Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit' prior to this, I approached '12 Bytes' with a relatively clean slate in terms of Winterson's ... READ MORE
Enjoyable book about AI
Winterson’s essays were very well written and her use of descriptive words kept my interest. I liked how she linked the past, modern life and celebrities ... READ MORE