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EN ARBEJDSPLADSROMAN FRA DET 22. ÅRHUNDREDE Besætningen på Det sekstusinde skib består af menneskelige og menneskelignende ansatte. Da skibet får en række genstande ombord fra planeten Nyopdagelsen, begynder de ansatte at udvikle dybe forbindelser til genstandene, men uden helt at kunne forstå hvorfor. Snart ser besætningen sig selv i et nyt lys, og enhver ansat må spørge sig selv om arbejdsgangen kan fortsætte som før. Opbygget som en protokol med vidneudsagn forsøger den litterære science-fiction roman De ansatte at undersøge, hvad forskellen er på et menneske og en ting, og hvad det vil sige at være i live.

Læs og oplev H. C. Andersens eventyr om den lille havfrue, der bytter sin fiskehale ud med menneskeben for at følge sit hjerte. Det originale eventyr er nyillustreret og beriget med et digitalt spilunivers.Udforsk et levende univers med Augmented RealityNår du peger på farveillustrationerne i bogen med din smartphone eller iPad, åbner app’en et vindue til bogens univers direkte oven på siderne. Man oplever på denne måde karaktererne fra bogen i "levende live" gennem spil og opgaver, der kan løses. Jo bedre man lytter efter detaljerne i historien, jo nemmere er det at løse opgaverne og spille spillene. Børn og barnlige sjæle bliver på denne måde suget ind i universet, nysgerrige på den fantasiverden, der ligger gemt i teksten.LÆS - UDFORSK - SPIL!Med Augmented Reality-teknologi bliver H. C. Andersens oprindelige tekst og universelle historie tilgængelig for alle. Det originale eventyr rummer så mange temaer og eventyrlige detaljer, som her udfoldes i spiluniverset, så alle kan være med. Den helt særlige kombination af bogen og AR-teknologi gør, at læseren drages ind i en magisk verden, hvor man kan gå på opdagelse, udforske og interagere med det litterære univers: læse, lege og lære!App featuresUdforsk eventyret fra alle vinklerSpil leg og lærInterager med det magiske universFlotte og detaljerede miljøer fulde af livBooks & Magic lancerer med Den lille havfrue en ny genre, Augmented Reality books, hvor bogens univers via app'en bliver bragt til live gennem 3D animationer, spil og Augmented Reality teknologi.Læs mere om produktet: www.booksandmagic.comHent app'en: www.booksandmagic.com/appFølg med på Facebook: www.booksandmagic.com/facebook

How companies navigate the technology world to achieve competitive advantage is the defining business challenge of our time. It's not a simple journey. As one CEO said, "We can find digital everywhere in our company but the bottom line." For digital and AI to deliver on its potential, executives need to be ready and willing to undertake the organizational "surgery" required to become a digitally capable enterprise. The answer is in rewiring your business so hundreds, if not thousands, of teams can harness technology to continuously create great customer experiences, lower unit costs, and generate value. Rewiring a business is a journey--one that executives will be on for the rest of their careers. This book is your how-to guide through the most important changes: how to align your team on transforming your core business, reskill your talent bench, implement a new operating model, build a distributed technology and data environment to power teams, and scale the value. Written by the digital and AI leaders at McKinsey & Company, Rewired takes the lessons learned working with more than 200 large-scale B2C and B2B companies and translates them into step-by-step actions that have been proven to work. Tested, iterated, reworked, and tested again over the years, Rewired is the detailed playbook McKinsey's own consultants use. It contains diagnostic assessments, operating model designs, technology and data architecture diagrams, how-to checklists, best practices, and detailed implementation methods, all exemplified with case studies and illustrated with 100 exhibits. Rewired is a practitioner's guide for leaders who are ready to do the hard work needed to outcompete in the age of digital and AI.

Har du oplevet at tale med en, der pludselig afbryder jeres øjenkontakt for at tjekke sin mobil? Kan du sidde i et tog i dine egne tanker uden at tage telefonen frem? Kan du fordybe dig i en bog i bare en halv time ad gangen uden digitale distraktioner? Er du lige så nærværende i samtaler, og sover du lige så godt og stabilt, som du gjorde engang?Mennesket er blevet forandret af den digitale revolution, og mange af os føler, at telefonen slavebinder os. Undersøgende journalist Jakob Sorgenfri Kjær udforsker, hvordan teknologien har påvirket mennesket og samfundet: Vores forhold til hinanden, til vores børn, partner, os selv og vores sind. Undervejs præsenteres læseren for stribevis af tankevækkende studier og detaljer om mennesket og det digitale liv, vi fik. Personlige beretninger blandes med den nyeste viden fra hjerneforskere, psykologer, sociologer, dataloger, antropologer og historikere.På få år er vi blevet ført baglæns ind i et verdensomspændende socialt eksperiment, og vores autonomi er udfordret. Men heldigvis er det ikke for sent at kigge op og tage kontrollen tilbage over vores liv.

**A New York Times Bestseller**'Co-Intelligence is the very best book I know about the ins, outs, and ethics of generative AI. Drop everything and read it cover to cover NOW' Angela DuckworthConsumer AI has arrived. And with it, inescapable upheaval as we grapple with what it means for our jobs, lives and the future of humanity.Cutting through the noise of AI evangelists and AI doom-mongers, Wharton professor Ethan Mollick has become one of the most prominent and provocative explainers of AI, focusing on the practical aspects of how these new tools for thought can transform our world. In Co-Intelligence, he urges us to engage with AI as co-worker, co-teacher and coach. Wide ranging, hugely thought-provoking and optimistic, Co-Intelligence reveals the promise and power of this new era.

Since its initial debut in 2015, this critically acclaimed quick-start guide to programming has taught millions of people all over the world to write clean code, solve problems, and build custom applications in the popular language of Python. The highly anticipated third edition of Python Crash Course has been completely revised with updated code, practices, and projects-making it the ultimate launchpad for beginners to start their engines and code in Python 3!

De seneste år er digital farvelægning af gamle fotografier blevet en populær måde at bringe fortiden til live. Det er blevet muligt at farvelægge gamle billeder i så god en kvalitet, at det næsten er blevet svært at kende forskel på et nyt farvefoto og så et farvelagt sort-hvid fotografi. Billederne får et helt nyt liv – og mange af dem ser ud som om de næsten er taget i går.Forfatteren Arne Kjær Hansen er en af dem, der har brugt teknikken. Han har fundet 55 billeder frem fra det gamle Aarhus og farvelagt dem efter de farver, der blev brugt, da billedet blev taget. Der findes billeder fra sidst i 1800-tallet til 1930’erne.Datidens gader og de mennesker, der befolkede dem, kommer pludselig tæt på, når man sidder og betragter Arne Kjær Hansens værker. Hvert enkelt foto er forklaret med en tekst forfattet af historiker Jørgen Mührmann Lund.

I disse år opstår der en lang række nye problemer og etiske dilemmaer i forbindelse med kunstig intelligens: Kommer robotterne til at tage vores arbejde? Bliver de klogere end os? Kan man stole på en selvkørende bil? Og hvem skal bestemme, hvem den skal slå ihjel, hvis et uheld er uundgåeligt? I Hvad skal vi med mennesker? diskuterer Peter Svarre på medrivende vis disse etiske dilemmaer og klæder læseren på til at forstå, hvordan kunstig intelligens overhovedet fungerer. Kunstig intelligens er nemlig ikke så kompliceret, som mange tror. Alle kan deltage i denne vigtige diskussion om vores fremtid!

Hvorfor skal vi tegne mere sammen?Mange organisationer oplever et behov for nye arbejdsmetoder til at håndtere og navigere i den stigende kompleksitet, som de indgår i. Når vi arbejder visuelt, kan vi skabe fælles billeder og derigennem opnå fælles forståelse på tværs af faggrupper, afdelinger og kulturer. Derfor skal vi tegne mere, sammen. Når vi tegner, bliver vi konkrete og gør verden mere håndgribelig.Tegn mere sammentilbyder ledere, forandringsagenter og iværksættere en effektiv tilgang til at tænke, kommunikere og samarbejde på.giver en praktisk, nem og overskuelig indføring i, hvordan vi alle kan tegne - det drejer sig blot om at mestre nogle simple grundformer.viser, hvordan du kan designe og facilitere værdifulde processer, møder, workshops og konferencer gennem FEM DESIGNLOOPS.På tegnmeresammen.dk finder du bogens digitale univers. Her kan du downloade redskaber og hente endnu mere inspiration til at arbejde mere visuelt.

To unge venstrefløjspolitikere – et folketings- og et regionsrådsmedlem – giver deres bud på, hvordan vi i en fremtid med kunstig intelligens og stigende digitalisering får skabt de bedst mulige betingelser for alle. Det handler blandt andet om, hvordan der kan indføres basisindkomst, finanssektoren kan reguleres, og der kan skaffes mere fri tid og grøn omstilling. Vi ser ind i en fremtid med eksponentiel teknologisk vækst, hvor stort set alle brancher og uddannelsesniveauer bliver udviklet og udfordret af kunstig intelligens og robotter. Hvis politikerne handler klogt, vil disse forandringer komme alle til gode. Det handler om at sikre, at mennesker ikke bliver slaver af teknologien, og at vi ikke får en enorm underklasse – uden arbejde, uden indtægt og uden indflydelse – mens en lille elite sidder på kontrollen over teknologi, velstand og magt.De to SF’ere opridser muligheder og trusler. Fra klimaløsninger til moderne daglejere. Fra computerhandler på finansmarkedet til personlig medicin og overflødig arbejdskraft. De viser også, at vi til mange af fremtidens løsninger ikke behøver at genopfinde den dybe tallerken. Det handler om at nytænke nogle af fortidens succeser, fra andelstanke til folkeoplysning og fagbevægelse.

Videregående kvantitative metoder behandler avancerede emner inden for statistisk modellering af samfundsvidenskabelige fænomener primært med udgangspunkt i data på individniveau. Emnerne i de enkelte kapitler er udvalgte, så de er dækkende for de typer af data, som man oftest vil støde på i samfundsvidenskaberne.De teoretiske overvejelser i kapitlerne illustreres af grundige empiriske illustrationer fra det sociologiske, politologiske, økonomiske eller socialmedicinske område. Vægten er således lagt på anvendelsen af teorien og vil sætte læseren i stand til trinvist at løse et givet modelleringsproblem.Videregående kvantitative metoder henvender sig særligt til samfundsvidenskabelige forskere, master- og ph.d.-studerende, som med baggrund i en viden om elementær statistik har brug for at opruste sig på avancerede emner inden for området, men kan også anvendes af bachelorstuderende, som følger kvantitative fag, der ligger ud over basal kvantitativ metode.

What does it mean to be intelligent? Is it something unique to humans - or do we share it with other beings? Recent years have seen rapid advances in 'artificial' intelligence, which increasingly appears to be something stranger than we ever imagined. At the same time, we are becoming more aware of the other intelligences which have been with us all along, unrecognized. These other beings are the animals, plants, and natural systems that surround us, and are slowly revealing their complexity and knowledge - just as the new technologies we've built are threatening to cause their extinction, and ours. In Ways of Being, writer and artist James Bridle considers the fascinating, uncanny and multiple ways of existing on earth. What can we learn from these other forms of intelligence and personhood, and how can we change our societies to live more equitably with one another and the non-human world? From Greek oracles to octopuses, forests to satellites, Bridle tells a radical new story about ecology, technology and intelligence. We must, they argue, expand our definition of these terms to build a meaningful and free relationship with the non-human, one based on solidarity and cognitive diversity. We have so much to learn, and many worlds to gain.

A hack is any means of subverting a system's rules in unintended ways. The tax code isn't computer code, but a series of complex formulas. It has vulnerabilities; we call them "loopholes." We call exploits "tax avoidance strategies." And there is an entire industry of "black hat" hackers intent on finding exploitable loopholes in the tax code. We call them accountants and tax attorneys.In A Hacker's Mind, Bruce Schneier takes hacking out of the world of computing and uses it to analyse the systems that underpin our society: from tax laws to financial markets to politics. He reveals an array of powerful actors whose hacks bend our economic, political and legal systems to their advantage, at the expense of everyone else.Once you learn how to notice hacks, you'll start seeing them everywhere-and you'll never look at the world the same way again. Almost all systems have loopholes, and this is by design. Because if you can take advantage of them, the rules no longer apply to you.Unchecked, these hacks threaten to upend our financial markets, weaken our democracy and even affect the way we think. And when artificial intelligence starts thinking like a hacker-at inhuman speed and scale-the results could be catastrophic.But for those who would don the "white hat," we can understand the hacking mindset and rebuild our economic, political and legal systems to counter those who would exploit our society. And we can harness artificial intelligence to improve existing systems, predict and defend against hacks and realise a more equitable world.

"A playbook for bridging business and data science worlds to effectively execute machine learning projects in business"--

Robotter og kunstig intelligens har i dag overtaget en mængde funktioner, som mennesker før tog sig af. De står for lagerarbejdet hos Amazon, og de kan holde øje med, hvad du lægger ud på Instagram og Facebook. Men de er også i stigende grad flyttet ind på hospitaler og advokatkontorer, de bevæger sig rundt i trafikken og er så småt begyndt at flytte ind i vores private hjem. Her skal de kunne omgås og forholde sig til mennesker – de skal kort sagt have situationsfornemmelse. Det stiller særlige krav til deres sociale intelligens. Thomas Bolander undersøger, hvad der skal til for at give fremtidens systemer med kunstig intelligens sociale evner, så de kan indgå i et frugtbart samspil med mennesker. Det kræver et dybere kig ned i sociale aspekter af ikke bare den kunstige, men også den menneskelige intelligens. Anmeldelser: "Gribende page-turner (...) Thomas Bolander skriver godt og klart om, hvorfor forskningen i kunstig intelligens har brug for humaniora og samfundsvidenskab." ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - Altinget "En kort, men aldeles glimrende introduktion til kunstig intelligens." ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - Journalisten Thomas Bolander (f. 1972) er phd. og professor i logik og kunstig intelligens på DTU Compute, hvor han forsker i sociale aspekter af kunstig intelligens. Han er medlem af SIRI-kommissionen, som undersøger kunstig intelligens’ indvirkning på det danske samfund.

I Overdragelsen undersøger David Runciman historien om de tænkende maskiner, som vi skabte for at redde os fra vores alt for menneskelige begrænsninger – og demonstrerer, hvad dette radikale nye syn på vores nære fortid betyder for vores kollektive fremtid.

This book offers a comprehensive introduction to the central ideas that underpin deep learning. It is intended both for newcomers to machine learning and for those already experienced in the field. Covering key concepts relating to contemporary architectures and techniques, this essential book equips readers with a robust foundation for potential future specialization. The field of deep learning is undergoing rapid evolution, and therefore this book focusses on ideas that are likely to endure the test of time.The book is organized into numerous bite-sized chapters, each exploring a distinct topic, and the narrative follows a linear progression, with each chapter building upon content from its predecessors. This structure is well-suited to teaching a two-semester undergraduate or postgraduate machine learning course, while remaining equally relevant to those engaged in active research or in self-study.A full understanding of machine learning requires some mathematical background and so the book includes a self-contained introduction to probability theory. However, the focus of the book is on conveying a clear understanding of ideas, with emphasis on the real-world practical value of techniques rather than on abstract theory. Complex concepts are therefore presented from multiple complementary perspectives including textual descriptions, diagrams, mathematical formulae, and pseudo-code.Chris Bishop is a Technical Fellow at Microsoft and is the Director of Microsoft Research AI4Science. He is a Fellow of Darwin College Cambridge, a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, and a Fellow of the Royal Society. Hugh Bishop is an Applied Scientist at Wayve, a deep learning autonomous driving company in London, where he designs and trains deep neural networks. He completed his MPhil in Machine Learning and Machine Intelligence at Cambridge University.¿Chris Bishop wrote a terrific textbook on neural networks in 1995 and has a deep knowledge of the field and its core ideas. His many years of experience in explaining neural networks have made him extremely skillful at presenting complicated ideas in the simplest possible way and it is a delight to see these skills applied to the revolutionary new developments in the field.¿ -- Geoffrey Hinton"With the recent explosion of deep learning and AI as a research topic, and the quickly growing importance of AI applications, a modern textbook on the topic was badly needed. The "New Bishop" masterfully fills the gap, covering algorithms for supervised and unsupervised learning, modern deep learning architecture families, as well as how to apply all of this to various application areas." ¿ Yann LeCun¿This excellent and very educational book will bring the reader up to date with the main concepts and advances in deep learning with a solid anchoring in probability. These concepts are powering current industrial AI systems and are likely to form the basis of further advances towards artificial general intelligence.¿ -- Yoshua Bengio

HJERTETS GEOMETRI er en fortsættelse af Viggo Bjerrings anmelderroste VERDENSHJERTET. Klokken er 11.07 den 10. marts, og Mads befinder sig i en tyst, postapokalyptisk verden. Mænd og kvinder, børn og voksne er størknet i vilkårlige positurer. Fastfrosne skyer på himlen og svaner stivnet i flugt over Søerne.I denne ultimative ensomhed kæmper Mads med sig selv og sine nye omgivelser. Hvordan overlever man i et størknet univers? Er livet overhovedet værd at leve uden andre mennesker? Hvor finder man håb i en verden i opløsning?Mens Mads forsøger at finde en vej ud af sin egen og verdens stilstand, bliver han spundet ind i et gådefuldt eventyr, som fører ham dybt ind i hjertets mørke.Hjertets geometri er en fængslende fremtidsroman om overlevelse, erindring og kunstig intelligens. Romanen er en fortsættelse af Viggo Bjerrings anmelderroste Verdenshjertet.SKREVET OM VERDENSHJERTET*Nomineret til Weekendavisens Litteraturpris 2022*"intelligent, mystificerende, politisk og fuld af gak og gøgl" – Weekendavisen"en velskrevet og gennemtænkt roman" ♥︎♥︎♥︎♥︎ – Politiken"effektiv samfundssatire” – Dagbladet Information"En fremragende romandebut. (…) Det er mindst lige så underholdende, som det er tankevækkende" – POV InternationalVIGGO BJERRING (f. 1981) debuterede i 2016 med novellesamlingen 'Balancekatten'. Samme år udkom kortromanen 'QWERTY', som blev nomineret til Danske Skønlitterære Forfatteres pris, Den Svære Toer. I 2021 udkom hans første roman, 'Verdenshjertet', og i 2022 modtog han Statens Kunstfonds treårige arbejdslegat.

Generative modeling is one of the hottest topics in AI. Its now possible to teach a machine to excel at human endeavors such as painting, writing, and composing music. With this practical book, machine-learning engineers and data scientists will discover how to re-create some of the most impressive examples of generative deep learning models, such as variational autoencoders,generative adversarial networks (GANs), encoder-decoder models and world models.Author David Foster demonstrates the inner workings of each technique, starting with the basics of deep learning before advancing to some of the most cutting-edge algorithms in the field. Through tips and tricks, youll understand how to make your models learn more efficiently and become more creative.Discover how variational autoencoders can change facial expressions in photosBuild practical GAN examples from scratch, including CycleGAN for style transfer and MuseGAN for music generationCreate recurrent generative models for text generation and learn how to improve the models using attentionUnderstand how generative models can help agents to accomplish tasks within a reinforcement learning settingExplore the architecture of the Transformer (BERT, GPT-2) and image generation models such as ProGAN and StyleGAN

This bestselling on-the-job reference and test preparation guide has been fully revised for new 2022 exam objectivesThis fully revised and updated resource offers complete coverage of the latest release of CompTIA A+ exams 220-1101 & 220-1102. You'll find learning objectives at the beginning of each chapter, exam tips, practice exam questions, and in-depth explanations. Designed to help you pass the CompTIA A+ exams with ease, this definitive guide also serves as an essential on-the-job IT reference.Covers all exam topics, including how to:Work with CPUs, RAM, BIOS, motherboards, power supplies, and other personal computer componentsInstall, configure, and maintain hard drivesManage input devices and removable mediaSet up, upgrade, and maintain Microsoft WindowsTroubleshoot and fix computer problemsInstall printers and other peripheralsConfigure and secure mobile devices>Connect to the InternetSet up wired and wireless networksProtect your personal computer and your networkImplement virtualization and cloud-based technologiesOnline content includes:Practice exams for 1101 & 1102 with hundreds of questionsOne hour of video training from Mike MeyersTotalSim simulations of performance-based questionsA collection of Mike Meyers' favorite shareware and freeware PC tools and utilities

Kunstig intelligens – Hele tiden mere intelligent beskriver udviklingen fra den første mekaniske computer til de computerprogrammer, vi har i dag. Den hollandske filosof og matematiker Stefan Buijsman fortæller levende om, hvordan kunstig intelligens er skruet sammen ved at tage læserne med ind i maskinrummet bag programmeringen af både simple algoritmer og komplekse neurale netværker. Bogen bevæger sig mellem komplicerede matematiske forklaringer og jordnære hverdagseksempler på, hvordan kunstig intelligens indgår i alt fra skakturneringer og datingapps til sundhedsvæsnet og kriminalforsorgen.Kunstig intelligens kombinerer viden om digital teknologi med nogle af de filosofiske spørgsmål, som udviklingen medfører, samtidig med at præsentere de nyeste tendenser inden for området.Stefan Buijsmans første bog Tallene i vores liv – Matematikken og verden omkring os udkom på dansk i 2020 (Samfundslitteratur).

Et elskende par bliver sat på en prøve, der går langt over deres forstand. Charlie driver gennem livet og holder sig langt væk fra et fuldtidsarbejde, men er forelsket i Miranda, en dygtig studerende der må leve med en frygtelig hemmelighed. Da Charlie en dag kommer til penge, køber han Adam, et af de første syntetiske mennesker, og designer – med Mirandas hjælp – hans personlighed. Det næsten fuldendte menneske, der kommer ud af dette eksperiment, er en smuk, stærk og klog mand. Det varer ikke længe, før de tre er viklet ind i et trekantsdrama, der kaster dem ud i store moralske problemer. Ian McEwans roman Maskiner som mig stiller spørgsmålet, om en maskine kan forstå menneskehjertet – eller om det er vores forståelse, der er mangelfuld.

From Wharton professor and author of the popular One Useful Thing Substack newsletter Ethan Mollick comes the definitive playbook for working, learning, and living in the new age of AISomething new entered our world in November 2022 — the first general purpose AI that could pass for a human and do the kinds of creative, innovative work that only humans could do previously. Wharton professor Ethan Mollick immediately understood what ChatGPT meant: after millions of years on our own, humans had developed a kind of co-intelligence that could augment, or even replace, human thinking. Through his writing, speaking, and teaching, Mollick has become one of the most prominent and provocative explainers of AI, focusing on the practical aspects of how these new tools for thought can transform our world. In Co-Intelligence, Mollick urges us to engage with AI as co-worker, co-teacher, and coach. He assesses its profound impact on business and education, using dozens of real-time examples of AI in action. Co-Intelligence shows what it means to think and work together with smart machines, and why it's imperative that we master that skill. Mollick challenges us to utilize AI's enormous power without losing our identity, to learn from it without being misled, and to harness its gifts to create a better human future. Wide ranging, hugely thought-provoking, optimistic, and lucid, Co-Intelligence reveals the promise and power of this new era.

"An accessible, straightforward guide that demystifies Artificial Intelligence for a general audience without the use of complex math or technical jargon. Covers the fundamentals, from classical models and neural networks to the large language models leading today's AI revolution"--

Unleash the power of Python for your data analysis projects with For Dummies! Python is the preferred programming language for data scientists and combines the best features of Matlab, Mathematica, and R into libraries specific to data analysis and visualization.

"We are approaching a critical threshold in the history of our species. Everything is about to change. Soon you will live surrounded by AIs. They will organise your life, operate your business, and run core government services. You will live in a world of DNA printers and quantum computers, engineered pathogens and autonomous weapons, robot assistants and abundant energy. None of us are prepared. As co-founder of the pioneering AI company DeepMind, part of Google, Mustafa Suleyman has been at the centre of this revolution. The coming decade, he argues, will be defined by this wave of powerful, fast-proliferating new technologies. In The Coming Wave, Suleyman shows how these forces will create immense prosperity but also threaten the nation-state, the foundation of global order. As our fragile governments sleepwalk into disaster, we face an existential dilemma: unprecedented harms on one side, the threat of overbearing surveillance on the other. Can we forge a narrow path between catastrophe and dystopia? This groundbreaking book from the ultimate AI insider establishes 'the containment problem'-the task of maintaining control over powerful technologies-as the essential challenge of our age"--

THE 30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION WITH NEW, NEVER-BEFORE-PUBLISHED MATERIALAfter the Internet, what came next?Enter the Metaverse - cyberspace home to avatars and software daemons, where anything and just about everything goes. Newly available on the Street - the Metaverse's main drag - is Snow Crash. A cyberdrug that reduces avatars in the digital world to dust, but also infects users in real life, leaving them in a vegetative state.This is bad news for Hiro, a freelance hacker and the Metaverse's best swordfighter, and mouthy skateboard courier Y. T.. Together, investigating the Infocalypse, they trace back the roots of language itself to an ancient Sumerian priesthood and find they must race to stop a shadowy virtual villain hell-bent on world domination.In this special edition of the remarkably prescient modern classic, Neal Stephenson exploreslinguistics, computer science, politics and philosophy in the form of a break-neck adventure into the fast-approaching yet eerily recognizable future.'Fast-forward free-style mall mythology for the twenty-first century' William Gibson'Brilliantly realized' New York Times Book Review 'Like a Pynchon novel with the brakes removed' Washington Post'A remarkably prescient vision of today's tech landscape' Vanity Fair

Universal Principles of UX is a comprehensive, cross-disciplinary encyclopedia for user experience designers.