Get Tech : Understand Computers, the Internet and Cut Through the AI Hype

Emmanuel Maggiori

ISBN 10: 1838337202 / ISBN 13: 9781838337209

Published by Applied Maths Ltd, 2020

About this Item

nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Why is it so hard to communicate with techies Why was your tech start-up product much harder to build than you initially thought Why were you promised that AI would be the solution to everything, yet it didn't work for your business This book is a crash course in computers, the Internet and AI. It will help you speak with techies more effectively and understand the challenges in building software products. Written for businesspeople, entrepreneurs, founders, and anyone eager to learn more about tech, this book tells you: What computers can do and how coders program them; Why some simple problems are hard to solve with software; How the Internet works and what it takes to build a Web app; What the buzzwords big data and the cloud are really about; How AI works and how to make sure it doesn't learn nonsense; The limitations of AI and whether you should use it. 'The basics of computing, clearly explained.' -Dermot Turing (Author of Prof Alan Turing Decoded).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Get Tech : Understand Computers, the Internet and Cut Through the AI Hype
• Publisher: Applied Maths Ltd
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1838337202
• ISBN 13: 9781838337209
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 216W x 140H x 14D millimeters 216 millimeters width by 140 millimeters height by 14 millimeters depth
• Weight: 347 grams

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Synopsis

"The basics of computing, clearly explained." -Dermot Turing (Author of Prof: Alan Turing Decoded)

Why was your tech start-up product much harder to build than you initially thought? Why were you promised that AI would be the solution to everything, yet it didn't work for your business? Why is it so hard to communicate with techies?

This book will help you answer these questions. It is a crash course in the basics of computers, the Internet and artificial intelligence. It will help you speak with techies more effectively, and understand the challenges they may face when working on your digital products. It will ultimately help you think like a techie. And, in the midst of the AI hype, it will help you figure out if AI is what you really need.

Written for entrepreneurs, founders, businesspeople, and anyone eager to learn more about tech, this book tells readers:

• What computers can do and how software developers program them;
• Why some seemingly trivial problems are hard to solve with software;
• How the Internet works and what it takes to build a Web app;
• What the buzzwords big data and cloud are really about;
• How AI works and how you can make sure it doesn't learn nonsense;
• The limitations of AI, and whether you should use it in your business.

About the Author

Emmanuel Maggiori, PhD, is a computer scientist specialized in machine learning. He works as a consultant in data science, helping businesses extract value from data. He has written a variety of AI algorithms, for example, to automatically extract objects from satellite images. He also wrote an AI system that chooses for which price travel agencies sell hotel rooms to one another, processing over 28 billion rooms per day. His work may have played a role in your latest holiday deal.