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Flesh and Machines

How Robots Will Change Us

By: Rodney Brooks

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Flesh and Machines

How Robots Will Change Us

By: Rodney Brooks

Are we really on the brink of having robots to mop our floors, do our dishes, mow our lawns, and clean our windows? And are researchers that close to creating robots that can think, feel, repair themselves, and even reproduce? Rodney A. Brooks, director of the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory believes we are. In this lucid and accessible book, Brooks vividly depicts the history of robots and explores the ever-changing relationships between humans and their technological brethren, speculating on the growing role that robots will play in our existence. Knowing the moral battle likely to ensue, he posits a clear philosophical argument as to why we should not fear that change. What results is a fascinating book that offers a deeper understanding of who we are and how we can control what we will become.

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Vintage

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037572527X

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The Rise and Fall of the Freedman's Savings Bank

And its lasting socio-economic impact on Black America

By: Rodney A. Brooks

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The Rise and Fall of the Freedman's Savings Bank

And its lasting socio-economic impact on Black America

By: Rodney A. Brooks

The author tells the history of the Freedman’s Savings Bank, how it grew much too quickly, why it failed and the impact on Black America. The end of slavery in the United States left thousands of enslaved people with the need to survive the transition to freedom, including food, clothing, shelter, and medical care. They would also need education, money and financial services. In 1865 Congress passed legislation to create the Freedman’s Bureau to provide those services. It also created the Freedman’s Savings Bank. Large numbers of the formerly enslaved people had been paid for service in the Union Army – the first time many had cash. And they had no safe depository. The Freedman’s Bank offered that, expanding quickly and gained millions in deposits – mostly ranging from $5 to $50. But inexperience and corruption doomed it to failure, costing many of the small depositors their savings. Some of the biggest issues facing Black consumers today may be able to trace their roots back to this debacle, from the historical distrust in banks to the racial wealth gap. Why publish now? On the heels of the social justice protests of 2020 and the Covid pandemic, some of the persistent and long-lasting problems facing Black Americans bubbled to the top. Black Americans suffered more than White Americans – they got sicker and died more frequently. In addition, they bore the brunt of the job losses economically and business failures. White Americans (and many Black Americans) learned about how vibrant Black communities like Black Wall Street in Tulsa, Oklahoma, were burned to the ground by angry White mobs, destroying generational Black wealth. The racial wealth gap was pushed to the forefront of the debates. Many of those issues in the wealth gap – including the distrust of Banks and the lack of generational wealth in the Black community can be traced back to the collapse of the Freedman’s Savings Bank and the resulting loss of wealth and generational wealth in Black America. This book will put the Freedman’s Savings Bank in the conversation with reparations, Baby Bonds and financial literacy.

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Spiramus Press Ltd

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1913507521

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9781913507527

Matthew

By: Rodney Reeves

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Matthew

By: Rodney Reeves

A new commentary for today's world, The Story of God Bible Commentary explains and illuminates each passage of Scripture in light of the Bible's grand story. The first commentary series to do so, SGBC offers a clear and compelling exposition of biblical texts, guiding everyday readers in how to creatively and faithfully live out the Bible in their own contexts. Its story-centric approach is ideal for pastors, students, Sunday school teachers, and laypeople alike. Three easy-to-use sections designed to help readers live out God's story: LISTEN to the Story: Includes complete NIV text with references to other texts at work in each passage, encouraging the reader to hear it within the Bible's grand story EXPLAIN the Story: Explores and illuminates each text as embedded in its canonical and historical setting LIVE the Story: Reflects on how each text can be lived today and includes contemporary stories and illustrations to aid preachers, teachers, and students Praise for SGBC: "The easy-to-use format and practical guidance brings God's grand story to modern-day life so anyone can understand how it applies today." - Andy Stanley "Opens up the biblical story in ways that move us to act." - Darrell L. Bock "It makes the text sing and helps us hear the story afresh." - John Ortberg "This commentary breaks new ground." - Craig L. Blomberg

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Zondervan Academic

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0310537797

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9780310537793

Flesh and Machines

How Robots Will Change Us

By: Rodney Brooks

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Vintage

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Cambrian Intelligence

The Early History of the New AI

By: Rodney Allen Brooks

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Cambrian Intelligence

The Early History of the New AI

By: Rodney Allen Brooks

Until the mid-1980s, AI researchers assumed that an intelligent system doing high-level reasoning was necessary for the coupling of perception and action. In this traditional model, cognition mediates between perception and plans of action. Realizing that this core AI, as it was known, was illusory, Rodney A. Brooks turned the field of AI on its head by introducing the behavior-based approach to robotics. The cornerstone of behavior-based robotics is the realization that the coupling of perception and action gives rise to all the power of intelligence and that cognition is only in the eye of an observer. Behavior-based robotics has been the basis of successful applications in entertainment, service industries, agriculture, mining, and the home. It has given rise to both autonomous mobile robots and more recent humanoid robots such as Brooks' Cog. This book represents Brooks' initial formulation of and contributions to the development of the behavior-based approach to robotics. It presents all of the key philosophical and technical ideas that put this "bottom-up" approach at the forefront of current research in not only AI but all of cognitive science.

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MIT Press

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0262522632

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9780262522632

What IF? Just A.S.K.

How Our Youth Can Change, Improve or Become An Influence In Those Things They Desire

By: Rodney D. Brooks,Breanne E. Brooks

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What IF? Just A.S.K.

How Our Youth Can Change, Improve or Become An Influence In Those Things They Desire

By: Rodney D. Brooks,Breanne E. Brooks

What if you could change, improve, or become an influence in areas of your life that are important to you? What if you could have a positive impact on people around you, while fulfilling your own goals? What if you could apply a simple, effective tool to every situation, and have a better outcome? Would you do it? If someone asked you how to do it, could you tell them? Just A.S.K. is the result of an eye-opening, world-changing collaboration between Rodney Brooks and his daughter Breanne Brooks. This simple yet profound process allows individuals to begin asking the right questions, seeking the answers, and utilizing resources. Most of all, it encourages people to accurately assess and believe in their abilities. Just A.S.K. is a particularly valuable tool to teach self-confidence and critical thinking skills to young people who are looking for reliable, practical guidance as they step out into the wider world. Just A.S.K. how this book can make your life better—you’ll be glad you did!

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Outskirts Press

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1478783605

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Original Cyn

A Love Story... with Guns

By: C. Rodney James

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Original Cyn

A Love Story... with Guns

By: C. Rodney James

C. Rodney James, Ph.D. is a forensic firearms examiner (currently involved in ongoing cases) and firearms writer in both the popular and scientific press. In a previous incarnation he was a university professor teaching courses in film and television at Concordia University, Montréal P.Q. Canada. Saturn collides with Venus as disillusioned firearms examiner Chris Vickers and 18-going-on-30 Cyn Longacre investigate murder and kidnapping to their mutual astonishment. Original Cyn presents two exciting new investigators to mystery readers -- Cynthia Longacre, a more than bright and pretty eighteen-year old, and Chris Vickers, a fortyish forensic firearms examiner with a sense of humor. They pursue a murderous gang through the historic warehouse district of Cleveland to the posh estates of the distant suburbs, following bullets, cartridge cases, and guns. They may even fall in love. HOWARD Mc'CORD, Poet, Novelist, Author, THE MAN WHO WALKED TO THE MOON. As an inveterate fan of crime novels, I have one question about C. Rodney James -- where the hell has this guy been? And as a life long firearms aficionado, my question goes double. Rodney James has combined great story telling, exquisitely satisfying writing and an extraordinary knowledge and love of firearms into a unique novel -- Original Cyn. His anti-hero protagonist, Chris Vickers is a peer of Tony Hillerman's Jim Chee, and of Jonathan Kellerman's Alex Delaware. I guarantee when you finish this most satisfying read, you will want more. JAMES O.E. NORELL, firearms writer, political consultant, television writer, co-writer of the Emmy-award winning film, THE INCIDENT. COVER DESIGN: Ariel Delacroix Dax

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iUniverse

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1440170231

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9781440170232

The Rise and Fall of the Freedman's Savings Bank

And its lasting socio-economic impact on Black America

By: Rodney A. Brooks

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Flesh and Machines

Flesh and Machines

The Rise and Fall of the Freedman's Savings Bank

The Rise and Fall of the Freedman's Savings Bank

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Matthew

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Cambrian Intelligence

Cambrian Intelligence

What IF? Just A.S.K.

What IF? Just A.S.K.

Original Cyn

Original Cyn

The Rise and Fall of the Freedman's Savings Bank

The Rise and Fall of the Freedman's Savings Bank

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