Inteligencia artificial: computadoras y máquinas inteligentes (Artificial Intelligence: Clever Computers and Smart Machines)

For ages, the idea of machines that think and act on their own has gripped scientists, thinkers, and the general public. This book explores the history of artificial intelligence (A.I.), and how science fiction is quickly becoming science fact. It examines the technologies involved in A.I. and its inevitable effects on work, life, health, and many other aspects of human society. Rooted in history and science, this book provides an inside look at a topic that captivates engineers, scientists, and dreamers, but also raises important ethical issues and challenges how we see ourselves and our...

Vivid photographs and bilingual text explain each food group, revealing how each group is important for good health, how to make healthy choices, and fun things children can do to stay in shape.

Politicians today in both Europe and the United States have succeeded in casting government spending as reckless wastefulness that has made the economy worse. In contrast, they have advanced a policy of draconian budget cuts--austerity--to solve the financial crisis. We are told that we have all lived beyond our means and now need to tighten our belts. This view conveniently forgets where all that debt came from. Not from an orgy of government spending, but as the direct result of bailing out, recapitalizing, and adding liquidity to the broken banking system. Through these actions private...

Una obra poética basada en la metáfora de un pajarito que estuvo cautivo, que después de algunos años logra salir, y decide cantar una dulcísona tonada, al compás de tres notas en una; quizá alguien lo escuche, y tal vez disfrute de su canto...Mientras tanto, el pajarito solo espera... Descansa en un curioso columpio... Reposa a través del tiempo... Está es la historia de ese pajarito cautivo, que misteriosamente logró estar libre.¿Cuál es su nombre? ¿Cómo salió? ¿Alguien lo liberó? ¿Quien podría ser?Y lo más importante... Que sea quien sea, debió de tener la llave. Más...

Germán tiene una gran habilidad para escapar de sitiaciones límite y muy arriesgadas. Quiere probarlo todo; pero él mismo será el que, paso a paso, llegue a una situación sin salida. Sus amigos del barrio y su novia serán testigos de una vida que pasa demasiado deprisa.