Living with Computers: The Digital World of Today and Tomorrow
暫譯: 與電腦共存：今日與明日的數位世界

Cortada, James W.

Living with Computers: The Digital World of Today and Tomorrow
  • 出版商: Springer
  • 出版日期: 2020-03-12
  • 售價: $960
  • 貴賓價: 9.5 折 $912
  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 115
  • 裝訂: Quality Paper - also called trade paper
  • ISBN: 3030343618
  • ISBN-13: 9783030343613

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The computing technology on which we are now so dependent has risen to its position of ascendency so rapidly that few of us have had the opportunity to take a step back and wonder where we are headed. This book urges us to do so.

Taking a big-picture perspective on digital technology, Living with Computers leads the reader on a whistle-stop tour of the history of information and information technology. This journey culminates in a deep exploration into the meaning and role of computers in our lives, and what this experience might possibly mean for the future of human society - and the very existence of humanity itself.

In the face of the transformative power of computing, this book provokes us to ask big questions. If computers become integrated into our bodies, merging with the information processing of our very DNA, will computing help to shape the evolution of biological life? If artificial intelligence advances beyond the abilities of the human brain, will this overturn our anthropocentrism and lead to a new view of reality? Will we control the computers of the future, or will they control us?

These questions can be discomforting, yet they cannot be ignored. This book argues that it is time to reshape our definition of our species in the context of our interaction with computing. For although such science-fiction scenarios are not likely to happen any time soon - and may, in fact, never happen - it is nevertheless vital to consider these issues now if we wish to have any influence over whatever is to come. So, humans, let's confront our possible destiny

James W. Cortada is a Senior Research Fellow at the Charles Babbage Institute at the University of Minnesota. He holds a Ph.D. in modern history and worked at IBM in various positions for 38 years, including in IBM's management research institute, The IBM Institute for Business Value (IBV). He is the author of over a dozen books on management, and nearly two dozen books on the history of information technology. These include the Springer title From Urban Legends to Political Fact-Checking: Online Scrutiny in America, 1990-2015 (with William Aspray).




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計算技術的迅速崛起使我們對其依賴已深，以至於我們中的少數人有機會退後一步，思考我們的未來方向。本書促使我們這樣做。

從數位技術的全局觀出發，《與電腦共存》引導讀者進行一場資訊與資訊技術歷史的快速巡禮。這段旅程最終深入探討了電腦在我們生活中的意義與角色，以及這種經歷對人類社會未來可能意味著什麼——甚至是人類自身的存在。

面對計算的變革力量，本書挑戰我們提出重大問題。如果電腦與我們的身體整合，與我們DNA的資訊處理相融合，計算是否會幫助塑造生物生命的演化？如果人工智慧超越人類大腦的能力，這是否會顛覆我們的人本中心主義，並導致對現實的新看法？未來的電腦將由我們控制，還是我們將被它們控制？

這些問題可能令人不安，但卻無法被忽視。本書主張，是時候在我們與計算的互動背景下重新塑造我們物種的定義。儘管這些科幻情境不太可能在短期內發生——事實上，可能永遠不會發生——但如果我們希望對未來的任何事物產生影響，現在考慮這些問題仍然至關重要。因此，人類，讓我們面對我們可能的命運。

詹姆斯·W·科塔達是明尼蘇達大學查爾斯·巴貝奇研究所的高級研究員。他擁有現代歷史的博士學位，並在IBM工作了38年，擔任過多個職位，包括IBM的管理研究所——IBM商業價值研究所（IBV）。他是十多本管理書籍的作者，以及近二十本有關資訊技術歷史的書籍的作者，其中包括與威廉·阿斯普雷合作的Springer書籍《從都市傳說到政治事實查核：1990-2015年美國的線上審查》。

作者簡介

James W. Cortada is a Senior Research Fellow at the Charles Babbage Institute at the University of Minnesota. He holds a Ph.D. in modern history and worked at IBM in various sales, consulting, management, and executive positions for 38 years, including in IBM's management research institute, The IBM Institute for Business Value (IBV). There, he led and participated in over three dozen global studies on the use of information and business managerial practices. He is also the author of over a dozen books on the management of business, information technologies, and management. He also authored nearly two dozen books on the history of information technology, its business practices and industry, and about knowledge management. These include the Springer title From Urban Legends to Political Fact-Checking: Online Scrutiny in America, 1990-2015 (with William Aspray). His articles on the history of information have appeared in many of the "journals of record" for each topic he has studied, including Information and Culture, Library and Information History, Business History Review, IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, Enterprise and Society, and Technology and Culture, among others. He serves on the editorial boards of Information and Culture, Library and Information History, and IEEE Annals of the History of Computing.

作者簡介(中文翻譯)

詹姆斯·W·科塔達是明尼蘇達大學查爾斯·巴貝奇研究所的高級研究員。他擁有現代歷史的博士學位，並在IBM工作了38年，擔任過各種銷售、顧問、管理和高層職位，包括在IBM的管理研究所——IBM商業價值研究所（IBM Institute for Business Value, IBV）。在那裡，他主導並參與了三十多項關於資訊使用和商業管理實踐的全球研究。他還是十多本有關商業管理、資訊技術和管理的書籍的作者。此外，他還撰寫了近二十本有關資訊技術歷史、商業實踐和行業，以及知識管理的書籍。其中包括與威廉·阿斯普雷（William Aspray）合著的Springer書籍從都市傳說到政治事實查核：1990-2015年美國的線上審查。他的資訊歷史文章發表在他所研究的每個主題的許多「記錄期刊」上，包括資訊與文化、圖書館與資訊歷史、商業歷史評論、IEEE計算歷史年鑑、企業與社會以及科技與文化等。他擔任資訊與文化、圖書館與資訊歷史和IEEE計算歷史年鑑的編輯委員會成員。

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