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The Ruby book that never gets old — updated with every major release, free forever for everyone who buys it. Written by the author of the first Ruby book ever published in Brazil, and believed to be the first book worldwide to cover RubyLLM. Now in English for the first time.

¿Qué ocurre realmente cuando PostgreSQL ejecuta tu consulta? Sigue una sentencia SQL a través de cada etapa del pipeline interno de PostgreSQL —desde el texto sin procesar hasta los resultados devueltos— y adquiere ese conocimiento profundo que transformará la forma en que escribes, optimizas y depuras aplicaciones de bases de datos.

### **Book Overview** * **Total Chapters:** 11 Chapters * **Structure:** 4 Sections * **Scope:** 40+ Key Topics * **Estimated Reading Time:** ~3 hours ### **Preface** * **Theme**: Knowledge is the most powerful defense in an age of invisible algorithmic systems. * **Target Audience**: A comprehensive guide for curious minds, including students, professionals, parents, and policymakers. * **Mission**: To empower readers to build a "digital fortress" around their data, identities, and values. ### **Section 1: The Foundations of the Fortress** * **Chapter 1: The Invisible Architect** * Explores how AI silently shapes daily digital life, from news feeds to medical treatments. * Includes a timeline of AI milestones from 1950 (Turing Test) to 2024 (drug discovery and climate modeling). * Discusses the "Black Box" problem and the lack of explainability in neural networks. * **Chapter 2: Algorithms vs. Ethics** * Debunks the myth of machine objectivity. * Analyzes sources of algorithmic bias: training data, feature selection, feedback loops, and aggregation. * Case studies: COMPAS (criminal justice), Amazon’s hiring tool, and facial recognition errors. * **Chapter 3: The Data Fuel** * Examines "Surveillance Capitalism" and how personal data is treated as the world's most valuable raw material. * Details the types of data collected: identity, behavioral, location, social, and inferred data. ### **Section 2: Inside the Walls: Security & Risks** * **Chapter 4: The Sentinel AI** * Analyzes AI in cybersecurity as both a "Guardian" (threat detection, automated response) and a "Threat" (AI-powered phishing, malware generation). * **Chapter 5: Deepfakes and Deception** * Explains Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) and the death of "epistemic trust". * Highlights impacts: political manipulation, financial fraud, and the "Liar's Dividend". * **Chapter 6: Automated Warfare** * Discusses Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) and the moral rupture of removing human accountability from the battlefield. ### **Section 3: The Human Connection** * **Chapter 7: AI and Human Rights** * Investigates digital mass surveillance, social credit systems, and facial recognition networks. * **Chapter 8: The Future of Work** * Addresses "automation anxiety" and the shift from replacing physical labor to replacing cognitive labor. * Strategies for an "AI-proof" career: empathy, leadership, and cross-domain expertise. * **Chapter 9: Ethical AI Frameworks** * Reviews global regulations: EU AI Act (2024), NIST Risk Management Framework, and Asilomar AI Principles. ### **Section 4: The Future Outlook** * **Chapter 10: Building Your Personal Fortress** * A practical, three-level action plan for digital security. * **Level 1 (Essential)**: Password managers, 2FA, and system updates. * **Level 2 (Enhanced)**: VPNs, privacy browsers, and search engine alternatives. * **Level 3 (Advanced)**: Signal for messaging, encrypted email (ProtonMail), and quarterly digital hygiene. * **Chapter 11: Toward a Symbiotic Future** * Moving beyond techno-optimism and techno-pessimism toward critical engagement. * Visions for AI in medicine, education, and climate governance guided by human values. ### **Final Word** * A closing reminder that the future of AI is determined by our choices as citizens, consumers, and humans.

Olvídate de los frameworks de caja negra. Construye un agente de programación de IA de nivel profesional desde cero en Python puro — en la nube o local, probado con pytest, todo en un solo archivo.

ブラックボックスのフレームワークは不要。純粋なPythonでプロダクションレベルのAIコーディングエージェントをゼロから構築。クラウドでもローカルでも、pytestでテスト済み、すべて1つのファイルに収まります。

Build GPT-2, Llama 3, and DeepSeek from scratch in PyTorch. Every chapter has runnable end-to-end code and loads real pretrained weights. Goes well past where most LLM tutorials stop.

LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® isn’t what most people think it is. This book explores 101 common myths, through LEGO® inspired archetypes, to reveal what really happens when thinking becomes visible.

A powerful story driven guide to mastering sales, leadership, and success. Follow Gosper's journey to discover practical strategies, persuasion techniques, and real world lessons that transform ambition into achievement.

Witness the transformation of a quiet patent clerk into the ultimate icon of genius in this immersive biography. Explore the humanity behind the equations, from the high-stakes drama of General Relativity to a courageous stand for peace in the atomic age. Discover the man who never stopped wondering and forever changed our understanding of the universe.

Side effects are the enemy. A distillation of seven years consulting 100+ teams and eight years building a product through multiple pivots without a single rewrite. Five building blocks, two perspectives, zero dogma.

Behind the sleek interface of the gig economy lies a dark secret: an algorithm designed to exploit human desperation for profit. When backend engineer Antony Grant uncovers the predatory "Desperation Index," he risks everything to leak the truth and ignite a global reckoning against corporate greed.

In 2147 Neo-Berlin, human emotion is eradicated by neural implants—until a data worker named Vibha discovers the forbidden, unpredictable art of dance. Her raw, clandestine performances spark a revolution that shatters the oppressive Algorithmic Order, plunging the city into a chaotic fight for survival. A sweeping sci-fi epic about the power of art to break the silence, harmonize logic with emotion, and forge a resilient future.

What if the most vibrant, emotionally profound decades of your life happened in the microscopic silence between heartbeats? Twelve strangers wake from medical comas to mourn phantom children, sentient clouds, and absurd alternate empires, ultimately uniting in an irreverent fellowship to honor their impossible memories. The Coma Club is a fiercely joyful, surreal novella about grief, wonder, and the magnificent secret lifetimes no one else will ever know.

Eons after the flames of Lanka, the ancient stage reopens in the chilled, fluorescent heart of Bengaluru’s Electronic City. CEO Chaddichandan rules from his 40th-floor glass throne of leather and server hum, while twenty reborn souls—now female engineers and analysts—labour in the cubicle farms, unconsciously carrying the weight of an unpaid debt. In this sleek corporate retelling, time, dignity, and power are once again appropriated, and the cycle is finally ready to be settled.