We delve into books with themes of Artificial Intelligence, future predictions and the human side of technology.
Guests are: Sturgis librarian Gabrielle Faria Kalkanus and Rae Titcomb of Titcomb's book shop. Mindy Todd hosts.
Book list:
Listener picks:
Amusing Ourselves to Death -by Neil Postman
Gabrielle's picks:
Burn Book- by Kara Swisher
The Anxious Generation- by Jonathan Haidt
The Phone Book: Stay Safe, Be Smart, and Make the World Better with the Powerful Device in Your Hand- by Jessica Speer, Illustrated by Lesley Imgart
Social Media Playbook- By Krista Board and Tracy Foster
Creating a Tech-Healthy Family: 10 Must-Have Conversations to Help You Worry Less and Connect More with Your Kids -by Andrea Davis
The Ministry of Time -by Kaliane Bradley
AI Needs You: How we Can Change AI’s Future and Save Our Own -By Verity Harding
The Future - By Naomi Alderman
Going Zero -By Anthony McCarten
On A Magical Do-Nothing Day- by Beatrice Alemagna
Rae's picks
Ways of Being: Animals, Plants, Machines: The Search for a Planetary Intelligence - James Bridle
Rethink the Internet - Trisha Prabhu (age range: 8-12)
The Alignment Problem - Brian Christian
Hidden Systems - Dan Nott (age range: 12 and up)
Unmasking AI - Joy Buolamwini
A Psalm for the Wild-Built - Becky Chambers
Annie Bot - Sierra Greer
The Age of AI: and Our Human Future - Henry A. Kissinger, Eric Schmidt, and Daniel Huttenloche
