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"In The AI Engineering Bootcamp: Build, Ship, Share, AI Makerspace cofounders 'Dr. Greg' Loughnane and Chris 'The Wiz' Alexiuk guide the listener through the foundational concepts and code needed to build production-grade Large Language Model (LLM) applications using leading open-source tooling. The book explains the four primary design patterns of generative AI―prompt engineering, Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), fine-tuning, and agentic reasoning―and how to leverage them as first principles to build scalable LLM applications that are high-performance and efficient.
You'll find classroom-tested lessons that offer immediate insights into building LLM applications, as well as example projects to give you hands-on experience that can be immediately applied within our company or with your clients today. The AI Engineering Bootcamp provides everything you need, from your initial AI-assisted Interactive Development Environment (IDE) set up and first deployment to the boilerplate Python code you need to prototype LLM, RAG, agent, and multi-agent applications. The book also covers how to prepare your prototypes for production by setting up open-source LLM and embedding model endpoints, leveraging caching for prompts and embeddings, what you need to host and deploy your application on premise, and more."
"A story of Silicon Valley dreams and hubris-and the gap between so-called visionary thinking and its effects on our lives.
The Time Lords tells the story of how Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and a secretive group of San Francisco tech founders have committed over two decades and $42 million building a monumental clock designed to tick for 10,000 years hidden in a Texas mountain.
The Clock of the Long Now, as it is called, was conceived in the 1990s, a time of utopian hopes about the power of the emerging internet, excitement about the wealth creation it promised, and anxieties about the frenetic pace and unknown effects of this major technological shift. Amongst the tech and cultural visionaries who conceived of it and began to work to make it a reality-- Danny Hillis, Stewart Brand, and Jeff Bezos prominently among them--it was meant to inspire long-term global problem solving, thinking and action that would affect the long term trajectory of human civilization itself.
Meanwhile, the tech world that produced Bezos and the clock began driving unprecedented economic inequality and gentrification, while spreading online hate and conspiracies. And despite his multi-billion dollar climate philanthropies, Bezos came to hold an equally grim vision of Earth as a tapped-out planet in need of a space frontier for human life to continue.
Against this backdrop, a clock designed to give long-term hope seemed like a cruel joke. The billionaire behind it funded climate work while working with fossil fuel companies and trying to escape the Earth. He pushed the long-term view, while grinding workers to the bone to keep up with warehouse robots. The Time Lords takes readers from the counter-culture infused origins of Silicon Valley culture, to the workshops of San Francisco and to Bezos's Texas ranch, using the tale of the clock to expose the glaring contradictions within both Silicon Valley's attempts to save the world and capitalism itself."
"A rulebook for tackling phone overuse and reclaiming our lives
Phones are bad for us. They are making us nearsighted, causing painful back and neck problems, and robbing us of the sleep and physical activity necessary for robust physical and mental health. Worse still, they are driving a widespread rise in depression, self-harm and suicide, especially among young people.
Yet, even if we know that there’s an urgent collective need to get off our phones, we are stymied by the scale of the problem and by the many highly addictive ways in which our phones distract us, delight us and pull us back in.
Phone Rules is part of the movement to disrupt phone overuse, showing us how we can wean ourselves off our devices. Investigative journalist Luc Rinaldi gives us a playbook of five insightful rules to resist our phones, along with helpful strategies to put them into action. He is not merely an outside observer trying to understand ‘kids these days’, but a tech-savvy, video game-playing, millennial member of the generation for whom the Phone Rules most urgently apply.
This is our invitation to join the resistance. Together we can discover new mental space and productivity, deepen our engagement with the people and things that matter most and reclaim our lives."
"Today's design leaders and UX professionals are faced with a growing challenge: How do you choose the right UX skills to meet critical business goals, while proving their value to stakeholders? This book presents your solution, offering a clear, actionable framework for linking UX decisions directly to your company's bottom line.
Authors Torrey Podmajersky, Maya Elise Joseph-Goteiner, and Kim Mats Mats give you practical insights and real-world examples to articulate how ninety-nine UX skills make forty-one different business impacts―everything you need to align your design approaches with business outcomes.
- Learn to match UX skills to specific business objectives
- Uncover which business metrics to track and report when implementing UX strategies
- Effectively communicate the value of UX to stakeholders
- Prioritize the most impactful UX solutions for your organization
- Demonstrate the measurable business outcomes produced by your UX efforts"
"Expert guidance on deploying secure, standardized AI integrations in any development context
MCP For Dummies is the essential guide to getting started with the open-source standard that's transforming how businesses deploy AI. With Model Context Protocol (MCP), you can connect AI to real-world data, for practical, secure tools that deliver real value. This beginner-friendly book shows you why major tech companies like OpenAI, Google DeepMind, and Microsoft are already using MCP servers every day. It also gives you step-by-step guidance on how to deploy secure AI workflows that connect to databases, APIs, and enterprise systems. Customer service automation, business intelligence dashboards, logistics optimization―with MCP, you can harness the power of AI, just about anywhere. This Dummies guide shows you how.
- Learn what MCP does and how to set it up within your existing development stack
- Run your data through AI for more powerful analysis and more efficient processes
- Easily and securely integrate AI apps and custom tools with internal or external systems
- Get pro tips for avoiding common mistakes, troubleshooting issues, and debugging code
MCP For Dummies is the perfect choice for software developers, AI engineers, and technical professionals who want to build practical AI applications that connect to real-world data sources and tools."
"A year of HBR's essential thinking on tech—all in one place.
From gen AI to EVs to advanced digital collaboration tools, new tech innovations are reshaping organizations from the factory floor to the C-suite. What should you and your company be doing right now to take advantage of the opportunities these technologies are creating—and to avoid falling victim to disruption?
The Year in Tech, 2027: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review will help you understand what the latest and most important applications of new tech mean for your organization and how you can use them to compete and win in today's turbulent business environment.
Business is changing. Will you adapt or be left behind?
Get up to speed and deepen your understanding of the topics that are shaping your company's future with the Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review series. Featuring HBR's smartest thinking on fast-moving issues—blockchain, cybersecurity, AI, and more—each book provides the foundational introduction and practical case studies your organization needs to compete today and collects the best research, interviews, and analysis to get it ready for tomorrow.
You can't afford to ignore how these issues will transform the landscape of business and society. The Insights You Need series will help you grasp these critical ideas—and prepare you and your company for the future."
"Are you an experienced cloud security professional looking to upskill or take your career to the next level? The demand for cloud security expertise is skyrocketing and earning a Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) certification is one way to demonstrate your knowledge. But preparing for the exam can be daunting.
This comprehensive guide, written by industry expert Ric Messier, provides an in-depth look at the CCSP exam and covers the essential topics for today's security and cloud practitioners. With over 100 practice questions to test your understanding, this book provides clear and engaging explanations of essential concepts. So you'll not only approach the exam with confidence but also establish a firm foundation in all things cloud security—setting you up for future success.
● Uncover different approaches to cloud security architectures
● Understand risk management and compliance with cloud environments
● Learn essential security controls for cloud platforms and infrastructure
● Discover emerging trends including zero trust architecture"
"In Harnessing Disruption, Sarah E. Kreps—a national security expert and military veteran—offers a fresh, clear-eyed framework for understanding the social and political dynamics that shape technological change. From nuclear weapons to AI, cryptocurrency, and social media, breakthrough innovations rarely arrive without backlash. Disruption is not collapse. History shows it is part of a recurring pattern.
With unmatched insight and authority, Kreps traces a five-stage cycle that technologies follow: emergence, early warnings, crisis, agenda-setting, and institutional response. Drawing on decades of research and real-world policy experience, she argues that disruption is neither inherently dangerous nor inherently self-correcting. Rather, it's a process we can steer, if we learn to see the signs and act decisively.
Harnessing Disruption challenges fatalistic narratives that cast AI and other technologies as uncontrollable forces. It makes the case for cautious optimism: that institutions can adapt, societies can recalibrate, and technologies can be governed in ways that protect both innovation and the public good. Timely, incisive, and grounded in both historical precedent and contemporary case studies, this book provides the tools for anyone to understand where we are in the cycle of disruption and how to shape what comes next."
"What is Artificial Intelligence? How will AI impact society? Is AI more powerful than human intelligence?
The Psychology of AI explores all aspects of the psychology—AI relationship, asking how closely AI can resemble humans, and whether this means they could have some form of self-awareness. It considers how AI systems have been modelled on human intelligence and the similarities between brains and computers, along with the current limitations of AI and how these could be overcome in the future. It also looks at how people interact with AI in their everyday lives, exploring some of the ethical and societal risks, such as bias in AI algorithms, and the consequences for our long-term future if AIs do surpass humans in important ways.
As AI continues to break new milestones, The Psychology of AI answers key questions about what it really means to be human, and how AI will impact our lives in every way, now and into the future."
"Understand how artificial intelligence actually works, from first principles to generative models
AI Explained: A Guide for Non-Technical Readers builds understanding of artificial intelligence from first principles rather than diving in at the top. Written by experienced policy and technical experts, the book walks through rules and logic-based approaches, statistical methods, neural networks, machine learning, and generative models in accessible, structured terms.
Each major section concludes with a dedicated use-cases chapter grounding abstract concepts in practical scenarios drawn from healthcare, law, and business. Rather than teaching readers how to build or deploy AI, the book answers a more fundamental question: how do these systems achieve the outcomes they produce? Coverage of AI policy, ethics, and societal impact rounds out the treatment, informed directly by the authors' advisory roles with governments and international bodies. Readers will also find:
- A structured progression from foundational principles through symbolic, statistical, connective, learning, and generative approaches to AI
- Real-world use cases connecting each branch of AI to familiar scenarios in professional and everyday contexts
- Balanced coverage of AI ethics, regulation, and societal impact drawn from direct policy advisory experience
- And more"
"The software engineering landscape is constantly evolving, and the demands on engineers intensify with each technological and methodological shift. In such an environment, being a good coder isn't enough—true effectiveness goes beyond technical skills.
This book is designed as a guide for individual contributors who want to level up to meet the challenges of a changing industry. Author Addy Osmani offers a trove of actionable insights, real-world examples, practical frameworks, and pragmatic advice drawn from years of experience (and plenty of mistakes) in the software industry. You'll learn the fundamental skills every effective engineer needs, as well as the strategic thinking and leadership that distinguishes senior and staff engineers. The Effective Software Engineer is a perennial resource for those who are committed to the ongoing process of learning, adapting, and striving to make a meaningful difference.
- Connect your work to the overall goals of your team and organization
- Identify the most important tasks and avoid distractions
- Work effectively with your team, stakeholders, and users
- Navigate the evolving technology landscape, including AI tools, while focusing on uniquely human contributions
- And much more"
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