Silicon Valley Reads kicks off on Jan. 30 with a free in-person and live-streamed event at De Anza College in Cupertino. Sal Pizarro of the Mercury Info will common a dialogue with the authors of the three featured books.
The countywide group engagement program choices books on the theme “Empowering Humanity: Know-how for a Increased World.”
The books chosen for Silicon Valley Reads uncover the ramifications of artificial intelligence, from a nonfiction work about AI’s potential have an effect on on society to fictional tales about the way it could also be used for every exploitation and connection
Simply currently dubbed “The Godmother of AI” by Wired Journal, Dr. Fei-Fei Li shares her non-public journey and insights into the occasion and potential of the know-how in “The Worlds I See: Curiosity, Exploration, and Discovery on the Dawn of AI.”
“The Mountain inside the Sea,” a sci-fi novel by former Santa Clara Faculty professor Ray Nayler, follows a marine biologist who’s studying a extraordinarily good octopus species, sparking a worldwide race to know and possibly exploit the species.
“Loneliness and Agency” by Charlee Dyroff is about in a near-future New York, the place isolation has seemingly been eradicated. The novel follows a woman tasked with teaching an AI companion.
Silicon Valley Reads is launched yearly by the Santa Clara County Library District, Santa Clara County Office of Education and San José Public Library.
Register to attend the kickoff event at siliconvalleyreads.org, the place a complete schedule of events must be accessible in mid-January.