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Computer Programming Step by Step guides learners with little to no experience in writing computer programs using Python programming language. With over 300 visuals and a clever use of storyboards, it supports learners in the development of an experiential grasp of computer programming and provides a strong foundation upon which to further their knowledge.

From one of our leading chroniclers of the intersection of innovation and capitalism, a landmark reckoning— based on unprecedented access— with one of the world’s most brilliant and driven tech visionaries and his game-changing company.Even by the standard of a tech industry stacked with so-called visionary leaders possessed of the godspark of genius, Demis Hassabis is universally recognized as a special case. Born poor in North London to immigrant parents, a dominant chess prodigy by age five and wizard coder in his teens, he turned down a seven figure offer before he turned 18 to feed his insatiable scientific curiosity at Cambridge. Later, he added a neuroscience PhD to his computer science skills to pursue the dream of artificial general intelligence, his ultimate goal to solve the world’s hardest problems and usher in an era of super-abundance. And along with a small group of fellow travelers around the world, that is the path he is very much still on, winning a Nobel Prize along

Will artificial intelligence usher in a new age of prosperity, or are we sowing the seeds of our own destruction? Some scientists have long feared that AI will lead to human extinction, as ever more ruthless and capable machines elbow us aside. In certain circles it has even become fashionable to stockpile supplies in underground bunkers to prepare for a dystopian future. Optimists argue that AI will be a terrific boon, not least to science and medicine. For instance, MIT researchers have used a deep learning model to identify a chemical compound to treat E. Coli infections. And the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to the developers of Google DeepMind for mapping proteins far quicker than previously possible. Toby Walsh has worked in AI since before most people had a computer. In God AI, he guides us with humour and humanity through the claims and the counter-claims – and helps us make up our own minds about one of the biggest issues of our time.