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The social impact of computers /
The Social Impact of Computers should be read as a guide to the social implications of current and future applications of computers. Among the basic themes presented are the following: the changing nature of work in response to technological innovation as well as the threat to jobs; personal freedom...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Boston :
Academic Press,
[1992]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The Social Impact of Computers should be read as a guide to the social implications of current and future applications of computers. Among the basic themes presented are the following: the changing nature of work in response to technological innovation as well as the threat to jobs; personal freedom in the machine age as manifested by challenges to privacy, dignity, and work; the relationship between advances in computer and communications technology and the possibility of increased centralization of authority; and the emergence and influence of artificial intelligence and its role in decision. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxi, 375 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781483267159 1483267156 |