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Avery Swartz Presentation - Beyond the Buzz: The Future of AI Adoption Book List

Join FVRL online for a great learning opportunity with Avery Swartz. In this thought-provoking and engaging presentation, Avery Swartz, digital pioneer and founder of Camp Tech, provides an insightful look into the rapidly evolving landscape of machine learning and generative AI. With a blend of expertise and humour, Avery offers a high-level overview of how this technology functions, and demonstrates the game-changing potential of generative AI tools like ChatGPT. For for further learning, check out the books below.

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  • Avery Swartz, digital pioneer and founder of Camp Tech, provides an insightful look into the rapidly evolving landscape of machine learning and generative AI. With a blend of expertise and humour, Avery offers a high-level overview of how this…
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  • Co-intelligence

    Living and Working With AI

    Mollick, Ethan, 1975-
    From Wharton professor and author of the popular One Useful Thing Substack newsletter Ethan Mollick comes the definitive playbook for working, learning, and living in the new age of AI. The release of generative AI-from LLMs like ChatGPT to image…
    Book, 2024New York : Portfolio/Penguin, [2024]
  • Unmasking AI

    My Mission to Protect What Is Human in a World of Machines

    Buolamwini, Joy,
    To most of us, it seems like recent developments in artificial intelligence emerged out of nowhere to pose unprecedented threats to humankind. But to Dr. Joy Buolamwini, who has been at the forefront of AI research, this moment has been a long time…
    Book, 2023New York : Random House, 2023.
  • Brave New Words

    How AI Will Revolutionize Education (and Why That's a Good Thing)

    Khan, Salman,
    From the founder of Khan Academy, the first book written for general audiences on the AI revolution in education, its implications for parenting, and how we can best harness its power for good.
    Book, 2024New York : Viking, [2024]
  • AI for Life

    100+ Ways to Use Artificial Intelligence to Make Your Life Easier, More Productive ... and More Fun!

    Quillian, Celia,
    Demystify the world of artificial intelligence with this groundbreaking guide featuring over 100 innovative ways to incorporate AI into your daily life. Every day, it seems like there's a new AI tool on the market and a new, complicated way to use…
    Book, 2025Stoughton, MA : Adams Media, 2025.
  • AI Valley

    Microsoft, Google, and the Trillion-dollar Race to Cash in on Artificial Intelligence

    Rivlin, Gary,
    A veteran Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist shadows the top thinkers in the field of Artificial Intelligence, introducing the breakthroughs and developments that will change the way we live and work. Artificial Intelligence has been "just around…
    Book, 2025New York : Harper Business, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2025]
  • Dive into the intelligence that powers artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence is swiftly moving from a sci-fi future to a modern reality. This edition of Artificial Intelligence For Dummies keeps pace with the lighting-fast expansion of AI…
    Book, 2025Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2025]
  • Generative AI tools capable of creating text, images, and even ideas seemingly out of thin air have exploded in popularity and sophistication. This valuable technology can assist in authoring short and long-form content, producing audio and video,…
    Book, 2025Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2025]
  • Genesis

    Artificial Intelligence, Hope, and the Human Spirit

    Kissinger, Henry, 1923-2023,
    As Artificial Intelligence (AI) becomes more dynamic and ubiquitous, it is dramatically empowering people in all walks of life while also giving rise to urgent questions about the future of humanity--a historic challenge whose contours and…
    Book, 2024New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2024.
  • How AI Thinks

    How We Built It, How It Can Help Us, and How We Can Control It

    Toon, Nigel,
    We are used to thinking of computers as being a step up from calculators -- very good at storing information, and maybe even at playing a logical game like chess. But up to now they haven't been able to think in ways that are intuitive, or respond…
    Book, 2024London : Torva, 2024.