They Laughed At Galileo By Albert Jack Book Review

I shamefully admit to falling asleep while reading this book and dropping it in the floor.  The book isn't boring, its all the factoids that bog the mind down. This book did a good job in expressing "the never give up" mantra through the narrative stories behind the many different products. I found it inspiring how many inventors worked tirelessly on their invention and it may have taken a while but in the end they succeeded.  

I rate this book at 3.5 out of 5 because it did become tiresome reading it.  I do recommend the book to anyone needing an uplifting book about not giving up on your dreams.

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"The Art Of Invisibility" by Kevin Mitnick Book Review

       Whether it's a hacker, the feds, or even a 5 star hotel maid, your data and identity is out there for them to take. "The Art Of Invisibility" by Kevin Mitnick is a comprehensive guide to leaving a zero digital fingerprint.  Mitnick covers different methodologies employed in preserving your online anonymity. He sets up a step by step plan on how you can purchase gift cards then convert them to bit coins, and then buy a mobile hotspot.

        I would recommend this book to anyone who is dealing with hackers, third parties, or even the government trying to identify you and locate you.  The book is well written and provides good direction on how to literally become invisible.  I rate the book at 4.5 out of 5 simply because it was such a thorough book.  

"The Sentient Machine" By Amir Husain Book Review

      "The Sentient Machine" by Amir Husain, covers the many ways that artificial intelligence(A.I.) is envisioned in the future. A.I.  will influence our lives in areas such as health care, financial markets, and warfare, just to name a few. The author does a good job holding the audiences attention when discussing the possibilities of A.I.  However, the author does not mention A.I. in terms of sentience.
        Husain offers plenty of examples of how A.I. will help humanity, but is lacking in describing how truly sentient A.I. will rise and sustain itself.  A.I. is treated moreover like simple input - output devices, where we as humans program an A. I. to perform a set of tasks through algorithms. 
        Overall I give the book a rating of 3.7 out of 5 simply because the scope of the book is limited to a general static view of A.I.  I recommend this book to someone that is interested in robots that are given a command and proceed with the task under the guise of A.I.