References and closing pages

References

Galactic Index of Earthly Wisdom

Part I: Personalize - Creating AI That Understands Us

01. First Light Banter: When AI Woke Up Chatting

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2. “7 Early Robots and Automatons,” History.com, https://www.history.com/news/7-early-robots-and-automatons.

3. “Examples of Ancient Technology That Prove Our Ancestors Were Advanced,” Big Think, https://bigthink.com/the-past/examples-ancient-technology/.

4. Heidi Ledford, “CRISPR, the disruptor,” Nature 522, no. 7554 (June 3, 2015): 20–24, https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05773-y.

5. “The Debate on the Existence of the Human Soul According to René Descartes and Thomas Hobbes,” IvyPanda, https://ivypanda.com/essays/the-debate-on-existence-of-the-human-soul-according-to-rene-descartes-and-thomas-hobbes/.

6. “The Link Between Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and AI,” Big Cloud, https://bigcloud.global/the-link-between-mary-shelleys-frankenstein-and-ai/.

7. “Mary Shelley’s Lessons for AI,” Big Think, https://bigthink.com/the-well/mary-shelley-lessons-frankenstein-ai/.

8. John Haugeland, “The Saga of the Modern Mind,” in Artificial Intelligence: The Very Idea (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1985), 14-45.

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15. “Groq LPU AI Inference Chip Is Rivaling Major Players Like NVIDIA, AMD, and Intel,” TechPowerUp, November 18, 2023, https://www.techpowerup.com/319286/groq-lpu-ai-inference-chip-is-rivaling-major-players-like-nvidia-amd-and-intel.

16. “Groq Unveils New Low-Latency LPU System at SC23, Paving the Way for Future AI Applications,” HPCwire, November 18, 2023, https://www.hpcwire.com/off-the-wire/groq-unveils-new-low-latency-lpu-system-at-sc23-paving-the-way-for-future-ai-applications/.

17. “NVIDIA’s Special Address at SIGGRAPH 2023,” NVIDIA Blog, https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/siggraph-2023-special-address/.

18. “Efficient AI Supercomputers at SC23,” NVIDIA Blog, https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/efficient-ai-supercomputers-sc23/.

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02. Calculated Moves: The Master Equation of AI and Personalization

1. “History of the First AI Winter,” Towards Data Science, https://towardsdatascience.com/history-of-the-first-ai-winter-6f8c2186f80b.

2. “History of the Second AI Winter,” Towards Data Science, https://towardsdatascience.com/history-of-the-second-ai-winter-406f18789d45.

3. “History of the First AI Winter,” Towards Data Science, https://towardsdatascience.com/history-of-the-first-ai-winter-6f8c2186f80b.

4. “History of the Second AI Winter,” Towards Data Science, https://towardsdatascience.com/history-of-the-second-ai-winter-406f18789d45.

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6. “Generative AI Startups,” Exploding Topics, https://explodingtopics.com/blog/generative-ai-startups.

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12. “Drug Discovery: This Time It’s Personal,” Nature, https://www.nature.com/articles/d41573-021-00161-0.

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14. Gunashekar, Salil, Isabel Flanagan, Camilla d’Angelo, Immaculate Dadiso Motsi-Omoijiade, Mann Virdee, Carolina Feijao, and Simon Porter, “Using Quantum Computers and Simulators in the Life Sciences: Current Trends and Future Prospects.” Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2022. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA1899-1.html..

2. Sarah M.L. Pfaendler, Katrin Kosnon, and Fabian Greinert, “Advancements in Quantum Computing—Viewpoint: Building Adoption and Competency in Industry,” Datenbank Spektrum 24, no. 1 (2024): 5-20, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13222-024-00467-4.

3. “Quantum computers: what are they good for?,” Nature 617, 2023, doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-01692-9.

4. Meng-Leong How and Sin-Mei Cheah, “Forging the Future: Strategic Approaches to Quantum AI Integration for Industry Transformation,” AI 5, no. 1 (2024): 290-323, https://doi.org/10.3390/ai5010015.

03. Feels Over Reels: Tailoring AI with a Heartbeat

1. Nathan Furr, Jeffrey H. Dyer, and Kyle Nel, “When your moon shots don’t take off: How science fiction and other unconventional tools can fire the imagination and lead to breakthrough growth,” Harvard Business Review 97, no. 1 (2019): 112-117, https://hbr.org/2019/01/when-your-moon-shots-dont-take-off.

2. Donald A. Norman, The Design of Everyday Things: Revised and Expanded Edition (New York: Basic Books, 2013).

3. Eric Ries, The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses (New York: Crown Business, 2011).

4. “Instagram,” https://www.instagram.com/.

5. “Slack,” https://slack.com/.

6. “Duolingo,” https://www.duolingo.com/.

7. “Spotify,” https://open.spotify.com/.

8. Ahn, Luis. “How Duolingo Engaged 500 Million Users: 9 Psychological Tricks.” UX Planet, 23 Apr. 2024, uxplanet.org/how-duolingo-engaged-500-million-users-9-psychological-tricks-546b08fcaf7c.

9. Sapkota, A. (2022, July 22). DuoLingo: A case for gamification and introduction to Octalysis framework. LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/duolingo-case-gamification-introduction-octalysis-anil-sapkota/.

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04. The Mad Hatters of Change: AI’s Wild Ride with Us

1. Nathan Furr, Jeffrey H. Dyer, and Kyle Nel, “When your moon shots don’t take off: How science fiction and other unconventional tools can fire the imagination and lead to breakthrough growth,” Harvard Business Review 97, no. 1 (2019): 112-117, https://hbr.org/2019/01/when-your-moon-shots-dont-take-off.

2. “Rewind Pendant,” https://www.rewind.ai/pendant.

3. “Rewind,” https://www.rewind.ai/.

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Part II: Advance - Pushing the Boundaries of AI Innovation

05. Heartbeats and Hashtags: AI’s Leap from Cool Tech to Soulmate

1. Donald A. Norman, The Design of Everyday Things: Revised and Expanded Edition (New York: Basic Books, 2013).

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8. “Affectiva,” https://www.affectiva.com/.

9. “ROSS Intelligence Blog,” https://blog.rossintelligence.com/.

10. “BenchIQ,” https://benchiq.com/.

11. “Paxton AI Research,” https://www.paxton.ai/research.

06. The Muses in the Machines: Unleashing Creativity with AI Wingmen

1. “Duolingo,” https://www.duolingo.com/.

2. “Kensho Technologies,” https://kensho.com/.

3. “Enlitic,” https://enlitic.com.

4. “What’s Cooking with Chef Watson,” IBM Blogs, June 6, 2017, https://www.ibm.com/blogs/think/nl-en/2017/06/06/whats-cooking-chef-watson/.

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07. Ghost in the Machine: The Silent Symphony of AI

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Part III: Transform - AI as a Force of Change

08. Pirates of the Algorithm: Steering the Ship of AI’s Wild Wisdom

1. “How IBM Watson Assists Healthcare Professionals” - https://www.ibm.com/watson-health/about/watson-health.

2. “The Role of AI in Healthcare: Improving Diagnosis and Treatment” - https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00193-1.

3. “Collaborative Intelligence: Humans and AI Are Joining Forces” - https://hbr.org/2018/07/collaborative-intelligence-humans-and-ai-are-joining-forces.

4. “The Future of AI in Healthcare: Opportunities and Challenges” - https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/healthcare-systems-and-services/our-insights/the-future-of-ai-in-healthcare.

09. Hearstrings in Binary: Teaching AI the Language of Love

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9. “Emotion AI: How Top Companies Use It.” thelightbulb.ai, April 1, 2024. https://thelightbulb.ai/blog/emotion-ai-by-top-companies/.

10. Echoes of Tomorrow: AI and Human in Unison

Part IV: Harmonize - Blending aI into our World

11. Voyagers at the Helm: Product Managers Charting the AI Cosmos

12. Morals in the Mainframe: Searching for AI’s Conscience

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13. Green Byte and Logistic Flights: AI’s Quest for a Sustainable Universe

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