Bøger udgivet af David Ellis

Watson's win on Jeopardy came as no surprise to those who had read Deus ex Machina sapiens. It was written largely during the 1990s, around the time that another IBM supercomputer--Deep Blue--was trouncing world chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov. The book has since been updated on a few points of detail but its primary message remains intact: the Machine is rapidly evolving as Man's rival if not replacement for the job of Steward of the Earth. Building upon the work of some of the world's greatest scientists, philosophers, and religious thinkers, and drawing particularly from developments in the computing and cognitive sciences--particularly, the field of artificial intelligence, or AI--the book reveals the evolutionary emergence of a machine that is not just intelligent but also self-conscious, emotional, and free-willed. In the 1980s and '90s you used to hear grandiose claims about AI. Machines would soon surpass humans in intelligence, it was claimed by some. The Japanese government spent a billion dollars on one project to make it happen. Well, it didn't happen, but that didn't stop the development of intelligence in machines. AI research simply went underground, and has ever since been quietly incorporated into the "ordinary" programs we use every day, without fanfare, without hype. There is still no machine that rivals Homo sapiens in overall intelligence, but today there are machines that far exceed human intellectual capacity in specific domains, from games to engineering to art, and the number of domains is growing exponentially big and exponentially fast. The disappearance of AI from front stage was good insofar as it allowed machines to develop in the right way; that is, through an evolutionary process, which is the only way for something of such complexity to develop. But it was bad insofar as we lost sight of the development of the intelligent machine. Deus brings Machina sapiens back to front stage, where it belongs. After describing the evolutionary development of intelligence in machines it goes on to describe the emotional, intellectual, and ethical attributes of what is no less than an emergent new life form. It asks the Big Question that can only be asked if you accept the very possibility of the new life form: Will it be serpent or savior? The question is answered in the book's title, which is intended to mean "God Emerging From the Intelligent Machine." The author confesses to having never studied Latin and to have concocted the title from two known Latin phrases: "Deus ex Machina" and "Homo sapiens." The concoction could be grammatically incorrect. The author would be pleased to be corrected.

Featured in the New York Times for his haiku poetry that he paints on driftwood and first poetry book Beach in City Island, David Ellis has been working in Harlem as a teacher for almost two decades. David fell in love with Harlem the moment he entered. "I feel the souls of those that were here before I was born, especially when I walk down Lenox Avenue." Most of the poems written in this poetry book are on display at many restaurants and cafes in Harlem, hand painted on canvas and written in frames.

Harry's Homilies is a compilation of thoughts expressed by Harry Tompkins of Saline, Michigan, who died of a stroke on 23 September, 2014. He was 57 years old. Harry was a long-time member of a small group of people who attend a weekly Bible class led for 20 years by Donald W. Weaver, M.D. at the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Taylor, Michigan. Says Dr. Weaver: "With Harry, what you saw was what you got. He wore his heart on his sleeve and bared his soul in everything he said." To read what he said is to see into the heart and soul of a good man. This is the second book of The Oakwood Trilogy. The other volumes are ? (yes, "?"), which provides the context for the other two, and Fayth, the enlightening thoughts of a dying young woman.

The pure heart connects with the subconscious mind in the Heart Mind Connection. A thought provoking collection of Inspirational Quotes by the author

A Traditional Irish Cookery book, written by David Ellis, owner and operator of The Shack Restaurant, the Traditional Irish Restaurant located next-door to the famous Temple Bar Pub. Over the past 25 years, The Shack Restaurant has served almost 2 Million guests. The recipe book contains Traditional, Classic and Modern recipes from our menu and specials board. This book takes us on a time Journey through the old Temple Bar district of Dublin, Ireland, right through to the present-day where the area has become one of the busiest tourist and cultural areas in Dublin City. We will also 'Journey through the History of Irish Food and the Irish Famine' providing the reader with an insight into what shaped our traditional fares, and this journey could not be complete without the personal experience of food and cooking of the author.