Code to Joy (MIT Press)
Friday, 13 October 2023

In this informative, accessible, and very funny book, subtitled "Why Everyone Should Learn a Little Programming", Michael L. Littman inspires readers to learn how to tell machines what to do for us. Rather than give in to the fear that computers will steal our jobs, spy on us and control what we buy and whom we vote for, we can improve our relationship with them just by learning basic programming skills.

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Each chapter of the book focuses on a particular element of what can be said, providing examples of how we use similar communication in our daily interactions with people. Littman offers ways readers can experiment with these ideas right away, using publicly available systems that might also make us more productive as a welcome side effect. Each chapter also reflects on how the use of these programming components can be expedited by machine learning.

Author: Michael L. Littman
Publisher: MIT Press
Date: October 2023
Pages: 232
ISBN: 978-0262546393
Print: 0262546396
Kindle: B0BRMQLSCN
Audience: General
Level: Introductory
Category: General interest

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