{"product_id":"beautiful-particulars-how-ais-attention-to-the-smallest-of-differences-is-reshaping-our-biggest-ideas-hardcover","title":"Beautiful Particulars: How Ai's Attention to the Smallest of Differences Is Reshaping Our Biggest Ideas - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Weinberger\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fresh and eye-opening new explanation of AI--and how its focus on specifics is changing our ideas about ourselves and our world. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom a Harvard researcher, philosopher, entrepreneur, former comedy writer, and bestselling author. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmid the clamor about AI, \u003ci\u003eBeautiful Particulars\u003c\/i\u003e poses a unique question: Not how does our use of AI change what we do, but how is the idea of AI already subtly yet fundamentally reshaping how we think about ourselves and our world? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn clear, engaging, and even humorous prose, David Weinberger offers a new perspective on how machine learning works and how it may already be changing our basic and deepest ideas. Through lively examples, he shows that AI's success--with all its risks and dangers--is taking us past our millennia of reliance on laws and principles by revealing what morality, free will, creativity, causality knowledge, and even reality itself look like now that we're able to let the particulars speak their tiny truths. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe author poses questions not usually asked: What does a coin look like to AI? When AI gives you evidence that the earth is round, why are its own reasons for saying that so different? Why does an AI image generator create a \"selfie\" of ancient Aztec warriors with broad smiles that it \"believes\" are historically unlikely? If AI becomes conscious but bodiless, could it still make good moral decisions? Why is the world so much better at being causal than AI could ever \"understand\"? How does AI show us that genuine creativity is not about a \"spark\" but about moments that feel right? And how can you take the temperature of a joke? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeautiful Particulars\u003c\/i\u003e offers a new--and hopeful--perspective on how machine learning works, and how that's already changing how we understand what it means to be human in the age of AI.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Weinberger is a best-selling author, international speaker, Harvard researcher, entrepreneur, \"marketing guru\" (\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e), and former philosophy professor. His books include \u003ci\u003eEveryday Chaos\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eToo Big to Know\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEverything Is Miscellaneous\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSmall Pieces Loosely Joined\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also a coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Cluetrain Manifesto\u003c\/i\u003e, an international bestseller that has been translated into twelve languages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 184\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9.1 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 03, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68109348733007,"sku":"9780262054867","price":27.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0638\/8328\/0463\/files\/Wv5bSW22949780262054867.webp?v=1794401426","url":"https:\/\/easonbooks.com\/products\/beautiful-particulars-how-ais-attention-to-the-smallest-of-differences-is-reshaping-our-biggest-ideas-hardcover","provider":"EasonBooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}