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Surprise, Kill, Vanish
- The Secret History of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, and Assassins
- De: Annie Jacobsen
- Narrado por: Annie Jacobsen
- Duración: 19 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 5,197
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 4,574
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 4,558
From Pulitzer Prize finalist Annie Jacobsen, the untold story of the CIA's secret paramilitary units.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Lots of facts, offset by too much fiction
- De Steve M en 05-24-19
- Surprise, Kill, Vanish
- The Secret History of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, and Assassins
- De: Annie Jacobsen
- Narrado por: Annie Jacobsen
Tedious uninformative drudgery
Revisado: 05-24-24
Good points:
Provides an overview of the Cold War
Indicates that these events are basically standard practice in international affairs
Negative points:
Long, repetitive, and lacks detail
Not detailed enough for historical review and analysis
Not as entertaining as fiction
(So it's basically the worst of both worlds.)
How many times can you listen to stories of leeches feeding on men's war wounds?
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Welcome to AI
- A Human Guide to Artificial Intelligence
- De: David L. Shrier
- Narrado por: Roger Davis
- Duración: 6 h y 15 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 4
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Historia3 out of 5 stars 4
A fascinating guide to the rapidly advancing world of artificial intelligence and how this powerful technology will impact our lives, our careers, and our world. Artificial intelligence is driving workforce disruption on a scale not seen since the Industrial Revolution. In schools and universities AI technology has forced a reevaluation of the way students are taught and assessed. Meanwhile, ChatGPT has become a cultural phenomenon, reaching a hundred million users and attracting a reputed $1 trillion investor interest in its parent company, OpenAI.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Unsurprising and even a bit depressing
- De Anonymous2001 en 04-25-24
- Welcome to AI
- A Human Guide to Artificial Intelligence
- De: David L. Shrier
- Narrado por: Roger Davis
Unsurprising and even a bit depressing
Revisado: 04-25-24
Even considering how very little I know about AI (I've used ChatGPT a few times), I found very little new or surprising in these 5+ hours (I listened to this whole book at 1.25× speed).
It all even sounds foreboding and depressing, that AI will dominate everything and there will be nothing left for us to do (if we can even afford to frolic on the beach or eat).
This book could have at least made it sound good, telling us about all the "Jetsons" things AI will do for us at home and work, but nope. Just straight up we're being replaced, like the ancient world's slingshot marksmen in a modern guided missile world.
I wish we could just shove all of AI back into the genie bottle it came from, but I do know enough about AI to know that's impossible.
Anyway, I'd say spend your 5+ hours another way. Even if it really is AI you insist on hearing about before you absolutely need to... (did the French and Polish really need to practice hearing German bombs falling... in 1938 or 1937? I think they got plenty of practice at that in 1939 and 1940 and 1941!)... find other material.
Dear Author, I can say you did a great job reading and performing this material, you have a great voice for it, but I'd also say please go back to MIT or wherever and find more interesting, substantive, juicy material to report! Frankly and honestly, this material was boring and I would have fallen asleep while listening had I not been multi-tasking other activities. I'm sure there's much better material you could find to report on.
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