How to Use This Book

A wise philosopher once said (I don’t remember who it was, but trust me, he or she was really big-brained): “There are basically two types of people: Those who insist on shoving people into silly little categories, and those who don’t.” Wait, that’s a different dichotomy than the one I was going for. (Accessing memory banks...) Here’s the one: “There are basically two types of people: Those who think that today’s digital technologies are actually intelligent (and are therefore conspiring to make us humans look dumb) and those who know that these technologies are quite stupid and are basically standing by, waiting for us to make them do something interesting.”

If you’re the former kind of person, fear not. This book ...

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