Table of Contents

  1. Title page
  2. Copyright page
  3. Dedication
  4. I How Computers Work
    1. 1 Hello, Reader
    2. 2 Hello, World
    3. 3 Hello, AI
    4. 4 Hello, Data Journalism
  5. II When Computers Don’t Work
    1. 5 Why Poor Schools Can’t Win at Standardized Tests
    2. 6 People Problems
    3. 7 Machine Learning: The DL on ML
    4. 8 This Car Won’t Drive Itself
    5. 9 Popular Doesn’t Mean Good
  6. III Working Together
    1. 10 On the Startup Bus
    2. 11 Third-Wave AI
    3. 12 Aging Computers
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Bibliography
  9. Index

List of Illustrations

  1. Figure 2.1 Terminal program in the Utilities folder.
  2. Figure 2.2 The innards of a desktop computer.
  3. Figure 2.3 A turkey club sandwich.
  4. Figure 5.1 Correct answer on a question from the 2009 PSSA.
  5. Figure 5.2 Partially correct answer on a question from the 2009 PSSA.
  6. Figure 8.1 A typical Karel the Robot problem.
  7. Figure 11.1 Bailiwick splash screen customized to show three 2016 US presidential candidates.
  8. Figure 11.2 Independent expenditures in support of Donald Trump.
  9. Figure 11.3 Operating expenditures for Donald Trump campaign committee as of December 2017, organized by category. Note the rectangle at the bottom labeled “Collateral: Hats.”
  10. Figure 11.4 Payments from Donald Trump’s campaign committee to Cali-Fame marked “Hats,” organized by date and amount.
  11. Figure 11.5 Story idea page.

Guide

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