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Sinatra
- The Chairman
- By: James Kaplan
- Narrated by: Donald Corren
- Length: 40 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 397
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 354
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 356
Just in time for the Chairman's centennial, the endlessly absorbing sequel to James Kaplan's best-selling Frank: The Voice - finally the definitive biography that Frank Sinatra, justly termed "The Entertainer of the Century", deserves and requires. Like Peter Guralnick on Elvis, Kaplan goes behind the legend to give us the man in full, in his many guises and aspects: peerless singer, (sometimes) powerful actor, business mogul, tireless lover, and associate of the powerful and infamous.
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3 out of 5 stars
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So, So Long...
- By A Concerned Reader on 03-03-16
- Sinatra
- The Chairman
- By: James Kaplan
- Narrated by: Donald Corren
compeling account of a man
Reviewed: 08-12-20
recalled to mind with great nostalgia
a group of men and women that defined a generation of young and old. singers, song writers, musicians, actors, producers, directors all choreographed in the words and music of a gifted writer who retells a story already recorded in history. Done in a style without guile. Creates an intimacy with readers about a history and a time reminiscent of camelot its king and and loyal nights. if life imitates art, what an incredible pallette of color Frank Sinatra chose for the artform he embodied
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The Big Nine
- How the Tech Titans and Their Thinking Machines Could Warp Humanity
- By: Amy Webb
- Narrated by: Amanda Dolan
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 566
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 481
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Story4 out of 5 stars 477
In this book, Amy Webb reveals the pervasive, invisible ways in which the foundations of AI - the people working on the system, their motivations, the technology itself - is broken. Within our lifetimes, AI will, by design, begin to behave unpredictably, thinking and acting in ways which defy human logic. The big nine corporations may be inadvertently building and enabling vast arrays of intelligent systems that don't share our motivations, desires, or hopes for the future of humanity.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Interesting but Frustrating
- By Kathy on 03-26-19
- The Big Nine
- How the Tech Titans and Their Thinking Machines Could Warp Humanity
- By: Amy Webb
- Narrated by: Amanda Dolan
Essential reading
Reviewed: 06-18-19
Provides clarity for understanding challenges to AI
Complexity of relationship with China
Social responsibility and oversight
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