I Am Not a Robot: My Year Using AI to Do (Almost) Everything

Joanna Stern
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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

What happens when intelligent machines aren’t just in our pockets but are also driving our cars, making our decisions, folding our laundry, and educating our kids?

You’ve heard the hype: AI will make us healthier, give every child a personalized tutor, run our businesses more efficiently, return hours of free time to our overworked brains, and make discoveries previously unimagined by humankind. The AI future is going to be unlike any other technological revolu­tion. But what does that really mean? And will AI truly make life better?

To find out, award-winning journalist Joanna Stern surrendered her life to artificial intelligence for one year. The results are both hilarious and unsettling.

I Am Not a Robot is like a time machine trip to the very near future, where AI promises to be your doctor, chauffeur, teacher, masseuse, coworker, thera­pist, financial planner, chef, housekeeper, and even . . . romantic partner. Your colleague might be using ChatGPT to write emails at work, but Joanna used AI tools and robots to do household chores, to manage her health, and to transport her family on vacation. If there was a decision to make or a task to do, she let AI go first. Along the way, she conducted exclusive interviews with the tech leaders building this future, then reported back from the front lines as your funny, no-nonsense tour guide.

Of course, tech’s sunny promises never tell the whole story, and that’s what Joanna is here to share. Filled with illustrations and photographs, this book offers less hype, more clarity, and as little jargon as humanly (or robotically) possible. It’s an AI guide for ordinary people—not the tech bros who tried to sell you a cruise to the metaverse or an NFT of a cartoon monkey.

This book is not the definitive story, because we’re only a few years into the AI revolution. But after a year of living as a human lab rat, Joanna deliv­ers one of the clearest—and funniest—pictures yet of what’s really happening and what it means for you.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

如果國家是100人島:東大生讓經濟學變好玩的秒懂筆記

Mugitaro
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地表最有趣的經濟學讀本！
把國家變成100人島～
從黑猩猩政府舉債、熊貓發行股票，
讀懂「景氣循環、股價、物價、利率&匯率」的經濟原理！

★東大生獨創「100人島」趣味故事，複雜的經濟學理論「一讀就懂」！
★日本Amazon讀者破百則五星好評！

每次閱讀經濟新聞，讀到「殖利率」「債市」「炒匯」「通膨」總是暈頭轉向，為什麼經濟學總是如此難以理解呢？
原因是總體經濟學規模實在太廣泛，涉及概念又太抽象。
為了解決這些困難，東大學霸＆日本人氣YouTuber「Mugitaro」，把國家濃縮成100人島嶼，用七大篇島嶼故事情境劇，來譬喻世界經濟的運作原理，只要讀完這本書，再看財經時事必定就能「一看就懂」，甚至能提出個人見解，並運用在自己的理財計畫和工作領域！

▎美國島→關於【低利政策】
美國島政府希望培養出更多創業家狸貓，大象主張降低利率，以降低狸貓的借貸成本；長頸鹿則主張對創業家減稅，誰的方法才有效呢？

▎日本島→關於【貨幣擴張】
日本島政府想要增加島上貨幣供給，有兩種方式：第一，由黑猩猩政府發行國債；第二，由斑馬私人銀行借錢給島民（放貸），這兩者可能產生何種效果和危機？

▎希臘島→關於【債務危機】
希臘島和日本島都不斷發行國債，來籌集政府運作資金，為什麼最終前者宣布破產，後者卻能夠持續負債、不致崩潰呢？

▎俄羅斯島→關於【固定匯率】
俄羅斯島堅持把匯率固定在「1盧布＝1美元」，在外匯市場不斷拋售美金，卻依然阻止不了盧布貶值，根本原因是什麼？

▎辛巴威島→關於【通貨膨脹】
某一年，辛巴威島上的地瓜產量銳減、售價飆高，政府決定印製大量鈔票發給島民，結果發生惡性通膨。究竟，通膨的根本原因是印製太多鈔票？還是物資供給不足？

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)

Villages and Market Towns in Hong Kong: Settlement and History

Patrick H. Hase
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How have places in Hong Kong evolved since well before the 19th century? Villages and Market Towns in Hong Kong is a vital book, showing us how its various suburban settlements came into being. Such is a history of immense interest as well as unending fascination.

Since arriving at Hong Kong more than half a century ago, Patrick Hase has been researching its local history, with a particular focus on the market towns and villages in the New Territories. Due to a lack of written documentation for the study of these communities, much of his research was conducted through oral interviews with village elders in the 1980s and 1990s. Hase sought their memories of the villages in their youth, as well as their grandparents’ accounts of the communities prior to the age of high technology, urbanization, and modernization.

(Excerpt from cup.cuhk.edu.hk)

陪伴與觀看：宋詩中的伴侶動物書寫

游佳霖
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宋代人喜歡養動物，並對牠們極盡寵愛，透過與伴侶動物的相處也更加了解這些動物的特性。宋詩獨有的日常性增加了這些伴侶動物在詩中出現的機會，文學作品與繪畫中處處可見伴侶動物的身影。宋人描寫他們如何與伴侶動物相處，也常以動物為喻，表達自己的情志。與伴侶動物的相處親暱，所以觀察到的動物形象往往有與前人不同之處，本書欲探討伴侶動物在宋人生命歷程中的意義，透過宋人和動物間的觀看與陪伴勾勒出屬於宋人的生活情調。

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Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences [4th edition, 2026]

Howard Gardner
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In this groundbreaking classic, a leading psychologist argues that there are many human intelligences.

"Brilliant." —New York Review of Books

When we call someone “intelligent,” we are often referring to traits like their high SAT score, their performance on an IQ test, or their ability to perform in today’s schools—which prioritize linguistic and mathematical abilities. Traits like these underlie most popular and psychological understanding of intelligence—but they tell a very incomplete story.

In this revolutionary classic, now updated with a new introduction, psychologist and educator Howard Gardner offers a dramatically different account: that by limiting our understanding of intelligence to “school smarts,” we miss the impressive range of talents and aptitudes that characterize the human species. Gardner instead posits the revolutionary theory of multiple intelligences, which encompasses musical ability to physical dexterity to deep knowledge of other persons—and of oneself—each of which merits the label “intelligence.”

In a penetrating update, Gardner’s Frames of Mind celebrates all forms of intellect—the varieties found in various animal species, plants, and ever-more powerful instruments of artificial intelligence.

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黃金如何驅動世界？：從地緣博弈到虛擬貨幣熱潮，看懂永恆金屬鑄造全球財富規則的力量 (The Secret History of Gold)

多米尼克．弗里斯比 (Dominic Frisby)
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政府會說謊、銀行會倒閉，但黃金永遠誠實！
為什麼它比地球還古老，千百年來還是眾人追逐的核心資產？
世界越失序，金價漲越高，此刻更要看懂
大國競合背後全球權力與財富的流向。

這是一本講述黃金秘史的著作，更是一本關於權力、財富與資產存續的商業觀察。
當你了解黃金流轉千百年的歷史，就能看清政治家與央行不希望你察覺的真相！

黃金從未離開世界運行中心，只是靜待下一次規則改寫
為什麼「現在」正是讀這本書的最佳時機？因為此刻我們正站在財富流動的歷史轉折點上！當全球通膨蠶食了購買力、地緣政治引發金融制裁，大家對以美元為核心的法幣體系，已經產生史無前例的信任裂痕。
在資產配置中持有實體黃金，為投資者、經營者，以對全球局勢感到不安的人，提供了一份清晰的導航地圖——重新「沿著黃磚路走」，將是最能保護資產、對抗金融制裁的「終極保險」！
這是一本講述黃金秘史的著作，更是一本關於權力、財富與資產存續的商業觀察。作者多米尼克．弗里斯比是一位英國資深財經作家，專注於黃金、比特幣、稅務、投資及經濟史，擅長以機智幽默且條理清晰的筆觸，拆解貨幣議題。本書也是英國亞馬遜（Amazon）黃金投資書籍的暢銷TOP 1。

為什麼世界越動盪，權力和財富就越往實體黃金靠攏？

作者從經濟史的角度重新解析黃金，以及它如何形塑全球權力與財富的隱形邏輯：

※黃金是「真實財富」的衡量標準
為什麼當我們以金價衡量時，千年來的房價與生活成本其實保持穩定？作者戳破了法幣貶值的幻覺，教你如何用「誠實貨幣」的眼光看穿資產虛漲。

※黃金是「地緣博弈」的主力籌碼
美國如何利用黃金，開啟美元霸權時代？中、俄又是如何試圖透過「金磚」挑戰現有規則？本書深入揭露各國央行——特別是中國，祕密增持數千噸黃金的背後意圖。

※黃金在「數位時代」的貨幣進化論
虛擬貨幣興起，當比特幣被稱為「數位黃金」時，兩者之間究竟是取代關係，還是財富邏輯的延伸？本書前瞻性地探討了貨幣體系的未來重構。

一本揭露黃金如何形塑世界、甚至決定我們未來的必讀之作！

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)