Novedades del último mes en ebooks de informática

Un llamamiento inaplazable para poner freno a la carrera hacia la superinteligencia. «Un libro muy interesante, incluso si no estás de acuerdo con su conclusión.» Marta Peirano, periodista y escritor

Un libro imprescindible para desenmascarar las falsas promesas de la inteligencia artificial y entender cómo las grandes tecnológicas convierten su hype en un negocio a costa de nuestras vidas.¿Va a acabar la inteligencia artificial dominando el mundo? ¿Han creado los cientificos una forma de vida artificial capaz de pensar por si misma? ¿Va a quedarse con nuestros puestos de trabajo? ¿Estamos entrando en una era en la que los ordenadores son mejores que los humanos? Las doctoras Emily M. Bender y Alex Hanna responden a todas estas preguntas con un rotundo NO, con frases sarcasticas como Ya les gustaria o simplemente riendose. Estos temores no son mas que una consecuencia de la implacable promocion la IA por parte de las empresas tecnologicas para justificar el robo de datos, motivar la creacion de herramientas de vigilancia en el puesto de trabajo y devaluar la creatividad humana. En La estafa de la IA encontraremos ejemplos reales, argumentos claros y opiniones de expertos que nos proporcionaran las herramientas para detectar el hype de la IA en todas y cada una de sus manifestaciones. Ya que, al descubrir la explotacion que hay detras de su implantacion y la usurpacion de poder que pretende ocultar, seremos capaces de disipar el humo que nos intentan vender, tanto en el trabajo como en nuestra vida cotidiana.

Una guía para entender cómo la inteligencia artificial aumenta las capacidades humanas y se convierte en una verdadera aliada.¿La inteligencia artificial viene a desplazarnos? ¿A quitarnos el trabajo? ¿O viene a aumentar -como nunca antes- las capacidades que nos hacen humanos?En medio de promesas exageradas y noticias apocalipticas, Fredi Vivas -ingeniero, tecnologo y pionero en IA- nos propone una mirada distinta: lo humano y lo artificial ya no compiten, sino que se integran. En este libro traza el mapa de una nueva era, donde pensar, crear y decidir ya no es una tarea individual, sino un proceso compartido con maquinas inteligentes. Ademas, nos explica, de manera clara y accesible, como funciona este nuevo paradigma y por que nos involucra a todos. A traves de historias reales de cientificos que descubren nuevas proteinas, artistas que crean con la ayuda de la IA y docentes que enseñan junto con asistentes inteligentes, el autor nos muestra como la tecnologia se convierte en una extension de nuestra mente.Generacion IA no es un libro tecnico ni futurista. Es una guia para entender el presente y prepararse para lo que viene. Con una mirada etica, humana y realista, Fredi Vivas nos invita a dejar de temerle a la tecnologia y empezar a usarla como lo que es: una aliada.

El libro de Martín Yeshuá Barragán ofrece una mirada lúcida y profunda sobre los retos y posibilidades de la inclusión digital en México, entendida como pilar del desarrollo social contemporáneo. Desde un tono ensayistico y accesible, el autor recorre la historia reciente, las politicas publicas, la educacion tecnologica y el papel del sector privado, mostrando como la tecnologia puede ser motor de equidad e innovacion. A traves de ejemplos y analisis de programas nacionales, Barragan plantea una reflexion necesaria sobre el uso etico y humano de la tecnologia en una era donde digitalizacion, democracia e inclusion avanzan de forma inseparable.Con este libro comprenderas el panorama actual de la inclusion digital en Mexico y sus retos estructurales, analizaras las politicas publicas, programas e iniciativas mas relevantes en materia de conectividad, alfabetizacion y equidad tecnologica. Tambien conoceras los principales proyectos de educacion y capacitacion digital impulsados por el gobierno, las universidades y el sector privado e identificaras los modelos de colaboracion multisectorial mas exitosos para promover la innovacion social. Finalmente reflexionaras sobre el papel etico y humano de la tecnologia en la construccion de un futuro mas justo y sostenible. Si deseas saber sobre la inclusion digital y la brecha tecnologica, esta obra es para ti.

La historia íntima de cómo un joven científico cambió para siempre nuestra forma de conectarnos al mundoEn 1989, en una pequeña oficina del CERN, un joven científico británico concibió una nueva forma de compartir informacion. Se llamaba Tim Berners-Lee, y de aquella intuicion nacio la World Wide Web, una herramienta que transformo para siempre la manera en que trabajamos, nos comunicamos y nos relacionamos con el mundo.En estas paginas, Berners-Lee cuenta por primera vez, de forma intima y directa, como se gesto la web: desde el primer servidor improvisado hasta la expansion mundial de una idea que hoy sostiene la vida cotidiana de miles de millones de personas.Sin embargo, este libro es mucho mas que unas memorias: es tambien un lucido analisis de los dilemas a los que se enfrenta internet en un presente marcado por la concentracion del poder en manos de unas pocas plataformas, la explotacion a gran escala de nuestros datos personales y la irrupcion de la inteligencia artificial.Con la autoridad de quien estuvo en el origen de todo, Berners-Lee advierte de los riesgos de un futuro gobernado por algoritmos opacos y corporaciones sin control democratico. Al mismo tiempo, nos propone una hoja de ruta para recuperar la web como un espacio de creatividad, colaboracion y libertad, fiel al espiritu que la inspiro.

En plena revolución de la inteligencia artificial, la humanidad comienza a redescubrir una verdad incómoda y fascinante: la mente neurodivergente no es una desviación de la norma, sino una fuente inagotable de creatividad, velocidad cognitiva y pensamiento disruptivo que el mundo empieza a necesitar con urgencia.Mentes aceleradas propone una mirada renovada sobre el TDAH (Trastorno por Deficit de Atencion con Hiperactividad), no como un trastorno, sino como un estilo cerebral singular, capaz de detectar patrones, generar ideas originales y adaptarse a entornos cambiantes con una agilidad que las maquinas apenas logran imitar.Con base en la neurociencia contemporanea, en casos reales y en una profunda reflexion sobre el impacto cultural de la IA, el doctor Javier Pou Ucha revela como muchas de las cualidades historicamente señaladas como "problematicas" atencion no lineal, impulsividad creativa, busqueda constante de novedad, sensibilidad emocional se transforman hoy en ventajas estrategicas en una era cada vez mas digital.Este libro es para quienes vislumbran que pensar distinto es una forma de inteligencia, y tambien para aquellos que creen que el futuro sera de las mentes capaces de cuestionar, romper el molde y atreverse a imaginar nuevas posibilidades.

La integración de las Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación (TIC) y más particularmente Inteligencia Artificial (IA) y los Sistemas Expertos (SE) en el contexto educativo, incorporan un importante tema de accion y reflexion para los profesionales de la educacion. De hecho, los tomadores de decisiones, cientificos y docentes en el campo cuestionan el lugar que ocupa la tecnologia digital y los medios a implementar para integrarla con exito, lo que a veces resulta sumamente complejo. Nuevas tecnologias digitales estan apareciendo cada vez mas rapidamente en las instituciones educativas. Este es particularmente el caso de la IA, integrada masivamente en las escuelas de America del Norte y Europa. El uso e integracion de esta herramienta, relativamente reciente en el ambito escolar, exige una reflexion critica con relacion a las practicas tecnopedagogicas de los docentes y de sus procesos de integracion inherentes.Los autores de este libro nos presentan sus investigaciones elaboradas sobre el tema de los SE y su relacion con la IA. Por otro lado, utilizan como via a los SE para concretar esta integracion. Las investigaciones de estos estudiosos demuestran que los procesos de integracion se construyen gradualmente y que un analisis cuidadoso de los mismos permitiria comprender las diversas realidades tecnopedagogicas que actuan en las instituciones educativas.

You download a new mobile racing or io-game. You are instantly matched with opponents, the competition is fierce but manageable, and you secure a satisfying victory. What the game doesnt tell you is that every single "player" you just defeated was a carefully calibrated artificial intelligence designed to let you win.This book exposes the deceptive architecture of Phantom Multiplayer. It investigates the massive industry secret behind mobile gaming, where bots disguise themselves with real human usernames and simulated latency to provide the illusion of a populated, thriving server.We analyze the psychological manipulation at play. By engineering an environment where you win just enough to feel skilled, but lose just enough to stay engaged, developers hack your dopamine loop without the unpredictability of actual human opponents. It is a study in algorithmic flattery and consumer deception.Unmask the bots hiding in your smartphone. Learn how developers manufacture artificial triumphs to keep you scrolling, tapping, and paying.

In the early days of video game development, animations were rigid sequences. Once a character started swinging a sword, the player had to wait for the animation to finish. Then, competitive players discovered a glitch: by inputting specific commands, they could abort the visual animation while still dealing damage, saving crucial fractions of a second.This is the history of Animation Canceling, the exploit that birthed modern high-tier esports. This technical deep-dive reveals how a programming oversight fundamentally altered the balancing and pacing of competitive gaming. From the wave-dashing of Super Smash Bros to the intricate combos of Street Fighter, we dissect the math and muscle memory required to break the games intended rules.We explore how developers went from trying to patch these glitches out, to intentionally designing them into the core mechanics of modern titles. It is a testament to the obsessive ingenuity of the gaming community.Master the invisible math of frame data. Discover how exploiting the engines limitations separates the amateurs from the world champions.

In the early days of video games, surviving a shootout meant frantically searching the map for a glowing medkit. Every mistake was permanent until you found healing. Today, players simply hide behind a wall for three seconds, wait for the red jam to fade from their screen, and emerge completely healed.This seemingly minor design choiceregenerating healthfundamentally rewired the psychological pacing of the entire gaming industry. This book explores the historical shift from resource-management survival to relentless action-movie pacing. We analyze how developers used this mechanic to control player momentum, forcing aggressive, risk-taking gameplay while eliminating the frustration of getting stuck with low health.By breaking down the math of "damage thresholds" and "recovery timers," we reveal how designers secretly manipulate tension, creating the illusion that you barely survived a firefight, even though the math guaranteed your success.Step behind the curtain of modern game design. Discover how the removal of a single consequence transformed the way we experience digital combat.

You beat the final boss. The credits roll. But instead of turning off the console, you spend the next twelve hours collecting 100 hidden flags scattered across the map just to hear a specific "ding" sound and receive a digital badge. Why do we willingly subject ourselves to hours of tedious, repetitive labor long after the actual fun of the game has expired?The answer lies in the invention of the "Achievement" system, a monumental shift in game design that occurred with the launch of the Xbox 360. By implementing a universal "Gamerscore," developers essentially weaponized B.F. Skinners theories of operant conditioning. They shifted the players intrinsic motivation (playing for joy) into extrinsic motivation (playing for arbitrary status). This single mechanic birthed the modern completionist culture and permanently altered the psychological feedback loop of digital entertainment.This book delves into the behavioral psychology of the achievement hunter. It explores how this artificial reward structure artificially inflates the lifespan of games, manipulates our neurological need for closure, and has since been adopted by everything from fitness apps to corporate training software.Understand the invisible strings controlling your playtime. Learn to distinguish between satisfying gameplay and manipulative dopamine loops, and reclaim the ability to walk away from a game without feeling the neurotic itch of an unlocked trophy.

Before the advent of true 3D polygons, video game developers faced a monumental visual challenge: how do you make a completely flat, two-dimensional screen feel like a living, breathing, infinite world? The solution was not a hardware upgrade, but a brilliant hack of human visual perception.By moving different layers of background images at slightly different speedsa technique known as parallax scrollingprogrammers tricked the human eye into perceiving deep spatial depth where none existed. Slower-moving mountains in the back and fast-moving ground in the front created an incredibly immersive illusion of speed and scale. What began as a desperate technical workaround to bypass hardware limitations quickly evolved into the defining aesthetic of the 16-bit golden age.This book unpacks the ingenious mathematics and artistry behind early game rendering. It explores how legendary studios meticulously hand-painted scrolling layers to simulate complex camera movements, and how this specific technical restriction birthed a beloved visual style that modern indie developers are still desperately trying to replicate today.Revisit the visual magic of your childhood through the lens of technical mastery. Understand the exact optical illusions that made classic platformers feel alive, and appreciate the immense engineering required to fake a three-dimensional world on a two-dimensional grid.

You are watching a breathtaking, heavily scripted cinematic cutscene. Your character is dodging explosions and leaping across a crumbling bridge. Suddenly, a giant "X" flashes on the screen. You fumble for the controller, miss the button, and watch your hero unceremoniously fall to their doom. The immersion is instantly shattered.The Quick Time Event (QTE) is one of the most polarizing mechanics in video game history. Popularized by Shenmue and utilized heavily by blockbuster titles like God of War, QTEs were originally designed to bridge the gap between passive cinematic storytelling and active gameplay. However, they often achieve the exact opposite. By forcing players to stare intensely at the center of the screen waiting for a prompt, the developer essentially blinds the player to the beautiful, expensive animations happening in the background.This design critique explores the controversial history and psychology of the QTE. It examines why developers rely on them to choreograph impossible action sequences, how they create an artificial illusion of player agency, and why the modern gaming industry is slowly trying to phase them out.Dive into the friction between gameplay and narrative. Understand how the desperate attempt to make video games look like Hollywood movies resulted in a mechanic that fundamentally misunderstands what makes playing a game fun.

"IAÊ, ROBÔ? – Inteligência Artificial para Humanos de Verdade" é um convite para conversar sobre inteligência artificial como se fosse um papo de sala de aula, café ou sofá, sem jargões nem medo desn

In intense action games, from classic platformers to punishing modern RPGs like Dark Souls, surviving a massive enemy attack often relies on a deeply counterintuitive maneuver: rolling directly into the swinging sword. Visually, the blade passes right through the characters body, yet no damage is taken.This is the magic of the "Invincibility Frame" (I-Frame). Developers realized early on that pixel-perfect evasion was impossible for human reflexes. To make combat challenging but fair, they hard-coded a mathematical grace period. During specific frames of a dodge animationoften lasting mere fractions of a secondthe game engine temporarily turns off the players hitbox, making them completely immune to the physics of the virtual world.This book breaks down the extreme mathematics of action combat design. You will explore how fighting games balance risk and reward down to a 1/60th of a second, why removing I-Frames turns a fun challenge into a frustrating chore, and how elite speedrunners exploit these mathematical gaps to literally walk through solid walls of fire.Master the invisible math of your favorite games. By understanding the precise engineering of Invincibility Frames, you will see digital combat not as a test of reflexes, but as a high-speed rhythm puzzle.

The modern open-world video game is a marvel of digital architecture, boasting hundreds of square miles of meticulously crafted terrain. Yet, as these worlds have grown exponentially larger, developers have increasingly relied on a mechanic that entirely bypasses this achievement: fast travel.The paradox of fast travel is a severe conflict in game design. While players demand the convenience of teleportation to avoid tedious backtracking, implementing it shatters immersion and destroys the spatial relationship between the player and the environment. When the journey is eliminated, the vast landscape is reduced to a mere menu screen of disjointed points of interest, sacrificing spontaneous discovery for ruthless efficiency.This book investigates the complex psychology and spatial mechanics of virtual teleportation. You will learn how legendary games balance the necessity of fast travel with the joy of exploration, how the placement of transit hubs dictates player behavior, and why removing convenience often results in a vastly superior, memorable experience.Rethink how you traverse digital worlds. By understanding the friction of exploration, game designers and players alike can rediscover the lost art of the journey in the age of instant gratification.

A Série Universitária foi desenvolvida pelo Senac São Paulo com o intuito de preparar profissionais para o mercado de trabalho. Os títulos abrangem diversas áreas, abordando desde conhecimentos teóri

When you land a critical hit in an RPG or draw the perfect card in a digital deckbuilder, it feels like a stroke of sheer luck. But behind the scenes, the games Random Number Generator (RNG) is constantly lying to you. True randomness is profoundly frustrating, so game developers actively cheat to make you feel lucky.The Illusion of RNG is a cornerstone of modern game balancing. Humans are terrible at understanding statistics; if an action has a 90% chance to succeed and fails twice in a row, players feel cheated. To prevent rage-quitting, designers implement "pseudo-random distribution," manipulating the invisible dice rolls in the background. Pity timers guarantee rare loot, and missed shots secretly increase the accuracy of your next attempt.This book exposes the psychological math underlying virtual chance. It examines how games manage player frustration, balance difficulty through hidden statistical bumpers, and engineer the perfect cadence of risk and reward.Peek behind the digital curtain of probability. Understand how algorithms protect your ego by manipulating chance, and why true randomness is the enemy of a good time.

A Série Universitária foi desenvolvida pelo Senac São Paulo com o intuito de preparar profissionais para o mercado de trabalho. Os títulos abrangem diversas áreas, abordando desde conhecimentos teóri

Every gamer knows the feeling of dread: the mission objective shifts, and suddenly you are forced to protect a fragile, excruciatingly slow non-player character (NPC) as they wander blindly through a warzone. The "escort mission" is universally despised, yet developers have continued to force them into blockbuster games for decades.The Burden of the NPC explores the profound disconnect between ambitious game design and the stark limitations of artificial intelligence. Creating a companion that acts autonomously without ruining the players agency is a programming nightmare. To prevent the NPC from solving the puzzle for the player, designers must artificially lobotomize them, reducing their walking speed and eliminating their survival instincts, which turns an engaging adventure into a tedious babysitting job.This book dives into the complex math of pathfinding algorithms and navmeshes. It charts the evolution of the escort mission from infuriating retro cliches to modern triumphs like The Last of Us, explaining how developers finally learned to hide the invisible strings.Peer into the code of gamings greatest annoyance. Understand why teaching a computer to walk beside a human is the hardest problem in game development, and how bad AI completely shatters virtual immersion.