Frank W. Abagnale Reihenfolge der Bücher (Chronologisch)

Książka oferuje przystępny przegląd przełomowych odkryć w sztucznej inteligencji i uczeniu maszynowym, które uczyniły maszyny tak inteligentnymi. Autor, Sean Gerrish, omawia architekturę oprogramowania umożliwiającą autonomicznym samochodom poruszanie się w miejskim zgiełku, a także konkurs Netflixa na lepszy silnik rekomendacji. Opisuje, jak programiści szkolą komputery do wykonywania określonych zachowań, oferując im nagrody, podobnie jak w przypadku treningu psa. Przedstawia również słynne zwycięstwo Watsona w Jeopardy! oraz analizuje, jak komputery radzą sobie w grach, na przykład w przypadku AlphaGo i Deep Blue, które pokonały mistrzów w go i szachach. Mimo postępów, autor wskazuje na trudności w tworzeniu inteligentnych agentów zdolnych do gry w bardziej złożone gry strategiczne, takie jak StarCraft. Książka stanowi niezbędny przewodnik dla entuzjastów nauki i technologii, którzy interesują się przyszłością, w której maszyny mogą przechytrzyć ludzi. Gerrish, menedżer w Google, ma bogate doświadczenie w uczeniu maszynowym i inżynierii danych, a jego klarowny styl sprawia, że skomplikowane koncepcje są zrozumiałe zarówno dla specjalistów, jak i laików.

Are you at risk of being scammed? Former con artist and bestselling author of Catch Me If You Can Frank Abagnale shows you how to stop scammers in their tracks. Maybe you're wondering how to make the scam phone calls stop. Perhaps someone has stolen your credit card number. Or you've been a victim of identity theft. Even if you haven't yet been the target of a crime, con artists are always out there, waiting for the right moment to steal your information, your money, and your life. As one of the world's most respected authorities on the subjects of fraud, forgery, and cyber security, Frank Abagnale knows how scammers work. In Scam Me If You Can, he reveals the latest tricks that today's scammers, hackers, and con artists use to steal your money and personal information--often online and over the phone. Using plain language and vivid examples, Abagnale reveals hundreds of tips, including: The best way to protect your phone from being hacked The only time you should ever use a debit card The one type of photo you should never post on social media The only conditions under which you should use WiFi networks at the airport The safest way to use an ATM With his simple but counterintuitive rules, Abagnale also makes use of his insider intel to paint a picture of cybercrimes that haven't become widespread yet.

The charismatic forger immortalized in the film Catch Me If You Can exposes the astonishing tactics of today’s identity theft criminals and offers powerful strategies to thwart them based on his second career as an acclaimed fraud-fighting consultant. Consider these sobering facts: *Six out of ten American companies and government agencies have already been hacked. *An estimated 80 percent of birth certificate requests are fulfilled through the mail for people using only a name and a return address. So I could take your name and use my address, and get your birth certificate. From there I’m off to the races. *Americans write 39 billion checks a year, and half of these folks never reconcile their bank statements. *A Social Security number costs $49 on the black market. A driver’s license goes for $90. A birth certificate will set you back $79. When Frank Abagnale trains law enforcement officers around the country about identity theft, he asks officers for their names and addresses and nothing more. In a matter of hours he can obtain everything he would need to steal their lives: Social Security numbers, dates of birth, current salaries, checking account numbers, the names of everyone in their families, and more. This illustrates how easy it is for anyone from anywhere in the world to assume our identities and in a matter of hours devastate our lives in ways that can take years to recover from. Considering that a fresh victim is hit every four seconds, Stealing Your Life is the reference everyone needs by an unsurpassed authority on the latest identity theft schemes. Abagnale offers dozens of concrete steps to transform anyone from an easy mark into a hard case that criminals are likely to bypass: • Don’t allow your kids to use the computer on which you do online banking and store financial records (children are apt to download games and attachments that host damaging viruses or attract spyware). • Beware of offers that appeal to greed or fear in exchange for personal data. • Monitor your credit report regularly and know if anyone’s been “knocking on your door.” • Read privacy statements carefully and choose to opt out of sharing information whenever possible. Brimming with anecdotes of creative criminality that are as entertaining as they are enlightening, Stealing Your Life is the practical way to shield yourself from one of today’s most nefarious and common crimes.

The master imposter, forger, con artist, and best-selling author of Catch Me If You Can draws on his own personal experiences and exploits to describe the tricks of the scam trade, offering valuable advice on how to identify and outsmart perpetrators of fraud and how to safeguard oneself against identity theft, the misuse of Social Security numbers, and more. 35,000 first printing.

Das Buch sind die Memoiren von Frank Abagnale, der in den sechziger Jahren das FBI mit einer Vielzahl von Identitäten derart narrte, dass er als jüngster Mann auf der Liste der zehn meistgesuchten Verbrecher gesetzt wurde. Er gab sich als Pilot aus, als Chefarzt, Anwalt, Professor, tauschte über 2,5 Millionen Dollar in falschen Schecks ein und erwies sich als Ausbruchskönig. In dieser Zeit lebte er ein Jetset-Leben, bevor er 1966 vom FBI endgültig verhaftet wurde. Heute arbeitet er als führender Berater des FBI in Sachen Wirtschaftskriminalität. Dieses Buch enthält die sehr amüsante und unterhaltsame Darstellung seiner Zeit als Betrüger, bei der man aus dem Staunen kaum herauskommt. Das Buch erschien 1980 in den USA und war dort ein Bestseller.