Jim Alkon

A company uses an AI system to streamline its hiring process, but the system favors certain demographic groups over others. A hospital employs AI to diagnose patients but might miss rare conditions or produce false positives. A bank uses AI to determine loan eligibility, but the system starts denying loans based on certain data patterns

You might be wondering how we can be describing a feel-good story that encompasses the Soviet invasion of Ukraine, 9/11, young burn victims, two knee replacements, a broken clavicle and a mind-bending, treacherous journey across the country. It’s because some people are observers and some people are doers. Joe Matthews, a retired New York City

“Dreams are a cryptic maze, but the emotions they stir up are real.” The first time I spoke with author Humberto “Bear” Garcez, he was telling me about his new book based on very detailed recollections of one of his own dreams. That book is the recently released The Blue in Your Eyes, a most

As Editorial Director of BookTrib, if I was caught watching a football game during work hours, there’d be hell to pay. So why is a football player caught on the sidelines in the middle of his workday on a nationally televised post-season playoff game being hailed as a hero for reading a book? I watch

Survival isn’t Guaranteed in these Must-Reads! If the high-stakes drama and chilling twists of Squid Game left you craving more, you’re in for a treat. These gripping reads will drag you into deadly competitions, test the limits of trust, and push humanity to its breaking point. Twists, Trauma, and Office Drama If Severance left you

As life would have it, even those successful and satisfied in our current world tend to worry obsessively about the next. We’re talking about the fear of death — that journey into the unknown. One common antidote is to joke about it. Take the perpetual death-worrier, Woody Allen, whose character Boris from his movie Love

In Ways to Die in Tokyo, Thomas Ran Garver’s tale is as much about the ride as the destination. It is a noir thriller sure to please fans of the genre and make them ponder the paths we take in the name of our dreams.

Let’s be clear. I am not an entrepreneur and never will be. Yet I have worked with many with that label throughout my career (you know who you are — no worries, your secrets are safe). This makes me imminently more qualified than the average bear to review a book with a stated target audience

Here’s how death works: Up there, you’re not allowed to leave your residence or contact other dead people — although you’ll be afforded any leisure pastimes or hobbies that may interest you. No one said death wasn’t boring. The only exception is if your phone rings and you are contacted and called to Earth by

New York Times bestselling author Nikki Erlick has a way of concocting the most implausible premises and making them sound plausible, compelling and thought-provoking. Take her debut novel, The Measure, an instant bestseller, in which everybody on earth opens their front doors on the same day to find a small wooden box with a string