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How to Talk to AI
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Tech commentator Jamie Bartlett digs into the minds of today's AI machines, uncovers how they think and reason, how they are changing us, and how we can make the most of their super-human abilities. A BBC 'BOOK YOU NEED TO READ IN 2026' Discover how artificial...
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Tech commentator Jamie Bartlett digs into the minds of today's AI machines, uncovers how they think and reason, how they are changing us, and how we can make the most of their super-human abilities.
A BBC 'BOOK YOU NEED TO READ IN 2026'
Discover how artificial intelligence thinks and reasons, and how we can make the most of their super-human abilities, in the must read new book from the prize-winning technology writer and author of The Dark Net and The People vs Tech.
' An essential read' Emma Saunders, BBC Culture Reporter
Knowing how to speak to AI - and how not to - is a skill that everyone now needs.
Hundreds of millions of people now talk to AI, such as ChatGPT, every day. They organise their finances and holidays, ask advice, seek therapy and find love - via machines. Almost overnight, chatbots are transforming society, politics and business. This is one of the biggest and fastest technological changes in history.
However, most people still don't really understand how AI works, how to make the most of it - or what the dangers are. As some people use it to turbo-charge their productivity at work, others are falling into dangerous conspiracies, delusions and psychosis.
In How to Talk to AI, award-winning technology writer Jamie Bartlett takes you inside the machine- showing how we can stay in control of our powerful new companions, even as they are changing the way we live, feel, and think.
Written in his accessible style, How to Talk to AI is the essential and empowering guide to help you understand how to make the most of these incredible new technologies, without succumbing to new powers of manipulation and control.
Praise for Jamie Bartlett-
'This book could not have come at a better moment' Sunday Times
'One of the world's leading experts on the digital revolution' David Patrikarakos, Literary Review
'Eye-opening ... Bartlett is an informal yet informed guide' Times Literary Supplement
'Confident and well-informed' New Scientist
'A hell of an achievement... Buy it and read it.' The Times
'Fascinating... Jamie Bartlett is an expert guide' Independent
'Highly readable' Financial Times
'Smart, provoking reportage... Required reading for anyone' Tom Chatfield, author of Wise Animals- How Technology Has Made Us What We Are
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780753561980
Publisher: Ebury Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 09 April 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: W H Allen
Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 15.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 200g
Pages: 272
About the Author
Jamie Bartlett is one of the UK's leading technology writers and thinkers. His previous books include The Dark Net and The People vs Tech, which was longlisted for the 2019 Orwell Prize for Political Writing. His Ted Talk about buying drugs on dark net markets has been watched nearly six million times. He has written and presented several hit BBC podcast series, including the smash hit The Missing Cryptoqueen, which reached number 1 in the podcast charts all round the world. In 2010, Jamie founded a research centre specialising in designing and applying artificial intelligence software to understand social trends.
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