{"product_id":"the-culture-of-ai-by-anthony-elliott-9781138230040","title":"The Culture of AI","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this ground-breaking book, Cambridge-trained sociologist Anthony Elliott argues that much of what passes for conventional wisdom about artificial intelligence is either ill-considered or plain wrong. The reason? The AI revolution is not so much about cyborgs and super-robots in the future, but rather massive changes in the here-and-now of everyday life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Culture of AI\u003c\/i\u003e, Elliott explores how intelligent machines, advanced robotics, accelerating automation, big data and the Internet of Everything impact upon day-to-day life and contemporary societies. With remarkable clarity and insight, Elliott’s examination of the reordering of everyday life highlights the centrality of AI to everything we do – from receiving Amazon recommendations to requesting Uber, and from getting information from virtual personal assistants to talking with chatbots.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe rise of intelligent machines transforms the global economy and threatens jobs, but equally there are other major challenges to contemporary societies – although these challenges are unfolding in complex and uneven ways across the globe. \u003ci\u003eThe Culture of AI\u003c\/i\u003e explores technological innovations from industrial robots to softbots, and from self-driving cars to military drones – and along the way provides detailed treatments of:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eThe history of AI and the advent of the digital universe;\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eautomated technology, jobs and employment;\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003ethe self and private life in times of accelerating machine intelligence;\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eAI and new forms of social interaction;\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eautomated vehicles and new warfare;\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eand, the future of AI.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWritten by one of the world’s foremost social theorists, \u003ci\u003eThe Culture of AI\u003c\/i\u003e is a major contribution to the field and a provocative reflection on one of the most urgent issues of our time. It will be essential reading to those working in a wide variety of disciplines including sociology, science and technology studies, politics, and cultural studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47607923114220,"sku":"9781138230040","price":341.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781138230040-the-culture-of-ai.jpg?v=1778179906","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-culture-of-ai-by-anthony-elliott-9781138230040","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}