The Loop

Name: The Loop
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How AI Is Creating a World Without Choices and How to Fight Back

By Jacob Ward

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In The Loop by Jacob Ward, the narrative delves into the profound impact of artificial intelligence and automation on human decision-making. It explores how algorithms increasingly shape our choices and examine the subconscious influences we face in this technologically dominated era. The book contemplates the balance between human intuition and machine logic, providing insights into a future where AI profoundly affects our lives.
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You might enjoy this book if you're fascinated by how technology, especially artificial intelligence, influences human decisions and society. It explores the intricate relationship between machine intelligence and human behaviour, making it an intriguing read for those curious about the technological impact on our everyday lives.

This eye-opening narrative journey into the rapidly changing world of artificial intelligence reveals the dangerous ways AI is exploiting the unconscious habits of our minds, and the real threat it poses to humanity: "The best book I have ever read about AI" (New York Times bestselling author Roger McNamee).

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Artificial intelligence is about to amplify the most primitive version of who we are, and spit it back at us for entertainment and profit. That's the warning from award-winning technology journalist Jacob Ward, whose decade-long journey through the cutting edge of AI and behavioural science reveals that we're on the verge of becoming caught in The Loop: a shrinking cycle of narrowed choices and lost skills that will turn us away from expertise, human connection, and creativity if we don't act fast.

From biometric surveillance states that track the movements and relationships of over a billion people, to the algorithms that determine what movies get made, to the risky multiple-choice simplicity of automated battlefield systems, this book reveals that the most obvious patterns in our behaviour—patterns that AI is most likely to vacuum up—are not the ones we want to perpetuate.

As the tech industry begins writing flawed human habits into AI, The Loop is a call to look at ourselves more clearly, so we can put only the best parts of ourselves into the systems we create.

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The Loop by Jacob Ward synthesises extensive behavioural science research and explores the realm of artificial intelligence. The book critiques AI's influence on human behaviour, suggesting that digital algorithms exploit human habits, potentially undermining happiness and freedom. Praised for its clarity and depth, it offers a wakeup call, arguing for a reconsideration of AI’s role, with accessible explanations suitable for both policymakers and the public. With a narrative that is both fascinating and unsettling, Ward urges readers to be aware of the dangers AI poses to human autonomy.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780316487184

Publisher: Little, Brown & Company

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 26 October 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: Hachette Books

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 22.0mm

Width: 138.0mm

Height: 208.0mm

Weight: 285g

Pages: 320

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About the Author

Jacob Ward is technology correspondent for NBC News, and previously worked as a science and technology correspondent for CNN, Al Jazeera, and PBS. The former editor-in-chief of Popular Science magazine, Ward writes for The New Yorker, Wired, and Men's Health. His ten-episode Audible podcast series, Complicated, discusses humanity's most difficult problems, and he's the host of a four-hour PBS documentary series, "Hacking Your Mind," that introduces a television audience to the fundamental scientific discoveries in human decision making and irrationality. In 2018, he was a Berggruen Fellow at Stanford University's Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. He lives in Oakland, California.