Rule of the Robots: How Artificial Intelligence Will Transform Everything
By Martin Ford
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ISBN: 9781549130441
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The New York Times–bestselling author of Rise of the Robots shows what happens as AI takes over our lives Imagine it’s 2030. You call a bank to discuss your loan application, but you don’t get to talk to a person. The bank’s AI has spoken: you are denied. At home, feeling stressed, you take pills both invented and prescribed by AI to keep your blood pressure in check. You stream a video starring “actors” generated by machine. And before you turn in, you wonder if collaboration between Big Tech and China means you should choose a new AI provider for your home. As Martin Ford shows in Rule of the Robots, AI will soon flow through our lives like electricity does today, remaking every sphere of human activity. Yet even as Ford maps out AI’s disquieting future, he shows how we can prepare for it, advocating for policies such as universal basic income and educational reform. It’s crucial that we take his words to heart.
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Summary
Summary
The New York Times–bestselling author of Rise of the Robots shows what happens as AI takes over our lives
Imagine it’s 2030. You call a bank to discuss your loan application, but you don’t get to talk to a person. The bank’s AI has spoken: you are denied. At
home, feeling stressed, you take pills both invented and prescribed by AI to keep your blood pressure in check. You stream a video starring
“actors” generated by machine. And before you turn in, you wonder if collaboration between Big Tech and China means you should choose a new AI provider for your
home.
As Martin Ford shows in Rule of the Robots, AI will soon flow through our lives like electricity does today, remaking every sphere of human activity. Yet
even as Ford maps out AI’s disquieting future, he shows how we can prepare for it, advocating for policies such as universal basic income and educational
reform. It’s crucial that we take his words to heart.
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Author Bio: Martin Ford
Martin Ford is the founder of a Silicon Valley-based software development firm and has over twenty-five years of experience in the fields of computer design and software development. Ford holds a computer engineering degree from the University of Michigan and a graduate business degree from UCLA. The author of The Lights in the Tunnel: Automation, Accelerating Technology and the Economy of the Future, Ford has written for publications such as Fortune, Forbes, the Atlantic, Washington Post, and the Huffington Post. He has appeared on numerous radio and television shows, including NPR and CNBC.
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| Available Formats : | Digital Download, CD |
| Category: | Nonfiction/Business & Economics |
| Runtime: | 8.83 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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