The autonomous revolution : reclaiming the future we've sold to machines / by William H. Davidow and Michael S. Malone.
The coauthors of the seminal book The Virtual Corporation describe how the rise of artificial intelligence and virtual environments are ushering in an epic cultural transformationand how we can thrive in this new era. We are at the dawn of the Autonomous Revolution, a turning point in human history...
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| Language: | English |
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Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Incorporated,
2020.
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| Summary: | The coauthors of the seminal book The Virtual Corporation describe how the rise of artificial intelligence and virtual environments are ushering in an epic cultural transformationand how we can thrive in this new era. We are at the dawn of the Autonomous Revolution, a turning point in human history as decisive as the Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions. More and more, AI-based machines are replacing human beings, and online environments are gathering our data and using it to manipulate us. This loss of human autonomy amounts to nothing less than a societal phase change, a fundamental paradigm shift. The same institutions will remainschools, banks, churches, and corporationsbut they will radically change form, obey new rules, and use new tools. William H. Davidow and Michael S. Malone go deeply into the enormous implications of these developments. They show why increases in productivity no longer translate into increases in the GDP and how zero cost, one-to-many communications have been turned into tools for cybercrime and propaganda. Many of the book's recommendationssuch as using taxes to control irresponsible internet behavior and enabling people to put their data into what are essentially virtual personal information safety deposit boxesare bold and visionary, but we must figure out how we will deal with these emerging challenges now, before the Autonomous Revolution overcomes us. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 243 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-225) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781523087631 1523087633 9781523087648 1523087641 9781523087624 1523087625 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Print version record. |