Rule of the Robots: How Artificial Intelligence Will Transform Everything - Martin Ford

Category: Computer, Science
Language: English
Keywords: AI Artificial Intelligence Authoritarianism Change Management Climate Change Computer Technology Computers & Technology computing Data Literacy Deep Fakes Deep Learning Design Digital Anthropology Digital Transformation engineering Future Of Work Human Life Robots Science Self-driving Cars Social Control Technological Literacy Technology Technology & Society

Written by Martin Ford
Read by Ian Carlsen
Format: MP3
Unabridged

In this sequel to his prescient New York Times best seller Rise of the Robots, Martin Ford presents us with a striking vision of the very near future.

Ford argues that AI is a uniquely powerful technology, a kind of ‘electricity of intelligence’ that is altering every dimension of human life, often for the better with advanced science being done by machines who can solve problems humans can not.

AI has the potential to help us fight climate change or the next pandemic, but it also has a capacity for profound harm. Deep fakes - AI-generated audio or video of events that never happened - are poised to cause havoc throughout society. AI empowers authoritarian regimes like China with unprecedented mechanisms for social control. And AI can be deeply biased, learning bigoted attitudes from the data used to train algorithms and perpetuating them.

Hard-hitting and thought-provoking, covering everything from self-driving cars to the history of deep learning to apps for diagnosing skin cancer, Rule of the Robots challenges our fears and preconceptions about artificial intelligence. Ford argues that AI is here to stay and the real question is not how to stop it, but how to control its negative potential and harness its power for good as AI transforms our economy, our politics and our lives.