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100 1  Ford, Martin|q(Martin R.),|eauthor. 
245 10 Rule of the robots :|bhow artificial intelligence will 
       transform everything /|cMartin Ford. 
264  1 New York :|bBasic Books,|c[2021] 
300    311 pages :|billustrations ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0  The emerging disruption -- AI as the new electricity -- 
       Beyond hype: a realist's view of artificial intelligence 
       as a utility -- The quest to build intelligent machines --
       Deep learning and the future of artificial intelligence --
       Disappearing jobs and the economic consequences of AI -- 
       China and the rise of the AI surveillance state -- AI 
       risks -- Conclusion: two AI futures. 
520    "If you have a smartphone, you have AI in your pocket. 
       It's everywhere online. And it has already changed how 
       doctors diagnose disease as well as how you interact with 
       friends or read the news. But In Rule of the Robots, 
       Silicon Valley tech entrepreneur Martin Ford argues that 
       true disruption is yet to come, as AI ceases to be a tool 
       applied to specific problems, and becomes a utility: the 
       industrial foundation upon which practically all activity-
       personal, economic, and political-is based. Ford calls it 
       an "electricity of intelligence." Not so long ago, running
       a machine required animals, or access to water, and was 
       completely unportable. Electricity turned power into a 
       utility-something cheap and omnipresent. The change 
       enabled us to do work wherever we wanted, and it radically
       altered every aspect of life, from our diets to our jobs 
       to our entertainment. In Rule of the Robots, Ford shows 
       how AI-heretofore as specialized as a water mill was 200 
       years ago-is breaking free from its bonds, becoming as 
       ubiquitous and simple to use as a power jack and an 
       extension cord. No one would begin any enterprise, no 
       matter how minor, without power or running water. Ford 
       argues the same will go for AI in the future: the police 
       will rely on it as they surveil us; our business partners 
       as they decide how to work with us and their own 
       customers; schools as they weigh how to teach our 
       children; and probably even you, as you try to juggle the 
       tasks of work and home. This is no mere tech tour of 
       today. Ford has already proven incredibly prescient about 
       the future of AI and work in Rise of the Robots. Thanks to
       his connections in the AI community, Ford isn't simply 
       reporting on tools, like deep neural networks, that 
       already exist: he is able to map out the course of the 
       technology's future as well; who's full of hot air and who
       might delivery on what they've promised. That access 
       enables him to see what is likely to change in the near 
       term, and what will take longer, giving us time to 
       implement the necessary political and social measures to 
       ensure that society shapes its own future, rather than 
       simply being driven by the consequences of our technology.
       Those consequences will be profound. Running water 
       eradicated a great many diseases from our midst, and 
       electricity banished darkness. Ubiquitous AI promises 
       empowerment, but it also threatens to infantilize us. In 
       the right hands, as Ford shows, AI should help us best 
       coronavirus and escape the worst consequences of climate 
       change. In the wrong ones, it will empower totalitarianism
       and put us all out of work. We are in the midst of the 
       ultimate disruption. Rule of the Robots is the essential 
       guide to not just whether we thrive in it, but even if we 
       just manage to survive"--|cProvided by publisher. 
650  0 Artificial intelligence|xSocial aspects. 
650  0 Robotics|xSocial aspects. 
650  7 Artificial intelligence|xSocial aspects.|2fast
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650  7 Robotics|xSocial aspects.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01099017 
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