Prophecy okładka

Prophecy

Prediction, Power, and the Fight for the Future, from Ancient Oracles to AI

Posłuchaj fragmentu

Wypróbuj Audible Standard bezpłatnie przez 30 dni

Następnie 6,99 € za miesiąc. W każdej chwili możesz anulować subskrypcję
Wypróbuj za 0,00 €
Więcej ofert

Prophecy

Autor: Carissa Véliz
Czyta: Robertson Dean
Wypróbuj za 0,00 €

Po 30 dniach okresu próbnego koszt subskrypcji będzie wynosił 6,99 €/miesiąc a subskrypcja będzie odnawiana automatycznie. Subskrypcję można anulować w każdej chwili.

Kup za 22,09 €

Kup za 22,09 €

Saisonale Sparangebote | 0,99 € pro Monat für die ersten 3 Monate

Danach 6,99 €/Monat. Bedingungen gelten. Monatlich kündbar.
“Lively. . . . Rousing. . . . Prophecy—roving, intelligent, irreducibly idiosyncratic—can expand our sense of possibility, starting now.” —The New York Times Book Review

Tech empires are the prophets of the modern day, and like the ancient oracles and medieval astrologers that preceded them, they're not in it for the common good—they're in it for power. Award-winning University of Oxford professor Carissa Véliz brilliantly argues why we must reclaim that power, and shows us how.

“A masterpiece. . . . The most important book you will read for years.” —Roger McNamee, New York Times bestselling author of Zucked

Shortlisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year


For thousands of years, oracles, seers, and astrologers advised leaders and commoners alike about the future. But predictions are often power plays in disguise, obfuscating accountability and stripping individuals of their agency. Today we face the same threat of powerful prophets but under a new facade: tech.

Not only do modern predictions made by tech companies advise on war, industry, and marriages, but artificial intelligence also now determines whether we can get a loan, a job, an apartment, or an organ transplant. And when we cede ground to these predictions, we lose control of our own lives.

Drawing on history’s cautionary tales and modern-day tech companies’ malfeasance—from surveillance and biased algorithms to a startling lack of accountability—Carissa Véliz demonstrates that big tech’s prophecies are just as shallow, dangerous, and unjust as their ancient counterparts’. What she uncovers in the process is chilling. Artificial intelligence is increasing risk in business and society while creating a false sense of security. In this incisive, witty, and bracingly original book, Véliz contends that the main promise of prediction is not knowledge of the future but domination over others. Powerful people use predictions to determine our future. Prophecy is an invitation to defy those orders and live life on our own terms.
Filozofia Nauka Nauki społeczne Polityka i rządy Prywatność i obserwacja

Te tytuły mogą Ci się spodobać

Regime Change okładka
Streetwise okładka
The Infinity Machine okładka
London Falling okładka
Empire of AI okładka
A World Appears okładka
Co-Intelligence okładka
Supercommunicators okładka
If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies okładka
The Righteous Mind okładka
How to Know a Person okładka
The Wager okładka
The Alignment Problem okładka
The Napoleonic Wars okładka
How Progress Ends okładka
The Anxious Generation okładka
adbl_web_anon_alc_button_suppression_t1
Wszystkie gwiazdki
Najtrafniejsze
Carissa is great and please write more, but privacy is power i enjoyed more, because it was more science reality based. She presents a bunch of ideas here, and i wish the book would have taken an other turn. Its still written smartly, but dont expect some profund news.

Philosophical not scientific

Coś poszło nie tak. Spróbuj ponownie za kilka minut.