{"product_id":"side-effects-of-artificial-intelligence-usama-bajwa-9789699797484","title":"Side Effects of Artificial Intelligence: What AI Is Doing to Human Thought","description":"\u003cp\u003eArtificial Intelligence is no longer just a tool-it is becoming an environment. From the moment we wake up and check our phones to the decisions we make about what to read, buy, believe, and remember, AI is quietly shaping the way we think. But what happens when convenience begins to replace cognition? When recommendations replace reasoning? When memory, creativity, and judgment are outsourced to machines?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSide Effects of Artificial Intelligence\u003c\/em\u003e is a powerful and unsettling exploration of how AI is transforming the human mind. Rather than focusing on jobs, robots, or future speculation, this book examines the hidden cognitive consequences already unfolding: shortened attention spans, algorithmically shaped beliefs, the decline of independent reasoning, and the growing dependence on digital systems for memory, decision-making, and identity. It reveals how AI does not simply assist human thinking-it subtly rewires it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on psychology, neuroscience, behavioral patterns, and real-world technological integration, this book exposes how algorithms control attention, how endless feeds reshape dopamine and focus, how external \"digital brains\" weaken internal knowledge, and how creativity risks becoming standardized through pattern replication. It confronts the illusion of neutral intelligence and reveals the invisible influence behind recommendations, rankings, and automated judgments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not an anti-technology manifesto. It is a call for awareness. AI has the potential to enhance human intelligence-but only if humans remain active thinkers rather than passive users. The greatest risk is not that machines become intelligent, but that humans stop exercising their own intelligence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers interested in Artificial Intelligence, psychology, digital culture, cognitive science, and the future of human autonomy, this book offers a deep, thought-provoking analysis of one of the most urgent intellectual questions of our time: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf machines begin to think for us, what will remain uniquely human?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Usama Bajwa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9699797487\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789699797484\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rk Books Publication\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/18\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 110\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.30d","brand":"Usama Bajwa","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48450532966655,"sku":"9789699797484","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ce8678ae-116f-4b9e-972c-f816fc27109f.jpg?v=1777268196","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/side-effects-of-artificial-intelligence-usama-bajwa-9789699797484","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}