{"product_id":"silicon-prophets-david-shaw-9798277535349","title":"Silicon Prophets: How AI Became The New Religion","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSilicon Prophets: How AI Became the New Religion\u003c\/b\u003e is a nonfiction exploration of what happens when intelligence becomes a product-and authority becomes an interface. As artificial intelligence slips from labs into everyday life, it doesn't just automate tasks; it reshapes belief. Algorithms begin to function like modern oracles, feeds become liturgies of attention, and \"optimization\" quietly replaces moral deliberation. In a world where machine certainty is always available, human doubt starts to look like weakness-and agency becomes something we surrender one convenient choice at a time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a sharp eye on ethics, power, and culture, David Shaw traces how technology companies came to occupy a role once held by religious institutions: defining what counts as truth, rewarding obedience through invisible systems, and steering society through defaults that feel inevitable. Along the way, \u003cb\u003eSilicon Prophets\u003c\/b\u003e confronts the seduction of predictive certainty, the rise of algorithmic dependency, and the growing temptation to treat AI as an authority rather than a tool.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut this is not a book of panic. It is a book of reclamation. It argues for keeping human imperfection-error, doubt, and mystery-not as weaknesses to be engineered away, but as the conditions that make meaning possible. And it offers a path forward: building powerful technology without mythologizing it, resisting digital worship, and restoring responsibility, humility, and purpose in an age that increasingly wants to think for us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you've ever felt the world becoming more automated, more persuasive, and less human-this book is your wake-up call, and your guide to staying sovereign.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Shaw\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798277535349\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/05\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 186\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.40d","brand":"David Shaw","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48217928106239,"sku":"9798277535349","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_40de4854-5886-49b3-bca7-49c60ad56d15.jpg?v=1772000355","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/silicon-prophets-david-shaw-9798277535349","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}