{"product_id":"the-culture-of-ai-anthony-elliott-9781138230040","title":"The Culture of AI: Everyday Life and the Digital Revolution","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this ground-breaking book, Cambridge-trained sociologist Anthony Elliott argues that much of what passes for conventional wisdom about artificial intelligence is either ill-considered or plain wrong. The reason? The AI revolution is not so much about cyborgs and super-robots in the future, but rather massive changes in the here-and-now of everyday life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Culture of AI\u003c\/i\u003e, Elliott explores how intelligent machines, advanced robotics, accelerating automation, big data and the Internet of Everything impact upon day-to-day life and contemporary societies. With remarkable clarity and insight, Elliott's examination of the reordering of everyday life highlights the centrality of AI to everything we do - from receiving Amazon recommendations to requesting Uber, and from getting information from virtual personal assistants to talking with chatbots.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe rise of intelligent machines transforms the global economy and threatens jobs, but equally there are other major challenges to contemporary societies - although these challenges are unfolding in complex and uneven ways across the globe. \u003ci\u003eThe Culture of AI\u003c\/i\u003e explores technological innovations from industrial robots to softbots, and from self-driving cars to military drones - and along the way provides detailed treatments of: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe history of AI and the advent of the digital universe;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eautomated technology, jobs and employment;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ethe self and private life in times of accelerating machine intelligence; \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAI and new forms of social interaction; \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eautomated vehicles and new warfare; \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eand, the future of AI.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten by one of the world's foremost social theorists, \u003ci\u003eThe Culture of AI\u003c\/i\u003e is a major contribution to the field and a provocative reflection on one of the most urgent issues of our time. It will be essential reading to those working in a wide variety of disciplines including sociology, science and technology studies, politics, and cultural studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anthony Elliott\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138230049\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138230040\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/11\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d","brand":"Anthony Elliott","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43924186923263,"sku":"9781138230040","price":170.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_f6ffb65b-e2c2-4f92-9790-a8246ba633d1.jpg?v=1681068984","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-culture-of-ai-anthony-elliott-9781138230040","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}