Making Sense of AI: Our Algorithmic World, Elliott 9781509548897 New^+

Making Sense of AIOur Algorithmic World\nAuthor(s): Anthony Elliott\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Polity Press\nISBN-13: 9781509548897, 978-1509548897\nSynopsis\nIndustrial robots, self-driving cars, customer-service chatbots and Googles algorithmic predictions have brought the topic of artificial intelligence into public debate. Why is AI the source of such intense controversy and what are its economic, political, social and cultural consequences? Tracing the changing fortunes of artificial intelligence, Elliott develops a systematic account of how automated intelligent machines impact different spheres and aspects of public and private life. Among the issues discussed are the automation of workforces, surveillance capitalism, warfare and lethal autonomous weapons, the spread of racist robots and the automation of social inequalities. Elliott also considers the decisive role of AI in confronting global risks and social futures, incl.