{"product_id":"9781914487323-how-ai-ate-the-world","title":"How AI Ate the World","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Brief History of Artificial Intelligence – and Its Long Future\u003cbr\u003e'An excellent starter for those who want an insight into how AI works and why it's likely to shape our lives' (\u003ci\u003eTelegraph). \u003c\/i\u003eUKTN Tech Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eUKTN Technology Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Easily the most comprehensive book on AI I have read so far, covering all the key issues.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeter Hunt, Business \u0026amp; Tech Correspondent, Evening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow AI Ate the World: A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence – and Its Long Future i\u003c\/i\u003es your essential guide to how AI went from sci‑fi fantasy to the engine quietly (and not so quietly) reshaping work, art, politics and everyday life.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBlending clear explanation with vivid storytelling and investigative reporting, Chris Stokel‑Walker takes you from the early visions of Alan Turing and the Dartmouth conference, through the AI winters and chip wars, to today’s boom in ChatGPT, OpenAI, Midjourney, large language models (LLMs) and generative AI. Along the way, you’ll see how AI spread from research labs into search engines, social media, finance, healthcare, policing, the creative industries and your phone.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThrough real‑world stories – including the viral “Pope in a puffer jacket” deepfake created with Midjourney – the book shows how easy‑to‑use AI tools can delight, disrupt and deceive, and why almost nobody using them has really thought through the consequences.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eInside this book you’ll discover\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe origins of artificial intelligence: magic mushrooms and Midjourney, the “fathers of AI”, the first AI chess programs, the birth of OpenAI and the partnership with Microsoft.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \u003cbr\u003eHow AI winters, Cold War machine translation projects and government cuts nearly killed AI – and how it came roaring back.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe battle for AI chips and the hardware arms race driving today’s machine learning and deep learning boom.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \u003cbr\u003eHow AI is transforming work: automation, productivity tools, “AI doomer” fears about job losses, and the new role of prompt engineers.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe creative explosion – and backlash – around AI art, AI music and generative image models such as Midjourney.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe dark side of AI: misinformation, disinformation, deepfakes, profit before people and coded bias that can entrench racism, sexism and inequality.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAI’s environmental impact and the huge energy cost of training the latest models.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerfect for readers who care about…\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \u003cbr\u003eArtificial intelligence, AI history, machine learning, deep learning, neural networks, large language models (LLMs), generative AI, ChatGPT, OpenAI, Midjourney, Google, Microsoft, big tech and Silicon Valley\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe future of work, automation, robotics, productivity, digital transformation and tech in business\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAI ethics, AI safety, algorithmic bias, surveillance, data privacy, misinformation, disinformation, online propaganda and deepfakes\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \u003cbr\u003eTechnology and society, internet culture, social media, digital art, creativity, the creator economy and the politics of tech\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIf you’ve ever wondered how we got from clunky Cold War translation machines to chatbots that can write essays, or image models that can fool millions with a fake photo, this book lays out the story with clarity, wit and urgency.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdd the paperback to your basket now\u003c\/b\u003e and discover how AI really ate the world – and what we can still do about it.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eReviews\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eA witty, engaging book\u003c\/b\u003e that takes us through AI's bumpy past to help us understand its present, and future, impacts.' \u003ci\u003eSasha Luccioni, Hugging Face\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Easily the most comprehensive book on AI I have read so far,\u003c\/b\u003e covering all the key issues.'\u003ci\u003e Peter Hunt, Business \u0026amp; Tech Correspondent, Evening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A comprehensive and compelling look\u003c\/b\u003e at the technology that's transforming our world. It's an essential guide, full of surprises, to the technology you need to know.' \u003ci\u003eMatt Navarra, social media expert\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'It is short, gloriously succinct and yet manages to cover all four bases of the history, technology, business and politics\u003c\/b\u003e of AI in page-turning detail. I can’t think of anything it missed. Do yourself a favour: avoid the second-rate AI books and give this comprehensive one a try. 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