{"product_id":"2940170350377","title":"The Big Nine: How the Tech Titans and Their Thinking Machines Could Warp Humanity","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA call-to-arms about the broken nature of artificial intelligence, and the powerful corporations that are turning the human-machine relationship on its head.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe like to think that we are in control of the future of \"artificial\"  intelligence. The reality, though, is that weamp;mdash;the everyday people whose  data powers AIamp;mdash;aren't actually in control of anything. When, for  example, we speak with Alexa, we contribute that data to a system we  can't see and have no input intoamp;mdash;one largely free from regulation or  oversight. The big nine corporationsamp;mdash;Amazon, Google, Facebook, Tencent,  Baidu, Alibaba, Microsoft, IBM and Appleamp;mdash;are the new gods of AI and  are short-changing our futures to reap immediate financial gain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this audiobook, Amy Webb reveals the pervasive, invisible ways in which the  foundations of AIamp;mdash;the people working on the system, their motivations,  the technology itselfamp;mdash;is broken. Within our lifetimes, AI will, by design, begin to behave unpredictably, thinking and acting in ways which  defy human logic. The big nine corporations may be inadvertently  building and enabling vast arrays of intelligent systems that don't  share our motivations, desires, or hopes for the future of humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMuch  more than a passionate, human-centered call-to-arms, this audiobook delivers a strategy for changing course, and provides a path for liberating us from algorithmic decision-makers and powerful corporations.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hachette Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47160775246064,"sku":"2940170350377","price":24.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170350377_p0.jpg?v=1763708506","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170350377","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}