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‘Timely and much-needed’ Carole Cadwalladr

‘A wise and purpose-driven book to steer us out of AI doom’ Sandi Toksvig

We’re confused about AI: what it is, and where it’s leading us – whether into a utopia or an apocalypse. Yet these obsessions thwart efforts to make meaningful change in an industry with very real problems.

Here, Dr Eleanor Drage, one of the world’s leading AI ethicists, unpicks the culture and ideas that drive the AI arms race, from billionaires trying to cheat death to biased police algorithms and state capture by big tech.

We need new language and new ideas to re-determine what AI is for and how we should use it. Only by bringing feminism, reparative justice and climate politics into the debate can we create a better future with machines.

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A wise and purpose-driven book to steer us out of AI doom — Sandi Toksvig A timely and much-needed book. Eleanor Drage debunks a range of AI myths and suggests we should not be leaving it up to the AI ‘experts’. Instead, she proposes possible ways to shift power back to the people — Carole Cadwalladr Drage is well-placed to argue how AI presents a net positive … Drage is hopeful that by bringing ethics, feminism, reparative justice, regulation and climate politics to the table and retooling AI to be free from its prejudices and problems, we’ll be rid of the creeping sense that it’ll do us more harm than good * ELLE * We need a whole new language and some fresh ideas to determine what AI is and how we should use it. That translates into adding feminism, reparative justice and climate politics into the debate * New Scientist * Stimulating … Drage, a leading researcher into AI ethics, argues that ‘the unfettered pursuit of profit’ is what makes AI dangerous … We all have a stake in this * Mail on Sunday * A brilliantly illuminating book that reveals the deep political forces shaping AI and offers a compelling vision of a more democratic and feminist technological future — James Muldoon, author of LOVE MACHINES A clear-eyed analysis of corporate power and ethics-washing, and a warm, thoughtful account of the people already doing something about it — Margaret Mitchell, Chief Ethics Scientist, Hugging Face It’s rare to find informed perspectives on AI that have both the imagination and the courage to counter the dominant narrative. This book makes space for possibility. Insightful, surprising and well-argued, it presents a refreshingly different take on AI and the futures it offers — Sarah Housley, author of DESIGNING HOPE With lively, impassioned writing, Eleanor Drage dismantles prophecies of both apocalypse and transcendence to show how we can achieve liveable futures with AI — N. Katherine Hayles, author of FROM BACTERIA TO AI Praise for Eleanor Drage: ‘Your perspective serves as a wonderful inspiration. Thank you for being a role model — Bloomberg