EAN: 9780316487740

BLOOD IN THE MACHINE - BRIAN MERCHANT GEBUNDEN

The most important book to read about the AI boom (Wired): The gripping (New Yorker) true story
of the first time machines came for human jobs—and how the Luddite uprising explains the power
threat  and toll of big tech and AI today Named one of the best books of the year by The New
Yorker  Wired  and the Financial Times • A Next Big Idea Book Club Must-Read The most urgent
story in modern tech begins not in Silicon Valley but two hundred years ago in rural England 
when workers known as the Luddites rose up rather than starve at the hands of factory owners
who were using automated machines to erase their livelihoods. The Luddites organized guerrilla
raids to smash those machines—on punishment of death—and won the support of Lord Byron  enraged
the Prince Regent  and inspired the birth of science fiction. This all-but-forgotten class
struggle brought nineteenth-century England to its knees. Today  technology imperils millions
of jobs  robots are crowding factory floors  and artificial intelligence will soon pervade
every aspect of our economy. How will this change the way we live? And what can we do about it?
The answers lie in Blood in the Machine. Brian Merchant intertwines a lucid examination of our
current age with the story of the Luddites  showing how automation changed our world—and is
shaping our future.

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