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12 bytes : how we got here, where we might go next / Jeanette Winterson. by Winterson, Jeanette, 1959- Grove Press, 2021. Call #: 303.4834 W788t Subjects Artificial intelligence -- Social aspects.   Artificial intelligence. ISBN:  9780802159250 (hc.) Alternate title:  Twelve bytes : how we got here, where we might go next Edition:  1st Grove Atlantic hardcover ed. Description:  viii, 324 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-322). Summary:  "Twelve eye-opening, mind-expanding, funny, and provocative essays on the implications of artificial intelligence for the way we live and the way we love from New York Times bestselling author Jeanette Winterson. "Talky, smart, anarchic and quite sexy," wrote Dwight Garner in the New York Times about Jeanette Winterson's last novel, Frankissstein, her first foray into the subject of AI. In 12 Bytes, Winterson's first nonfiction since her bestselling Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?, draws deeper from her years of considering artificial intelligence in all its bewildering manifestations. In brilliant, laser-focused, uniquely pointed, and witty storytelling, Winterson looks to history, religion, myth, literature, the politics of race and gender, and computer science, to help us understand the radical changes to the way we live and love that are happening now. When we create non-biological life-forms, will we do so in our image? Or will we accept the once-in-a-species opportunity to remake ourselves in their image? What do love, caring, sex, and attachment look like when humans form connections with non-human helpers, teachers, sex-workers, and companions? And what will happen to our deep-rooted assumptions about gender? Will the physical body that is our home soon be enhanced by biological and neural implants, keeping us fitter, younger, and connected? Is it time to join Elon Musk and leave Planet Earth? With wit, compassion, and curiosity, Winterson tackles AI's most fascinating talking points, from the algorithms that data-dossier your whole life to the weirdness of backing up your brain."--From publisher. Genre:  Essays. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 303.4834 W788t Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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