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Code dependent : living in the shadow of AI / Madhumita Murgia.

by Murgia, Madhumita.

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Henry Holt and Company, 2024.

Artificial intelligence -- Social aspects.

Ubiquitous computing.

Ambient intelligence.

Decision making -- Moral and ethical aspects.

English essays -- 21st century.

9781250867391 (hc.)

311 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"On the surface, a doctor in rural India, a food delivery worker in Pittsburg, and an activist exiled from China have nothing in common. Yet their lives are linked by their unexpected encounters with artificial intelligence, from technology that marks children as future criminals to an app that is helping to give diagnoses to a remote tribal community. In 'Code Dependent,' Madhumita Murgia shows how automated systems are reshaping our lives all over the world. AI has already infiltrated our day-to-day existences through social media algorithms and language-generating chatbots like ChatGPT. But it’s also affecting us in more insidious ways. It touches everything from our interpersonal relationships, to our kids’ education, work, finances, public services, and even our human rights. (...) --Jacket.

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