02986cam a2200325 i 450000100090000000300070000900500170001600800410003301000170007402000320009103500130012304000260013604200080016205000210017010000320019124500700022325000240029326000100031726400510032730000230037833600260040133700280042733800270045550400510048252019880053365000450252165000320256665000380259865500240263623610888US-DLC20251223132824.0240318s2024    nyu      b    001 0 eng    a  2024003683  a9781250868480q(papercover)  a23610888  aaubengerdacsudDLC  apcc00aQ335b.M875 20241 aMurgia, Madhumita,eauthor.10aCode dependent :bliving in the shadow of AI /cMadhumita Murgia.  aFirst U.S. edition.  c2024. 1aNew York, NY :bHenry Holt and Company,c2024.  a311 pages ;c25 cm  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.  a"A riveting story of what it means to be human in a world changed by artificial intelligence, revealing the perils and inequities of our growing reliance on automated decision-making On the surface, a British poet, an UberEats courier in Pittsburgh, an Indian doctor, and a Chinese activist in exile have nothing in common. But they are in fact linked by a profound common experience-unexpected encounters with artificial intelligence. In Code Dependent, Murgia shows how automated systems are reshaping our lives all over the world, from technology that marks children as future criminals, to an app that is helping to give diagnoses to a remote tribal community. AI has already infiltrated our day-to-day, through language-generating chatbots like ChatGPT and social media. 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. By highlighting the voices of ordinary people in places far removed from the cozy enclave of Silicon Valley, Code Dependent explores the impact of a set of powerful, flawed, and often-exploitative technologies on individuals, communities, and our wider society. Murgia exposes how AI can strip away our collective and individual sense of agency, and shatter our illusion of free will. The ways in which algorithms and their effects are governed over the coming years will profoundly impact us all. Yet we can't agree on a common path forward. We cannot decide what preferences and morals we want to encode in these entities-or what controls we may want to impose on them. And thus, we are collectively relinquishing our moral authority to machines. In Code Dependent, Murgia not only sheds light on this chilling phenomenon, but also charts a path of resistance. AI is already changing what it means to be human, in ways large and small, and Murgia reveals what could happen if we fail to reclaim our humanity"-- 0aArtificial intelligencexSocial aspects. 0aHuman-computer interaction. 0aDecision makingxData processing. 0aPrint books.2local