03085cam a2200361 i 4500 23610888 US-DLC 20251223132824.0 240318s2024 nyu b 001 0 eng 2024003683 9781250868480 (papercover) 23610888 au eng rda su DLC pcc Alfaisal Main Library Q335 .M875 2024 Murgia, Madhumita, author. Code dependent : living in the shadow of AI / Madhumita Murgia. First U.S. edition. 2024. New York, NY : Henry Holt and Company, 2024. 311 pages ; 25 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. "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"-- Artificial intelligence Social aspects. Human-computer interaction. Decision making Data processing. Print books. local 4 lcc BOOKS 608169 608169 0 0 lcc 0 0 AU AU GEN 2025-12-23 0 Q335 .M875 2024 AU00000000021109 2025-12-23 13:34:23 150.00 2025-12-23 BOOKS