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<h5>“The Loop <em>is a strong entry in the
canon…AI </em><em>represents perhaps the
ultimate shiny object. But Ward penetrates to
the dark vacancy at its core.”</em> – <span><a
href="https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/books/review-tech-writers-stark-warning-of-how-ai-is-stripping-our-ability-to-make-decisions">San
Francisco Chronicle</a></span></h5>
<h5>“The best book I have ever read about AI.” – <span>Roger
McNamee, New York Times bestselling author of <i>Zucked</i></span></h5>
<p>A robot mediator for divorced couples. Software
that tells police where to look for crime before
it happens. Algorithms that finish half-written
symphonies. Artificial intelligence is beginning
to pick up patterns in our behavior that we’re not
even conscious of, and as companies use it to
reflect our unconscious selves back at us, we may
not like what we’re about to become. In <i>The
Loop: How Technology is Creating a World without
Choices and How to Fight Back,</i> NBC News
technology correspondent Jacob Ward melds the
latest behavioral science with reporting from
the frontiers of machine learning and activism to
write what reviewers are calling “fascinating and
unsettling,” and “a brilliant look at how A.I.
turned to the dark side.”</p>
<p>Here’s my recent discussion about the book with
DJ Patil at the Commonwealth Club:</p>
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<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://youtu.be/c9bjDDYpVA4">https://youtu.be/c9bjDDYpVA4</a></p>
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