Description
This book is a kaleidoscope of voices—Malcolm Gladwell, Carl Sagan, Mister Rogers, Mario Puzo, and more—each taking turns explaining the world we are about to enter: one shaped by artificial intelligence, algorithmic persuasion, and machine-crafted identities. Across 25 chapters, the basics of AI are laid bare not by engineers or academics, but by the figures we’ve trusted, laughed with, or feared over decades of culture. The result is not just educational—it’s emotional, philosophical, funny, even eerie. Every chapter is a performance, and every voice reveals a different facet of what it means to be human in the age of something else learning to act like us.
Rather than asking what AI is, this book asks who we become in its presence. It challenges us to consider whether we’re still choosing our identities, or simply optimizing them for engagement. It reminds us that behind every upload is a person, and behind every machine, a mirror. From strategy to soul, satire to science, the book doesn’t just inform—it disarms, entertains, and gently warns. By the final chapter, we’re left not with answers, but with something more useful: the responsibility to decide what kind of story we want the machines to tell about us, and whether we’re still the ones writing it.
ASIN: B0FGV18VHF
VSKU: BVV.B0FGV18VHF.A
Condition: Acceptable
Author/Artist:Weaver, John Calvin
Binding: Paperback
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Condition Notes: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.
ASIN: B0FGV18VHF
VSKU: BVV.B0FGV18VHF.A
Condition: Acceptable
Author/Artist:Weaver, John Calvin
Binding: Paperback
Note: Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.
Condition Notes: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.