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The importance of paying attention to what is happening behind our platforms ?

"A fish doesn't know what water is; same goes for humans and the matrix"

So well put!

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A planetary perspective on the machine learning technologies now collectively referred as “AI.” The author addresses inherent biases and exploitative labor practices. This could‘ve been dry, but I found it quite readable.

This is a historian‘s perspective of our current place in human history: how will AI change our lives? Harari attempts to answer this question by looking to the past to consider the future of the technology age. I loved this, though it is a long and information-heavy journey through time. Everyone should listen to this to understand our time and place in history, where we came from, and the warnings of where we could be headed.

I didn‘t expect this to read like a memoir (a genre I typically don‘t read) but I appreciate how the author interweaves her own history and story with the illuminating information about facial recognition and image processing AI technologies.

I‘m glad I have read other books about the different technologies grouped together in the description of “AI.”

Unpopular opinion but I thought this novel about a sex robot with a growing sentience and free will and her nasty, cruel master never quite plumbed the issues it purports to raise, remaining superficial and/or dropping those issues entirely (Annie‘s whitewashed resemblance to Doug‘s ex-wife is one instance of this). Frankly, I was bored. Full review at http://booknaround.blogspot.com/2024/10/review-annie-bot-by-sierra-greer.html

If you love science fiction and want to be scared about AI this is the book. Better read for women than men..why? Bc if a man likes this then I am really scared! Love that a woman wrote this. Be free! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Greer‘s book is a remarkably thoughtful exploration of sexuality, human relations, and identity, especially given that it is only 230 pages. I really loved Annie.

This is not a bad book at all, it is just making me uncomfortable and is just not for me. #hailthebail #dnf