{"product_id":"god-like-paperback","title":"God-like - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKester Brewin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Beautifully written...\u003c\/strong\u003ea fascinating account of our centuries-old desire to build machines with higher intelligence and - now that we have done - our agony about what to do with them.' - Professor Sir Christopher Pissarides, Nobel Laureate\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003cstrong\u003eA must-read\u003c\/strong\u003e for anyone fascinated by the past, present, and future of AI' - ChatGPT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003cstrong\u003e100% zesty\u003c\/strong\u003e. It is not only a powerful telling of humanity's ongoing relationship with technology and a reflection on the current questions surrounding AI, but it is also \u003cstrong\u003ethe most compelling radical theological text I have read\u003c\/strong\u003e.' - Tripp Fuller\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the year 1600, a monk is burned at the stake for claiming to have built a device that will allow him to know all things.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e350 years later, having witnessed 'Trinity' - the first test of the atomic bomb - America's leading scientist outlines a memory machine that will help end war on earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e25 years in the making, an ex-soldier finally unveils this 'machine for augmenting human intellect', dazzling as he stands 'Zeus-like, dealing lightning with both hands'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this profound and urgent new book, leading thinker on technology Kester Brewin shows how \u003cstrong\u003eAI is both stunningly new and rooted in the most ancient human desires\u003c\/strong\u003e. Hailed by the UK government's own lead on AI as 'god-like', as we finally welcome this stunning technology amongst us - with Frankenstein and Faustus, from the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel to the underbelly of Silicon Valley - Brewin skillfully leads us through the myths, machines and monsters that have influenced the development of our greatest and most longed-for invention, and how we can learn to live alongside it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for MIDDLE CLASS: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Hugely accomplished' - Lucy Morris, Curtis Brown\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'An exceptionally talented writer' - Emma Finn, Conville and Walsh\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for GETTING HIGH: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Fascinating...revelatory' - Andrew Smith, author of MOONDUST and TOTALLY WIRED.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Beautiful' - Professor Simon Critchley, author of BOWIE and INFINITELY DEMANDING\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Honest, absorbing, clear-eyed and compelling' - Erik Davis, author of TECHGNOSIS and NOMAD CODES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for MUTINY: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Startlingly original, subtle and substantive, written in a prose that is as lyrical as it is lucid' - Third Way Magazine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Brilliantly riffs and mashes across literary genres' - Simon Nash\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A stimulating, entertaining, and ultimately profound meditation on what pirates can teach us about living in the real world' - Dr Gladys Ganiel\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 214\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.49 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 15, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47213321126137,"sku":"9780993562877","price":16.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/wIIhGfxwma9780993562877.webp?v=1768104566","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/god-like-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}