An investigative journey into the unexpected sources of prejudice and morality in artificial intelligence and how this is now having grave consequences for our society.
Rob Smith authored over 35 journal articles, 10 book chapters, and
over 75 conference papers on these subjects. He has conducted
research projects for the U.S. Army Strategic Defense Command, The
Center for Nonlinear Studies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Oak
Ridge National Laboratories, NASA, Boeing, NSF, EPSRC, the European
Union, DERA, British Aerospace, Airbus, and British Telecom. Rob is
a former Associate Editor of The IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary
Computation, and the journal Evolutionary Computation and a fellow
of the RSA: The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts,
Manufactures and Commerce.
Currently, he works as Chief Technology Office for BOXARR Ltd, a
company he helped to found. He also works part time as a Senior
Research Fellow of Computer Science at University College London,
where he was also a founding member of The UCL Centre for The Study
of Decision-Making Uncertainty.
In Rage Inside the Machine, Rob Smith has written a fascinating
hybrid text – a compelling memoir, a moving mosaic of history and
technology, and, most important, the timeliest of warnings for our
increasingly dangerous era of ubiquitous AI and algorithms … Read
this book and take its carefully crafted message to heart.
*David Goldberg, author of Genetic Algorithms in Search,
Optimization and Machine Learning*
In Rage Inside the Machine, Rob Smith accomplishes what few people
could attempt: to humanize the discourse on artificial
intelligence.
*Chris Kutarna, co-author of Age of Discovery: Navigating the
Storms of Our Second Renaissance*
Rob Smith humanises the dark and confused topic of AI and calls us
to action. A beautiful, accessible and truly important book … I
loved it.
*Derren Brown, illusionist and author of Happy: Why More or Less
Everything is Absolutely Fine*
In an age when more and more decisions of our lives are made by
algorithms, it's vital for anyone, not just techies, to understand
how data can change our lives. Rob Smith has a unique ability to
express the complicated future of AI in a very simple manner. Read
it if you want to stay human.
*Dr Anastasia Dedyukhina, Founder of Consciously Digital and author
of Homo Distractus*
Rage Inside the Machine is a guide to how we got here, conceptually
and historically. Rob Smith appreciates the successes of AI, but
also warns that incomprehensibly complex data driven systems are
not easily corrected, and can make major mistakes.
*David Leinweber, author of Nerds on Wall Street: Math, Machines
and Wired Markets*
Rob Smith shines a light on the dangers of accepting a passive role
in our relationship with tech. Essential reading for anyone wanting
to know how to keep their sanity and humanity in the age of
super-tech.
*Helen Bagnall, Founder of Salon London*
Robert Smith's new book takes a subject that is intimidating for
non-tech folk, and creates an accessible and riveting read. I found
it so informative. It's opened my eye to the role algorithms play
in the divisiveness of social media.
*Tracy Ann Oberman, actor, writer and activist*
A sobering and inspiring read: not merely a puncturing of the
tediously overinflated AI hype bubble - it's also a thrilling
manifesto for what AI teaches us about real human cognition.
*Cory Doctorow, author of 'Radicalized' and 'Walkaway', and
co-founder of the Open Rights Group*
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