Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech by Merchant, Brian

Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech

"The most important book to read about the AI boom" (Wired): The "gripping" (New Yorker) true story...
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Author: Brian Merchant
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech by Merchant, Brian

Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech

$30.00

Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech

$30.00
Author: Brian Merchant
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

"The most important book to read about the AI boom" (Wired): The "gripping" (New Yorker) true story of the first time machines came for human jobs--and how the Luddite uprising explains the power, threat, and toll of big tech and AI today

Named one of the best books of the year by The New Yorker, Wired, and the Financial Times - A Next Big Idea Book Club "Must-Read" The most urgent story in modern tech begins not in Silicon Valley but two hundred years ago in rural England, when workers known as the Luddites rose up rather than starve at the hands of factory owners who were using automated machines to erase their livelihoods.

The Luddites organized guerrilla raids to smash those machines--on punishment of death--and won the support of Lord Byron, enraged the Prince Regent, and inspired the birth of science fiction. This all-but-forgotten class struggle brought nineteenth-century England to its knees.

Today, technology imperils millions of jobs, robots are crowding factory floors, and artificial intelligence will soon pervade every aspect of our economy. How will this change the way we live? And what can we do about it?

The answers lie in Blood in the Machine. Brian Merchant intertwines a lucid examination of our current age with the story of the Luddites, showing how automation changed our world--and is shaping our future.

Author: Brian Merchant
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Published: 09/26/2023
Pages: 496
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.60lbs
Size: 9.55h x 6.30w x 1.60d
ISBN: 9780316487740


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 03/01/2022 pg. 18
Library Journal Prepub Alert 04/01/2023 pg. 18
Kirkus Reviews 09/01/2023
Booklist 09/01/2023 pg. 29
Publishers Weekly 09/11/2023

About the Author
Brian Merchant is the technology columnist for the Los Angeles Times and the author of the national bestseller The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone. He's the co-founder of Terraform, Vice's science fiction outlet, and the founder of Gizmodo's Automaton project examining AI and the future of work. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, Wired, The Atlantic, Harper's Magazine, Fast Company, and beyond. He lives in Los Angeles.

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