Rest of World recommends eight books that cover the history of resistance to tech, our relationship with AI companions, the danger of our dependence on Taiwan chips, and more.
Nonfiction
Artificial Intelligence
Silicon Empires: The Fight for the Future of AI
By Nick Srnicek
Nick Srnicek details the geopolitical economy of artificial intelligence, and how a handful of big tech companies, and the U.S. and China, are jostling to control its development. Their actions will lead to an increasingly fragmented global economy, he writes.
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