The handover : how we gave control of our lives to corporations, states and AIs
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New York, N.Y. : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, 2023.
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New York, N.Y. : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, 2023.
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328 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-309) and index.
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"From the United States and the United Kingdom to the East India Company, Standard Oil, Facebook, and Alibaba, states and corporations have gradually, and then much more rapidly, taken over the planet. They have helped to conquer poverty and eliminate disease, but also unleashed global wars and environmental degradation. As Runciman demonstrates, states and corporations are the ultimate decision-making machines, defined by their ability to make their own choices and, crucially, to sustain the consequences of what has been chosen. And if the rapid spread of the modern state and corporation has already transformed the conditions of human existence, new AI technology promises the same. But what happens when AI interacts with other kinds of artificial agents, the inhuman kind represented by states and corporations? Runciman argues that the twenty-first century will be defined by increasingly intense battles between state and corporate power for the fruits of the AI revolution. In the end, it is not our own, human relationship with AI that will determine our future. Rather, humanity's fate will be shaped by the interactions among states, corporations, and thinking machines"--,Provided by publisher.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Runciman, D. (2023). The handover: how we gave control of our lives to corporations, states and AIs (First American edition.). Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Runciman, David. 2023. The Handover: How We Gave Control of Our Lives to Corporations, States and AIs. Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Runciman, David. The Handover: How We Gave Control of Our Lives to Corporations, States and AIs Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, 2023.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Runciman, David. The Handover: How We Gave Control of Our Lives to Corporations, States and AIs First American edition., Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, 2023.

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