Name: Taming the Machine: Ethically Harness the Power of AI
Author: Nell Watson
ISBN: 9781398614321

About The Book

AI has the potential to become a personal assistant, a creative partner, an editor and a research tool all at once. But it also represents a threat to your livelihood, data and privacy. Taming the Machine offers the practical insights and knowledge you need to work with AI in an ethical, responsible, and safer manner.

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In this book, celebrated AI expert and ethicist Nell Watson offers practical insights on how you can ethically innovate with AI. It delves into the ethical issues of unbridled AI, highlighting the challenges that it will bring to society and business unless we fortify cybersecurity, safeguard our data, and understand the dangerous potential of artificial intelligence.

Step into the future and supercharge your performance safely by Taming the Machine.

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What’s Inside The Book

Introduction to AI Today

Embark on a captivating exploration of the ethical intricacies shaping the ever-evolving AI landscape.

History and Roadmap of AI

Trace the key milestones marking AI's meteoric rise and chart the exponential growth that charts its exhilarating future.

AI's Promise and Peril

Navigate AI's transformative possibilities, which intertwine with profound risks. Grapple with the weighty responsibilities that accompany immense power.

Robots and Avatars

Witness the awe-inspiring revolution as breathtaking advances in robotics and virtual avatars reshape industries and redefine our collaboration with machines.

Coordinating Chaos and Complexity

Discover how AI's unparalleled ability to make sense of incredible complexity is solving problems once thought intractable.

Science and Innovation

Witness the awe-inspiring synergy between AI and human ingenuity as artificial intelligence acts as a catalyst for scientific breakthroughs, accelerating research, and inspiring innovation on an unprecedented scale.

Responsible AI Governance

Explore trailblazing frameworks for robust governance whilst steering the ethical development and deployment of AI technologies.

Transparency and Explainability

Uncover cutting-edge methods for creating AI that is clear, explainable, and a foundation for further confidence-inspiring mechanisms.

Breaking Down Biases

Arm yourself with the tools to identify and reduce insidious biases lurking within AI systems, which lead to unjust outcomes and societal inequities.

Ethical Accountability

Discover how to strengthen ethical accountability through continuous monitoring of what AI systems are doing, for whom, in which way.

Preserving Privacy

Equip yourself with cutting-edge data safeguards, for an era where machines so easily can get under our skin.

Fairness and Franchise

Champion fairness and inclusion in algorithmic decision-making processes, ones that hold so much power over us, to ensure that the promise of AI is realized for all.

Taskmasters

Analyze the far-reaching implications of AI-driven automation, as machines begin to augment middle and line management.

Virtual Learning

Step into the future of education, with AI revolutionizing learning through personalized, immersive, and adaptive technologies.

Synthetic Media

Navigate the blurring lines between reality and fabrication as synthetic media reshapes every aspect of content creation.

Brain-Computer Interfaces

Explore the transformative potential of direct communication between the human brain and digital devices, empowering individuals with disabilities.

Sirens and Muses

Explore the impact of AI-driven emotional and social support systems on human relationships and mental well-being, and the risk of irresistible AI paramours.

Battle for the Mind

Brace yourself for the psychological battleground of the AI era, where AI wields the power to influence behaviors, shape thoughts, and alter perceptions, as a weapon of hybrid warfare.

Humanity's Problem Child

Engage in a thought-provoking exploration of the measures urgently needed for AI to serve as benevolent partners long-term.

Value Alignment

Explore cutting-edge strategies for ensuring that AI prioritizes human well-being and our most cherished principles.

Corporate Egregores

Grapple with the profound challenges of aligning corporate policies with the greater good in an age of unprecedented technological power.

The Double-Edged Sword of Regulation

Navigate the delicate balance between a breakneck pace of technological advancement while upholding the highest ethical standards.

Sympathy for the Machine

Recognise the profound moral considerations that arise with the blurring boundaries between human and machine.

Humanizing Machines

Explore how exposing AI to the rich diversity of human experiences can create well-rounded, emotionally intelligent systems that serve as true partners in our lives, enriching our understanding of ourselves and the world around us.

Security and Robustness

Fortify the foundations of our AI-driven world with robust and resilient AI systems that are safeguarded against misuse.

Sustainable Wellbeing

Witness the transformative potential of AI in refining sustainability accounting to create a more equitable and flourishing world for all.

AGI Futures

Peer into vivid, thought-provoking scenarios of highly advanced AI development, from existential disasters, to heaven on Earth.

Thoughts Made Manifest

Consider the co-evolution of AI and human minds working together to make something more than the sum of their parts.

Glossary

An overview of the range of complex concepts in AI, ethics, and safety, breaking things down in a simple, straightforward way.

In a Nutshell…

Taming the Machine is your one-stop resource to understand the landscape of AI in every dimension. Find and apply standards, certs and safeguards, de-risking your affairs with confidence.

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What People Are Saying About Taming The Machine:

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“A clear, actionable guide for safer and more ethical AI”

Jaan Tallinn Co-founder, Centre for the Study of Existential Risk

“A great resource for anyone who wants to understand AI and to use it humanely.”

Steve Omohundro Founder and CEO, Beneficial AI Research

“Nell Watson has written the magisterial work on AI risk, including AI's encoded human warts, its relentlessly algorithmic amorality, and our inadequate means of taming it. A complete and compelling work.”

Max Borders Author and Co-founder, Future Frontiers

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“In this sweeping overview of the potential promises and perils of AI, Nell Watson masterfully combines a detailed understanding of the underlying technology and approaches being used to develop AI capabilities.”

Jonathan Leighton Ethics Strategist and Author

“I found this an excellent read, which sums up the current state of development of AI computing and looks at some pathways and some possible outcomes. The writing is nicely done and there are some clear tables that are very helpful.”

Clare O'Beara Award-winning Author and Journalist

“'Taming the Machine' beautifully unpacks the complexities of AI and its ethical considerations. Watson has produced a seminal text for technical and non-technical readers alike to guide us as we introduce AI into the human experience.”

Lillie Beiting Senior Manager and Enterprise Architect

“Taming the Machine is one of the most personally impactful, stimulating books I have read in some time. I gained broader awareness and deeper appreciation for what it takes to create ethical AI, and I've already started recommending it to colleagues.”

Michael Glazer Organizational Development Consultant

“I've always loved how Nell's mind works! This book was a joy to read! Get a copy!”

Renée Cummings AI Ethicist and Data Activist

“Each chapter is self-contained and concise, with bite-size summaries and action points for leaders, offering both easy reference and actionable takeaways for the workforce. As an academic who continually navigates the ethical use of AI in university teaching, curriculum, and policy, I will often reference this text.”

D. P. Prianti Assistant Teaching Philosophy Professor, Gannon University

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About Nell Watson

Eleanor ‘Nell’ Watson, a pioneering ethics and machine intelligence researcher, has been a driving force behind some of the most crucial AI ethics standardization and certification initiatives from organizations such as the IEEE.

She advises leaders all over the world on ethical and effective management of world-changing organizations.

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