{"product_id":"god-like-9780993562877","title":"God-like","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Beautifully written...\u003c\/strong\u003ea fascinating account of our centuries-old desire to build machines with higher intelligence and - now that we have done - our agony about what to do with them.' - Professor Sir Christopher Pissarides, Nobel Laureate\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003cstrong\u003eA must-read\u003c\/strong\u003e for anyone fascinated by the past, present, and future of AI' - ChatGPT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003cstrong\u003e100% zesty\u003c\/strong\u003e. It is not only a powerful telling of humanity's ongoing relationship with technology and a reflection on the current questions surrounding AI, but it is also \u003cstrong\u003ethe most compelling radical theological text I have read\u003c\/strong\u003e.' - Tripp Fuller\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the year 1600, a monk is burned at the stake for claiming to have built a device that will allow him to know all things.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e350 years later, having witnessed 'Trinity' - the first test of the atomic bomb - America's leading scientist outlines a memory machine that will help end war on earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e25 years in the making, an ex-soldier finally unveils this 'machine for augmenting human intellect', dazzling as he stands 'Zeus-like, dealing lightning with both hands'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this profound and urgent new book, leading thinker on technology Kester Brewin shows how \u003cstrong\u003eAI is both stunningly new and rooted in the most ancient human desires\u003c\/strong\u003e. Hailed by the UK government's own lead on AI as 'god-like', as we finally welcome this stunning technology amongst us - with Frankenstein and Faustus, from the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel to the underbelly of Silicon Valley - Brewin skillfully leads us through the myths, machines and monsters that have influenced the development of our greatest and most longed-for invention, and how we can learn to live alongside it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for MIDDLE CLASS: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Hugely accomplished' - Lucy Morris, Curtis Brown\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'An exceptionally talented writer' - Emma Finn, Conville and Walsh\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for GETTING HIGH: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Fascinating...revelatory' - Andrew Smith, author of MOONDUST and TOTALLY WIRED.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Beautiful' - Professor Simon Critchley, author of BOWIE and INFINITELY DEMANDING\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Honest, absorbing, clear-eyed and compelling' - Erik Davis, author of TECHGNOSIS and NOMAD CODES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for MUTINY: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Startlingly original, subtle and substantive, written in a prose that is as lyrical as it is lucid' - Third Way Magazine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Brilliantly riffs and mashes across literary genres' - Simon Nash\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A stimulating, entertaining, and ultimately profound meditation on what pirates can teach us about living in the real world' - Dr Gladys Ganiel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mocorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-11214401\"\u003eKester Brewin\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vaux Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 214\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.49d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780993562877\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0993562876\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mocorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-COM\"\u003eComputers\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mocorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-COM004000\"\u003eArtificial Intelligence | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mocorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mocorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC022000\"\u003ePopular Culture\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mocorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-REL\"\u003eReligion\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mocorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-REL051000\"\u003ePhilosophy\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vaux Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51199769149727,"sku":"9780993562877","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/6953\/0143\/files\/img_fbc2841a-1545-4f4c-99ba-427d13e5433b.jpg?v=1756837790","url":"https:\/\/www.mocorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/god-like-9780993562877","provider":"MOCorrectionsbookstore.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}