{"product_id":"prophecy-prediction-power-and-the-fight-for-the-future-from-ancient-oracles-to-ai-hardcover","title":"Prophecy: Prediction, Power and the Fight for the Future, from Ancient Oracles to AI (Hardcover)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eToday’s computer scientists play the same role as the\noracles of the ancient world and the astrologers of the Middle Ages. Modern\npredictions not only advise on war, crop output, and marriages, but algorithms\nand statisticians also now determine whether we can get a loan, a job, an\napartment, or an organ transplant. And when we cede ground to these\npredictions, we lose control of our own lives.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn this powerful, refreshing new look at the many ways\nprediction shapes our everyday lives, University of Oxford professor Carissa\nVéliz explains how putting too much stock in others’ predictions makes us\nvulnerable to charlatans, con artists, dubious technology, and self-deception. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eExamining a wide range of subjects both personal and\nsocietal, including medicine, climate, technology, society, and others, Véliz\nuncovers a number of insights: predictions about humans tend to be\nself-fulfilling; more data doesn’t guarantee better outcomes; AI is more likely\nto increase risk than decrease it; and a free and robust society requires not\nmore prediction, but better preparation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eVéliz argues in this incisive and bracingly original book\nthat the main promise of prediction is not knowledge of the future, but rather\npower over others. \u003ci\u003eProphecy\u003c\/i\u003e is an invitation to defy those\norders and live life on our own terms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarissa Véliz\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate professor at the\nInstitute for Ethics in AI at the University of Oxford. Her first book, \u003ci\u003ePrivacy\nIs Power\u003c\/i\u003e was an Economist book of the year and has been published in\nseven languages. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHer academic work has been published in \u003ci\u003eThe Harvard\nBusiness Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNature\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAI \u0026amp; Society\u003c\/i\u003e,\nand \u003ci\u003eThe American Journal of Bioethics\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eShe is the author of the forthcoming \u003ci\u003eThe Ethics of\nPrivacy and Surveillance\u003c\/i\u003e and the editor of the forthcoming \u003ci\u003eOxford\nHandbook of Digital Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TIMES DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45270360948943,"sku":"9781800757240","price":39.19,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_ad61b1cd-a1ee-4731-b0d7-62a59d66a1b7.jpg?v=1781421674","url":"https:\/\/popular.com.sg\/products\/prophecy-prediction-power-and-the-fight-for-the-future-from-ancient-oracles-to-ai-hardcover","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}