Artificial intelligence not only powers our cars, hospitals and
courtrooms: predictive algorithms are becoming deeply lodged inside us
too. Machine intelligence is learning our private preferences and
discreetly shaping our personal behaviour, telling us how to live, who
to befriend and who to date.
In _Algorithmic Intimacy_, Anthony Elliott examines the power of
predictive algorithms in reshaping personal relationships today. From
Facebook friends and therapy chatbots to dating apps and quantified
sex lives, Elliott explores how machine intelligence is working within
us, amplifying our desires and steering our personal preferences. He
argues that intimate relationships today are threatened not by the
digital revolution as such, but by the orientation of various life
strategies unthinkingly aligned with automated machine intelligence.
Our reliance on algorithmic recommendations, he suggests, reflects a
growing emergency in personal agency and human bonds. We need
alternatives, innovation and experimentation for the interpersonal,
intimate effort of ongoing translation back and forth between the
discourses of human and machine intelligence.
Accessible and compelling, this book sheds fresh light on the impact
of artificial intelligence on the most intimate aspects of our lives.
It will appeal to students in the social sciences and humanities and
to a wide range of general readers.
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9781509549825
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2022
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Engelsk
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