Thiseye-openingnarrativejourneyintotherapidlychangingworldofartificialintelligencerevealsthedangerouswaysAIisexploitingtheunconscioushabitsofourminds,andtherealthreatitposestohumanity:“ThebestbookIhaveeverreadaboutAI“(NewYorkTimesbestsellingauthorRogerMcNamee).Artificialintelligenceisabouttoamplifythemostprimitiveversionofwhoweare,andspititbackatusforentertainmentandprofit.That’sthewarningfromaward-winningtechnologyjournalistJacobWard,whosedecade-longjourneythroughthecuttingedgeofAIandbehavioralsciencerevealsthatwe’reonthevergeofbecomingcaughtinTheLoop:ashrinkingcycleofnarrowedchoicesandlostskillsthatwillturnusawayfromexpertise,humanconnection,andcreativityifwedon’tactfast.Frombiometricsurveillancestatesthattrackthemovementsandrelationshipsofoverabillionpeople,tothealgorithmsthatdeterminewhatmoviesgetmade,totheriskymultiple-choicesimplicityofautomatedbattlefieldsystems,thisbookrevealsthatthemostobviouspatternsinourbehavior--patternsthatAIismostlikelytovacuumup--arenottheoneswewanttoperpetuate.AsthetechindustrybeginswritingflawedhumanhabitsintoAI,TheLoopisacalltolookatourselvesmoreclearly,sowecanputonlythebestpartsofourselvesintothesystemswecreate.
