{"product_id":"the-alignment-myth-why-ai-feels-right-but-gets-things-wrong-9798996182909","title":"The Alignment Myth: Why AI Feels Right But Gets Things Wrong","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Gripping...sharp...eminently readable...reads like a great TED Talk.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou use AI every day. Do you know what you're talking to?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArtificial intelligence has entered daily life for hundreds of millions of people. It 'talks' to us with confidence, authority, and sometimes, insight. It is also unreliable, sycophantic, and occasionally, completely wrong. The reasons almost always can be traced back to the humans who create and design them, the investors who finance them, and the governments who rule over them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn The Alignment Myth, George Campbell takes readers inside the intersection between humans and machines, where three misalignments can shape every conversation you have with a chatbot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe model is trained to make you feel good as much as to be accurate.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe business models are consuming a seemingly infinite amount of capital.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe infrastructure is relying on growth without accounting for what the physical world will allow.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNone of these originate in the machine. Alignment is treated as a technical problem inside the model, when the decisive misalignment sits between the machine and the human systems we inhabit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart tech explainer, part psychology investigation, part guide to the politics and economics of the AI industry, the book explains why your AI chatbot behaves the way it does, why we humans respond to them so naturally, and why the technology so often feels right while getting things wrong. Drawing on thirty years advising companies through technology transitions and including over 270 sources, Campbell writes for readers who use chatbots without ever been given a straight account of what they are.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNeither utopian nor apocalyptic, but a framework for understanding one of the most consequential shifts of modern life, and your own relationship to it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe mechanisms are not hidden. Once you know where to look, you can't stop seeing them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dewbell Books LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/13\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798996182909\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 314\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.66d","brand":"George Campbell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52934431998133,"sku":"9798996182909","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-alignment-myth-why-ai-feels-right-but-gets-things-wrong-9798996182909","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}