{"product_id":"the-cybernetic-society-how-humans-and-machines-will-shape-the-future-together-9781541605718","title":"The Cybernetic Society: How Humans and Machines Will Shape the Future Together","description":"\u003cb\u003eWhy the major risk and opportunity of AI is that humans and computers have fused, giving AI the ability to shape the future of human affairs \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Artificial intelligence is inescapable: at home, at work, in politics, and on the battlefield. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Cybernetic Society\u003c\/i\u003e, technologist Amir Husain argues that AI hasn't simply encroached on everything we do. It has become part of us, and we, it. Humans and intelligent machines, he argues, are enmeshed in a symbiotic hybrid that he calls a \"cybernetic society.\" Husain describes a present and future where AI isn't a tool of humans but our equal partner, one where they can realize their own visions of the world. There is great potential and danger: Saudi Arabia's Neom--a \"cognitive city\" being built in inhospitable desert--shows how this symbiosis can make life possible where otherwise, it is not. But the profusion of intelligent military drones is making mass destruction possible where otherwise, it is not. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As engrossing as it is urgent, \u003ci\u003eThe Cybernetic Society\u003c\/i\u003e offers a new understanding of this revolutionary fusion of machine and mankind, and its profound implications for all our futures. The path ahead is challenging. But Husain shows why we can live harmoniously with our creations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Basic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/05\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781541605718\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.50h x 6.25w x 1.09d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2025 pg. 107\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/09\/2025\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Amir Husain","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45484021022901,"sku":"9781541605718","price":25.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_25b15b3c-b76c-42ac-96e6-4aa8fd95e863.jpg?v=1749566181","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-cybernetic-society-how-humans-and-machines-will-shape-the-future-together-9781541605718","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}