RULE OF THE ROBOTS

Artificial intelligence has moved out of research labs and into hiring, medicine, transport and the systems that decide what people see. Martin Ford surveys where the technology actually stands, separating demonstrated capability from projection, and examines what widespread automation means for employment, economic concentration and public policy. Chapters take in machine learning, autonomous vehicles, synthetic media and the question of how societies might govern systems few people fully understand. What this title covers: • Assessment of machine learning and its practical limits • Automation's effect on work, wages and industrial concentration • Deepfakes, self-driving technology and algorithmic bias • Policy questions framed without technical jargon Written for students, technology professionals, business readers and policymakers who want a grounded account of the field, this English edition is stocked by Boipoka.