The Weaponization of AI and the Internet: How Global Networks of Infotech Overlords Are Expanding Their Control Over Our Lives

by Larry Bell

Overview

Be wary of seductive invitations to trade away privacy for ever-more convenience, security and autocratic control. Exercised through our free minds and choices, infotech opportunities and and benefits are virtually unlimited. Controlled by special interest agendas of a powerful few, the applications for social oppression are endless.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781949267341
Publisher:	Stairway Press
Publication date:	09/10/2019
Pages:	244
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.55(d)

Table of Contents

THE RACE TO OUTSMART OURSELVES

Thinking Machines? Really?

Breaking Moore’s Law

AI that Mimics and Reads Our Minds

WELCOME TO THE SMART CITY ANT FARM

So How Smart Will Cities Become?

Chinese Checkers

Invasions by Brainwashing Bots

Hidden Bugs in the Internet of Things

Trolling the Internet to Net You

INVITING INTRUDERS INTO OUR LIVES

Hello: I’m Your Faithful Voice Assistant

Living in Glass Houses

Emotional Privacy Matters

BEHIND SOCIAL AND ANTISOCIAL MEDIA CURTAINS

We Respect Your Right to Agree with Us

Dangerous Internet Connections

Cyberbullying Can Often Be Lethal

Virtually Losing Touch with Relationships

FRIENDLY AND FEARSOME WORKPLACE REVOLUTIONS

Some Earlier Revolutionary Lessons

Equal Opportunity Role Disruptions

Big Career Winners and Losers

Robots as Companions and Competitors

DISRUPTIVE SOCIALIST SEDUCTIONS AND SUCCESSIONS

A Basic Universally Terrible Free Income Idea

Telecommuting on the Internet Superhighway

Exercising Urban Fight or Flight Reflexes

Lifestyle Matters

THE DEEP STATE OF INFOTECH DEEP POCKETS

Silicon Valley Socialism

Global Power Plays and Push-Backs

Collapsing Social Media Platform Pretenses

CYBER TRAWLERS FISHING THE INTERNET

Culprits Hiding in the Dark Web

Global Bonnies and CyberClydes

Gaming the Chinese Checkers

Naked Vulnerabilities in Cyberspace

REINVENTING OUR CONCEPTS OF HUMANITY

Abdicating Decisions to Algorithm Designers

Frankensteins, or Einsteins?

Bio-Over-Lording Ourselves

Channeling Creative Destruction