{"title":"Anthony Elliott","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnthony Elliott\u003c\/strong\u003e explores the intricate relationships between technology, selfhood, and society. His works delve into the psychological and philosophical dimensions underpinning our interactions with artificial intelligence, examining how algorithms influence identity, emotion, and social structures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect thoughtful analyses that blend \u003cem\u003ephilosophy and psychology\u003c\/em\u003e with contemporary concerns about AI and culture. 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The digital revolution is heralded as the dawn of a brave new world where individuals, communities, and organisations can seemingly take control of the future with a level of precision verging on mathematical exactitude.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYet, paradoxically, these algorithms have ushered in widespread fears and forebodings about the impact of digital technologies. Whether it’s concerns over unemployment, distress regarding social media’s harmful effects on teenagers, or fear of intrusive digital surveillance, we find ourselves living in an era of turbo-charged anxiety. In this age, the predictions made by algorithms are increasingly entangled with fundamental disruptions and anxieties about what lies ahead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eAlgorithms of Anxiety\u003c\/em\u003e, Anthony Elliott delves into how machine learning algorithms are not only transforming global institutions but also reshaping our personal lives. 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We need alternatives, innovation and experimentation for the interpersonal, intimate effort of ongoing translation back and forth between the discourses of human and machine intelligence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAccessible and compelling, this book sheds fresh light on the impact of artificial intelligence on the most intimate aspects of our lives. 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The AI revolution is not so much about cyborgs and super-robots in the future, but rather massive changes in the here-and-now of everyday life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Culture of AI\u003c\/i\u003e, Elliott explores how intelligent machines, advanced robotics, accelerating automation, big data and the Internet of Everything impact upon day-to-day life and contemporary societies. 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