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Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It (Hardcover)

Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It (Hardcover)

Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It (Hardcover)

By: Cory Doctorow

AI Snake Oil: What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can’t, and How to Tell the Difference (Hardcover)

AI Snake Oil: What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can’t, and How to Tell the Difference (Hardcover)

AI Snake Oil: What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can’t, and How to Tell the Difference (Hardcover)

By: Arvind Narayanan

Ghost Work: How to Stop Silicon Valley from Building a New Global Underclass – An Urgent Investigation into the Invisible Human Labor Powering AI and the Digital Economy (Kindle Edition)

Ghost Work: How to Stop Silicon Valley from Building a New Global Underclass – An Urgent Investigation into the Invisible Human Labor Powering AI and the Digital Economy (Kindle Edition)

Ghost Work: How to Stop Silicon Valley from Building a New Global Underclass – An Urgent Investigation into the Invisible Human Labor Powering AI and the Digital Economy (Kindle Edition)

By: Mary L. Gray

Artificial Unintelligence: How Computers Misunderstand the World (Hardcover)

Artificial Unintelligence: How Computers Misunderstand the World (Hardcover)

Artificial Unintelligence: How Computers Misunderstand the World (Hardcover)

By: Meredith Broussard

Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism (Paperback)

Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism (Paperback)

Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism (Paperback)

By: Safiya Umoja Noble

Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions (Hardcover)

Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions (Hardcover)

Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions (Hardcover)

By: Brian Christian

More than a Glitch: Confronting Race, Gender, and Ability Bias in Tech (Hardcover)

More than a Glitch: Confronting Race, Gender, and Ability Bias in Tech (Hardcover)

More than a Glitch: Confronting Race, Gender, and Ability Bias in Tech (Hardcover)

By: Meredith Broussard

The Alignment Problem: Machine Learning and Human Values (Hardcover)

The Alignment Problem: Machine Learning and Human Values (Hardcover)

The Alignment Problem: Machine Learning and Human Values (Hardcover)

By: Brian Christian

Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy (Hardcover)

Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy (Hardcover)

Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy (Hardcover)

By: Cathy O'Neil

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power (Hardcover)

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power (Hardcover)

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power (Hardcover)

By: Shoshana Zuboff

How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy (Hardcover)

How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy (Hardcover)

How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy (Hardcover)

By: Jenny Odell

The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains (Paperback)

The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains (Paperback)

The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains (Paperback)

By: Nicholas Carr

The Virtual Community: Homesteading on the Electronic Frontier (Paperback)

The Virtual Community: Homesteading on the Electronic Frontier (Paperback)

The Virtual Community: Homesteading on the Electronic Frontier (Paperback)

By: Howard Rheingold

How Artifacts Afford: The Power and Politics of Everyday Things (Design Thinking, Design Theory)

How Artifacts Afford: The Power and Politics of Everyday Things (Design Thinking, Design Theory)

How Artifacts Afford: The Power and Politics of Everyday Things (Design Thinking, Design Theory)

By: Jenny L. Davis

Platforms and Cultural Production (Paperback)

Platforms and Cultural Production (Paperback)

Platforms and Cultural Production (Paperback)

By: Thomas Poell

(Not) Getting Paid to Do What You Love: Gender, Social Media, and Aspirational Work

(Not) Getting Paid to Do What You Love: Gender, Social Media, and Aspirational Work

(Not) Getting Paid to Do What You Love: Gender, Social Media, and Aspirational Work

By: Brooke Erin Duffy

AI Ethics (Paperback)

AI Ethics (Paperback)

AI Ethics (Paperback)

By: Mark Coeckelbergh

Custodians of the Internet: Platforms, Content Moderation, and the Hidden Decisions That Shape Social Media (Hardcover)

Custodians of the Internet: Platforms, Content Moderation, and the Hidden Decisions That Shape Social Media (Hardcover)

Custodians of the Internet: Platforms, Content Moderation, and the Hidden Decisions That Shape Social Media (Hardcover)

By: Tarleton Gillespie

Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist (Hardcover)

Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist (Hardcover)

Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist (Hardcover)

By: Liz Pelly

Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention— and How to Think Deeply Again (Hardcover)

Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention— and How to Think Deeply Again (Hardcover)

Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention— and How to Think Deeply Again (Hardcover)

By: Johann Hari

Program or Be Programmed: Eleven Commands for the AI Future (Kindle Edition)

Program or Be Programmed: Eleven Commands for the AI Future (Kindle Edition)

Program or Be Programmed: Eleven Commands for the AI Future (Kindle Edition)

By: Douglas Rushkoff

Program or Be Programmed: Ten Commands for a Digital Age (Paperback)

Program or Be Programmed: Ten Commands for a Digital Age (Paperback)

Program or Be Programmed: Ten Commands for a Digital Age (Paperback)

By: Douglas Rushkoff

Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI (Kindle Edition)

Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI (Kindle Edition)

Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI (Kindle Edition)

By: Karen Hao

Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism (Hardcover)

Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism (Hardcover)

Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism (Hardcover)

By: Sarah Wynn-Williams

More Everything Forever: AI Overlords, Space Empires, and Silicon Valley's Crusade to Control the Fate of Humanity (Kindle Edition)

More Everything Forever: AI Overlords, Space Empires, and Silicon Valley's Crusade to Control the Fate of Humanity (Kindle Edition)

More Everything Forever: AI Overlords, Space Empires, and Silicon Valley's Crusade to Control the Fate of Humanity (Kindle Edition)

By: Adam Becker

Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man (Paperback)

Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man (Paperback)

Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man (Paperback)

By: Marshall McLuhan

The Medium is the Massage (Paperback)

The Medium is the Massage (Paperback)

The Medium is the Massage (Paperback)

By: Marshall McLuhan

The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood (Hardcover)

The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood (Hardcover)

The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood (Hardcover)

By: James Gleick

Digital contention in a divided society: Social media, parades and protests in Northern Ireland (Hardcover)

Digital contention in a divided society: Social media, parades and protests in Northern Ireland (Hardcover)

Digital contention in a divided society: Social media, parades and protests in Northern Ireland (Hardcover)

By: Paul Reilly

Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence (ebook)

Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence (ebook)

Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence (ebook)

By: Kate Crawford

Computing Taste: Algorithms and the Makers of Music Recommendation (Hardcover)

Computing Taste: Algorithms and the Makers of Music Recommendation (Hardcover)

Computing Taste: Algorithms and the Makers of Music Recommendation (Hardcover)

By: Nick Seaver

Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture (Kindle Edition)

Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture (Kindle Edition)

Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture (Kindle Edition)

By: Kyle Chayka

Algorithmic Reality (Hardcover)

Algorithmic Reality (Hardcover)

Algorithmic Reality (Hardcover)

By: David Sánchez

Automate This: How Algorithms Came to Rule Our World (Hardcover)

Automate This: How Algorithms Came to Rule Our World (Hardcover)

Automate This: How Algorithms Came to Rule Our World (Hardcover)

By: Christopher Steiner

Voices from the Valley: Tech Workers Talk About What They Do--and How They Do It (FSG Originals x Logic)

Voices from the Valley: Tech Workers Talk About What They Do--and How They Do It (FSG Originals x Logic)

Voices from the Valley: Tech Workers Talk About What They Do--and How They Do It (FSG Originals x Logic)

By: Ben Tarnoff

Unmasking AI: My Mission to Protect What Is Human in a World of Machines (Hardcover)

Unmasking AI: My Mission to Protect What Is Human in a World of Machines (Hardcover)

Unmasking AI: My Mission to Protect What Is Human in a World of Machines (Hardcover)

By: Joy Buolamwini

Platform Capitalism (Paperback)

Platform Capitalism (Paperback)

Platform Capitalism (Paperback)

By: Nick Srnicek

The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want (Hardcover)

The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want (Hardcover)

The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want (Hardcover)

By: Emily M. Bender

Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech (Hardcover)

Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech (Hardcover)

Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech (Hardcover)

By: Brian Merchant

How to Break Up with Your Phone: The 30-Day Plan to Take Back Your Life (Paperback)

How to Break Up with Your Phone: The 30-Day Plan to Take Back Your Life (Paperback)

How to Break Up with Your Phone: The 30-Day Plan to Take Back Your Life (Paperback)

By: Catherine Price

Mediatisation of Emotional Life (Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies)

Mediatisation of Emotional Life (Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies)

Mediatisation of Emotional Life (Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies)

By: Katarzyna Kopecka-Piech

Tech Agnostic: How Technology Became the World's Most Powerful Religion, and Why It Desperately Needs a Reformation (Hardcover)

Tech Agnostic: How Technology Became the World's Most Powerful Religion, and Why It Desperately Needs a Reformation (Hardcover)

Tech Agnostic: How Technology Became the World's Most Powerful Religion, and Why It Desperately Needs a Reformation (Hardcover)

By: Greg Epstein

Means of Control: How the Hidden Alliance of Tech and Government Is Creating a New American Surveillance State (Hardcover)

Means of Control: How the Hidden Alliance of Tech and Government Is Creating a New American Surveillance State (Hardcover)

Means of Control: How the Hidden Alliance of Tech and Government Is Creating a New American Surveillance State (Hardcover)

By: Byron Tau

It's Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens (Hardcover)

It's Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens (Hardcover)

It's Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens (Hardcover)

By: Danah Boyd

Raising Hell, Living Well: Freedom from Influence in a World Where Everyone Wants Something from You (including me)

Raising Hell, Living Well: Freedom from Influence in a World Where Everyone Wants Something from You (including me)

Raising Hell, Living Well: Freedom from Influence in a World Where Everyone Wants Something from You (including me)

By: Jessica Elefante

Feminist AI: Critical Perspectives on Algorithms, Data, and Intelligent Machines (Hardcover)

Feminist AI: Critical Perspectives on Algorithms, Data, and Intelligent Machines (Hardcover)

Feminist AI: Critical Perspectives on Algorithms, Data, and Intelligent Machines (Hardcover)

By: Jude Browne

Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want (Hardcover)

Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want (Hardcover)

Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want (Hardcover)

By: Ruha Benjamin

Critical Digital Pedagogy: A Collection (Kindle Edition)

Critical Digital Pedagogy: A Collection (Kindle Edition)

Critical Digital Pedagogy: A Collection (Kindle Edition)

By: Jesse Stommel