{"product_id":"how-to-stay-smart-in-a-smart-world-isbn-9780262046954","title":"How to Stay Smart in a Smart World","description":"\u003cb\u003eHow to stay in charge in a world populated by algorithms that beat us in chess, find us romantic partners, and tell us to “turn right in 500 yards.”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDoomsday prophets of technology predict that robots will take over the world, leaving humans behind in the dust. Tech industry boosters think replacing people with software might make the world a better place—while tech industry critics warn darkly about surveillance capitalism. Despite their differing views of the future, they all seem to agree: machines will soon do everything better than humans. In \u003ci\u003eHow to Stay Smart in a Smart World\u003c\/i\u003e, Gerd Gigerenzer shows why that’s not true, and tells us how we can stay in charge in a world populated by algorithms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMachines powered by artificial intelligence are good at some things (playing chess), but not others (life-and-death decisions, or anything involving uncertainty). Gigerenzer explains why algorithms often fail at finding us romantic partners (love is not chess), why self-driving cars fall prey to the Russian Tank Fallacy, and how judges and police rely increasingly on nontransparent “black box” algorithms to predict whether a criminal defendant will reoffend or show up in court. He invokes \u003ci\u003eBlack Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e, considers the privacy paradox (people want privacy but give their data away), and explains that social media get us hooked by programming intermittent reinforcement in the form of the “like” button. We shouldn’t trust smart technology unconditionally, Gigerenzer tells us, but we shouldn’t fear it unthinkingly, either.Introduction ix\u003cbr\u003ePart I: The Human Affair with AI\u003cbr\u003e1 Is True Love Just a Click Away? 3\u003cbr\u003e2 What AI Is Best At: The Stable-World Principle 21\u003cbr\u003e3 Machines Influence How We Think about Intelligence 41\u003cbr\u003e4 Are Self-Driving Cars Just Down the Road? 49\u003cbr\u003e5 Common Sense and AI 73\u003cbr\u003e6 One Data Point Can Beat Big Data 93\u003cbr\u003ePart II: High Stakes\u003cbr\u003e7 Transparency 113\u003cbr\u003e8 Sleepwalking into Surveillance 139\u003cbr\u003e9 The Psychology of Getting Users Hooked 173\u003cbr\u003e10 Safety and Self-Control 187\u003cbr\u003e11 Fact or Fake? 199\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments 227\u003cbr\u003eNotes 229\u003cbr\u003eBibliography 255\u003cbr\u003eIndex 285\"Anyone worried about the age of AI will sleep better after reading this intelligent account.\" \u003cbr\u003e — \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A seriously compelling, eye opening, and well researched investigation.”\u003cbr\u003e — \u003cb\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Persuasive.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e The Times UK \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Gigerenzer deftly explains the limits and dangers of technology and AI.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e New Scientist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Essential reading for anyone exposed to technology that shapes our behavior rather than meeting our needs. In other words, it is essential reading for all of us.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e Morning Star\u003c\/b\u003e“This is a masterful weaving of different facets of artificial intelligence that manages to cover some extremely complex topics in a way that non-specialists can readily understand. It is also highly readable—Gigerenzer is such a good writer, and his examples are very compelling. I think it is an essential read because it provides an important perspective on AI for all those who are tired of being bombarded by hype and exaggerated claims, and for those who are rightfully worried about the dangers to society that are posed by AI.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Gary Klein, Ph.D., author of \u003ci\u003eSources of Power: How People Make Decisions\u003c\/i\u003e, and CEO of ShadowBox LLC\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In clear, unencumbered, and unpretentious prose, Gigerenzer demystifies the logic of our ‘smart’ societies. And despite cataloguing many depressing examples of the ambitions of big tech, the overall message of the book—and indeed the author’s view of human nature—is empowering.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—John Zerilli, University of Oxford, co-author of \u003ci\u003eA Citizen’s Guide to Artificial Intelligence\u003c\/i\u003e (MIT Press)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Gerd Gigerenzer is the most original and coherent follower of the bounded rationality tradition of Herbert Simon in economics and decision making. This inspiring book dispels many myths about the predictive power of connectionist AI,  describes its failures to tackle  uncertain and unstable phenomena, and relaunches the simulationist psychological approach as the best way towards an ethical and Human AI.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Riccardo Viale, Full Professor in Behavioral Sciences and Cognitive Economics, University of Milano Bicocca and Secretary General of Herbert Simon Society\u003c\/b\u003eGerd Gigerenzer is Director of the Harding Center for Risk Literacy at the University of Potsdam, Director Emeritus at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, and Partner of Simply Rational—the Institute for Decisions. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eCalculated Risks\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGut Feelings\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Risk Savvy\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e How to Stay Smart in a Smart World \u003c\/i\u003e(MIT Press).","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303041814757,"sku":"NP9780262046954","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780262046954.jpg?v=1767729468","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/how-to-stay-smart-in-a-smart-world-isbn-9780262046954","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}