{"product_id":"the-new-fire-isbn-9780262046541","title":"The New Fire","description":"\u003cb\u003eArtificial intelligence is revolutionizing the world. Two AI policy experts reveal how democracies can come out on top—sharing cutting-edge research and insights from the intersection of AI and geopolitics.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArtificial intelligence is revolutionizing the modern world. It is ubiquitous—in our homes and offices, in the present and most certainly in the future. Today, we encounter AI as our distant ancestors once encountered fire. If we manage AI well, it will become a force for good, lighting the way to many transformative inventions. If we deploy it thoughtlessly, it will advance beyond our control. If we wield it for destruction, it will fan the flames of a new kind of war, one that holds democracy in the balance. As AI policy experts Ben Buchanan and Andrew Imbrie show in \u003ci\u003eThe New Fire\u003c\/i\u003e, few choices are more urgent—or more fascinating—than how we harness this technology and for what purpose.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe new fire has three sparks: data, algorithms, and computing power. These components fuel viral disinformation campaigns, new hacking tools, and military weapons that once seemed like science fiction. To autocrats, AI offers the prospect of centralized control at home and asymmetric advantages in combat. It is easy to assume that democracies, bound by ethical constraints and disjointed in their approach, will be unable to keep up. But such a dystopia is hardly preordained. Combining an incisive understanding of technology with shrewd geopolitical analysis, Buchanan and Imbrie show how AI can work for democracy. With the right approach, technology need not favor tyranny.Introduction 1\u003cbr\u003eI Ignition \u003cbr\u003e1 Data 13\u003cbr\u003e2 Algorithm 33\u003cbr\u003e3 Compute 59\u003cbr\u003e4 Failure 83\u003cbr\u003eII Fuel\u003cbr\u003e5 Inventing 107\u003cbr\u003e6 Killing 135\u003cbr\u003e7 Hacking 157\u003cbr\u003e8 Lying 183\u003cbr\u003eIII Wildfire \u003cbr\u003e9 Fear 211\u003cbr\u003e10 Hope 231\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments 251\u003cbr\u003eNotes 255\u003cbr\u003eIndex 317“[An] authoritative, coruscating analysis of [AI’s] current and future significance” \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e– \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrew Robinson,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e Nature\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe New Fire\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential guide to the age of artificial intelligence written by two of its leading scholars. Ben Buchanan and Andrew Imbrie help the reader understand the incredible promises and daunting perils of AI, while exploring the dramatic impact it could have on geopolitics in the decades ahead.” \u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eFormer Secretary of State Madeleine Albright\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe New Fire\u003c\/i\u003e provides a brilliant, exceedingly readable examination of the impact of artificial intelligence on all imaginable endeavors from war and peace to politics. It is equal parts highly informative, wonderfully descriptive, and more than a bit terrifying!”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eGeneral David Petraeus, US Army (Ret.); former Commander of the Surge in Iraq, US Central Command, and Coalition and US Forces in Afghanistan; former Director, CIA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Buchanan and Imbrie have created a highly readable walk through the history of machine learning and AI, using many original interviews to show us the personalities who made their mark in the field. Importantly, the book focuses as powerfully on the hope that AI brings to humanity as it does on fear—too often the dominant theme in this age of AI.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eRose Gottemoeller, Steven Házy Lecturer, Freeman-Spogli Institute, Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Mixing technical depth, history, ethical philosophy, and penetrant analysis, Buchanan and Imbrie offer a comprehensive perspective on the promise and perils of machine learning and artificial intelligence.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eVint Cerf, Internet Pioneer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eBen Buchanan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is on leave from his professorship at Georgetown University to serve in the Biden-Harris Administration as the Assistant Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Previously, he was also a Senior Faculty Fellow and Director of the CyberAI Project at the Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET) at Georgetown. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Hacker and the State \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Cybersecurity Dilemma\u003c\/i\u003e.  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrew Imbrie\u003c\/b\u003e is a Senior Fellow at CSET. He is currently on leave from Georgetown while serving in the State Department. He is the author of \u003ci\u003ePower on the Precipice\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe views and opinions expressed in this book are the authors’ alone and do not necessarily represent the views of the US government or Department of State. \u003ci\u003eThe New Fire\u003c\/i\u003e was completed prior to their entry into government service","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46299850440933,"sku":"NP9780262046541","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780262046541.jpg?v=1767740667","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-new-fire-isbn-9780262046541","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}