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Collaborative Intelligence
How Humans and AI Are Transforming Our World
ISBN: 9780262550789
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: December 17, 2024
A deep look into the multifaceted landscape of artificial intelligence, considering AI's ethical and societal implications and celebrating its diverse and innovative applications.
The Emperor's New Nudity
The Return of Authoritarianism and the Digital Obscene
ISBN: 9780262549042
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: December 3, 2024
An analysis of contemporary authoritarianism and the medium in which it flourishes, the internet, and what lies at the complex intersection of authority and technology.
Pioneering Progress
American Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy
ISBN: 9780262549448
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 29, 2024
An expert exploration of the foundations of America's science and technology policies, and the dynamics of its innovation system.
Politics Recoded
The Infrastructural Organizing of Code for America
ISBN: 9780262549455
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 24, 2024
The first detailed history of Code for America that examines how democratically designed government systems can collectively improve technology's impact on society.
Taming Silicon Valley
How We Can Ensure That AI Works for Us
ISBN: 9780262551069
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 24, 2024
How Big Tech is taking advantage of us, how AI is making it worse, and how we can create a thriving, AI-positive world.
Cloud Policy
A History of Regulating Pipelines, Platforms, and Data
ISBN: 9780262548069
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 17, 2024
How the United States' regulation of broadband pipelines, digital platforms, and data—together understood as “the cloud”—has eroded civil liberties, democratic principles, and the foundation of the public interest over the past century.
Fantasies of Virtual Reality
Untangling Fiction, Fact, and Threat
ISBN: 9780262549165
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 10, 2024
The fantasies that underpin common perceptions of Virtual Reality—and what we need to know about VR's potential risks as well as its opportunities.
From Pessimism to Promise
Lessons from the Global South on Designing Inclusive Tech
ISBN: 9780262049306
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 3, 2024
A radical paradigm shift in the way we think about AI and tech, taking hope and inspiration from the aspirational users of new technologies around the world.
The Game That Never Ends
How Lawyers Shape the Videogame Industry
ISBN: 9780262549394
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: August 27, 2024
A guide to the fascinating legal history of the videogame industry, written for nonlawyers.
Blockchain Governance
ISBN: 9780262549059
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: August 20, 2024
An engaging and comprehensive exploration of how fundamental ideas in political and legal thought shape the governance of blockchain communities, and are, in turn, shaped by blockchain technology.
Collaborative Intelligence
How Humans and AI Are Transforming Our World
ISBN: 9780262550789
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: December 17, 2024
A deep look into the multifaceted landscape of artificial intelligence, considering AI's ethical and societal implications and celebrating its diverse and innovative applications.
The Emperor's New Nudity
The Return of Authoritarianism and the Digital Obscene
ISBN: 9780262549042
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: December 3, 2024
An analysis of contemporary authoritarianism and the medium in which it flourishes, the internet, and what lies at the complex intersection of authority and technology.
Pioneering Progress
American Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy
ISBN: 9780262549448
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 29, 2024
An expert exploration of the foundations of America's science and technology policies, and the dynamics of its innovation system.
Politics Recoded
The Infrastructural Organizing of Code for America
ISBN: 9780262549455
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 24, 2024
The first detailed history of Code for America that examines how democratically designed government systems can collectively improve technology's impact on society.
Taming Silicon Valley
How We Can Ensure That AI Works for Us
ISBN: 9780262551069
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 24, 2024
How Big Tech is taking advantage of us, how AI is making it worse, and how we can create a thriving, AI-positive world.
Cloud Policy
A History of Regulating Pipelines, Platforms, and Data
ISBN: 9780262548069
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 17, 2024
How the United States' regulation of broadband pipelines, digital platforms, and data—together understood as “the cloud”—has eroded civil liberties, democratic principles, and the foundation of the public interest over the past century.
Fantasies of Virtual Reality
Untangling Fiction, Fact, and Threat
ISBN: 9780262549165
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 10, 2024
The fantasies that underpin common perceptions of Virtual Reality—and what we need to know about VR's potential risks as well as its opportunities.
From Pessimism to Promise
Lessons from the Global South on Designing Inclusive Tech
ISBN: 9780262049306
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 3, 2024
A radical paradigm shift in the way we think about AI and tech, taking hope and inspiration from the aspirational users of new technologies around the world.
The Game That Never Ends
How Lawyers Shape the Videogame Industry
ISBN: 9780262549394
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: August 27, 2024
A guide to the fascinating legal history of the videogame industry, written for nonlawyers.
Blockchain Governance
ISBN: 9780262549059
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: August 20, 2024
An engaging and comprehensive exploration of how fundamental ideas in political and legal thought shape the governance of blockchain communities, and are, in turn, shaped by blockchain technology.