The Economy of Algorithms

AI and the Rise of the Digital Minions
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-5292-4246-1
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 136 mm x 212 mm, Gewicht: 278 g

Welcome to the economy of algorithms. It’s here and it’s growing. In the past few years, we have been flooded with examples of impressive technology. Algorithms have been around for hundreds of years, but they have only recently begun to ‘escape’ our understanding. When algorithms perform certain tasks, they’re not just as good as us, they’re becoming infinitely better, and, at the same time, massively more surprising. We are so impressed by what they can do that we give them a lot of agency. But because they are so hard to comprehend, this leads to all kinds of unintended consequences.

In the 20th century, things were simple: we had the economy of corporations. In the first two decades of the 21st century, we saw the emergence of the economy of people, otherwise known as the digital economy, enabled by the internet. Now we’re seeing a new economy take shape: the economy of algorithms.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kowalkiewicz, Marek

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Programmierung | Softwareentwicklung Algorithmen & Datenstrukturen
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Künstliche Intelligenz Wissensbasierte Systeme, Expertensysteme
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Wissenssoziologie, Wissenschaftssoziologie, Techniksoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Freizeitsoziologie, Konsumsoziologie, Alltagssoziologie, Populärkultur
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Digital Lifestyle

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: The Economy of Algorithms Is Here

Part 1: How Did We Get Here?

1. The March of the Algorithms

2. New Agents Enter the Economy

3. New Digital Frontiers

Part 2: How Algorithms Affect Us All

4. How Do You Advertise to a Fridge?

5. Can an Algorithm Take Your Job?

6. Do Algorithms Dream of Electric Sheep?

Part 3: Nine Rules for the Age of Algorithms

7. Be the Minion Master

8. Be Relentlessly Curious

9. Be Boldly Optimistic

Conclusion: Human Agency

Über Autor(innen)

Kowalkiewicz, Marek
Marek Kowalkiewicz is founding director of the Queensland University of Technology Research Centre for the Digital Economy. He previously led innovation teams in Silicon Valley for one of the largest enterprise software vendors in the world. In 2023, Thinkers360 included him in its list of the Top 100 Global Thought Leaders in Artificial Intelligence.