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542 reviews for:
The New Age of Sexism: How AI and Emerging Technologies are Reinventing Misogyny
Laura Bates
4.48 AVERAGE
542 reviews for:
The New Age of Sexism: How AI and Emerging Technologies are Reinventing Misogyny
Laura Bates
4.48 AVERAGE
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Fascinating and terrifying, with Bates’ usual relentless rigour
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Woah. This book was honestly terrifying to read but I think a very important read.
As Bates outlines, the main societal 'fear' of AI is akin to some sci fi film about robots taking over the world. But the real issues and dangers that threaten women today are ignored.
Learning about cyberbrothels, ai girlfriends, sex robots was challenging. The ease of being able to act out deeply misogynistic and dangerous fantasies online through realistic AI is concerning, especially for impressionable young boys.
Some of the examples were disgusting and I do think AI in general in creating an echo chamber society, where there's no original thought or critical thinking.
This would've been a five star for me but at the end, Bates mentions how she used AI for research of the book and how it could be used in positive ways such as preventing climate change. Which I thought was odd considering the environmental impact of AI.
And also thought it was strange to write a book critiquing AI but also use AI to research. It may seem small but the growing use of AI for tasks like research and writing of books is damaging for the creative industries. We need books like this one showing different ideas and original research and it was disappointing she didn't mention the threat of AI on that.
As Bates outlines, the main societal 'fear' of AI is akin to some sci fi film about robots taking over the world. But the real issues and dangers that threaten women today are ignored.
Learning about cyberbrothels, ai girlfriends, sex robots was challenging. The ease of being able to act out deeply misogynistic and dangerous fantasies online through realistic AI is concerning, especially for impressionable young boys.
Some of the examples were disgusting and I do think AI in general in creating an echo chamber society, where there's no original thought or critical thinking.
This would've been a five star for me but at the end, Bates mentions how she used AI for research of the book and how it could be used in positive ways such as preventing climate change. Which I thought was odd considering the environmental impact of AI.
And also thought it was strange to write a book critiquing AI but also use AI to research. It may seem small but the growing use of AI for tasks like research and writing of books is damaging for the creative industries. We need books like this one showing different ideas and original research and it was disappointing she didn't mention the threat of AI on that.
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Just like the law trails behind emerging technology, i think it is quite hard to write a book like this and not have some parts already dated. It is what it is. Nevertheless, it is an interesting, somewhat comprehensive read (although not “fun” per se). Ultimately, a book about same old misogyny. I think the chapters about deepfakes and AI companions were the best. I wish there was more about the design considerations beyond one chapter (most of the book focused on the customer end of products)