We will meet in Room Bee 3 on the first floor of the Beeston Library to discuss the book. Please come along even if you haven't read it: it's an occasion to discuss humanist issues and meet other people interested in humanism.
Description:
From the journalist and bestselling author of Enshittification and The Internet Con comes a brilliantly framed and powerful investigation into the impact of AI on our lives and why we should ask not only what the technology does but who it is doing it for - and to.
Whether you want to criticise, kill, or use AI, you have to get through the hype and uncover the real story. Start with labour: in automation theory, a centaur is a person who chooses to use technology to help them do the things that matter to them. A reverse centaur is a person who has been conscripted to serve as a helper for a machine, at an inhuman, machine pace: a driver made to deliver all day long, nonstop; a warehouse worker made to work without food or bathroom breaks; a programmer made to crank out impossible amounts of code. As Doctorow says: it's not enough to ask what the technology does - we have to understand who it's doing it for and who it's doing it to.
This event is free to attend, but we welcome any donations, which help with our running costs.
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Location
Foster Avenue
Beeston
Nottingham, NG9 1AE
United Kingdom