Almighty Machine, The - How Digitalization Is Destroying Everything That Is Dear to Us

The hymn of Digitalization emphasizes the need to create new apps, develop AI, and use technology to halt climate change and let robots do the dumb stuff for us. However, Pekka Vahvanen's critique suggests that technological development may be undermining our quality of life, with data streams shattering concentration, human relationships reduced to emojis, constant surveillance nullifying privacy, and the development of AI potentially leading to the end of us. The question is raised: Does progress no longer make us happier?

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 248 pages
Publication date: 25 February 2022
Publisher: John Hunt Publishing

The hymn of Digitalization is nothing new: We must encourage the creation of new apps. We must develop AI in order to prevail among international competition. Technology's advance will halt climate change and let robots do the dumb stuff for us. Our faith in technology is powerful because it has saved us in the past. The Almighty Machine shows us technologys flip side. The things that once powered us toward a brighter tomorrow are already undermining our quality of life. The data stream has shattered our concentration, human relationships have been reduced to a menu of emojis, constant surveillance has nullified much of our privacy, and the development of AI could be the beginning of the end for us. We are becoming the casualties of our own success. Pekka Vahvanen's bristling and timely critique, deftly translated by Mark Jones, throws doubt on the necessity of technological development in a world saturated in tech. The Almighty Machine presents an important question: Does progress no longer make us happier?

The hymn of Digitalization is nothing new: We must encourage the creation of new apps. We must develop AI in order to prevail among international competition. Technology's advance will halt climate change and let robots do the dumb stuff for us. Our faith in technology is powerful because it has saved us in the past. The Almighty Machine shows us technologys flip side. The things that once powered us toward a brighter tomorrow are already undermining our quality of life. The data stream has shattered our concentration, human relationships have been reduced to a menu of emojis, constant surveillance has nullified much of our privacy, and the development of AI could be the beginning of the end for us. We are becoming the casualties of our own success.

Pekka Vahvanen's bristling and timely critique, deftly translated by Mark Jones, throws doubt on the necessity of technological development in a world saturated in tech. The Almighty Machine presents an important question: Does progress no longer make us happier?

Weight: 250g
Dimension: 141 x 215 x 20 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781789048988