The artificial intelligence contagion : can democracy withstand the imminent transformation of work, wealth and the social order? / David Barnhizer & Daniel Barnhizer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barnhizer, David, 1944- author.

Barnhizer, Daniel D., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Employment forecasting.

Technological innovations--Economic aspects.

Technological innovations.

Artificial intelligence.

Robotics.

Physical Description:

341 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Atlanta, GA : Clarity Press, Inc., [2019]

Contents:

Part I Artificial Intelligence: A System Change Like None Other

Chapter 1 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly p. 1

Chapter 2 Change: Fast, Sweeping and Inexorable p. 13

Chapter 3 Experts' Predictions of Human Job Losses p. 19

Chapter 4 Like Us-Only Better? p. 29

Part II The AI/Robotics Contagion Is Ripping Apart Global Economic, Social and Political Systems

Chapter 5 AI Job Loss Is NOT a Cycle of Creative Destruction and Economic Rebirth p. 36

Chapter 6 AI/Robotics and the Great Decoupling of Economic Productivity and Job Creation p. 41

Chapter 7 AI/Robotics and Our Fragmenting Social Order p. 46

Chapter 8 Our Globalist Leaders Have Betrayed the American Worker p. 53

Chapter 9 The Social Costs of Disconnecting Productivity from the Needs of Labor p. 62

Chapter 10 What Will Our Unemployed Children Do? p. 66

Chapter 11 Winners and Losers in the Evolving Job Market p. 76

Chapter 12 Most Needed Skills Going Forward p. 92

Chapter 13 The Age Curse as the New Population Bomb p. 99

Chapter 14 AI/Robotics and the Special Case of China p. 110

Chapter 15 Six Case Studies p. 134

Chapter 16 If No One Is Working, Who Will Buy the Goods and Services? p. 154

Part III What Is AI and What Is It Doing To Us?

Chapter 17 Artifical Intelligence Systems: The Basics p. 162

Chapter 18 Do AI Systems Pose a Threat to Human Existence? p. 171

Chapter 19 How Would Advanced AI/Robotics Systems View Humans? p. 176

Chapter 20 The Mutating Effects of AI Technology p. 180

Part IV The Existing Economic and Social Ecosystem

Chapter 21 The United States Is Bankrupt p. 186

Chapter 22 "Collect It All, Know It All, Exploit It All" p. 199

Chapter 23 The Socially Destructive Consequences of the AI-Driven Internet p. 208

Chapter 24 Dismantling Google, Amazon and Facebook p. 215

Part V Moving Toward Solutions

Introduction to Part V: Moving Toward Solutions p. 230

Chapter 25 Innovative Revenue and Expenditure Strategies are Critical for Effective Solutions p. 234

Chapter 26 Priming the Pump: Strategies for Stability in an Al/ Robotics-Driven Economy p. 245

Chapter 27 Universal Basic Income (UBI): Solution or Catastrophe? p. 250

Chapter 28 Government Jobs and Private Sector Job Subsidies are More Vital than Generally Understood p. 262

Chapter 29 The Writing Is On the Wall p. 270.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780999874776

0999874772

OCLC:

1048442890