{"product_id":"love-machines","title":"Love Machines","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eA captivating and uncanny journey to the frontier of\nhuman-computer interaction, exploring what happens to our relationships with\neach other as artificial intelligence enters our personal lives.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eFriends. Lovers. Therapists. 'Deathbots'. AI is taking on\nunprecedented roles for millions of us every day – but how are these new\n'relationships' rewiring us?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eBeyond those who are using chatbots for everyday tasks, many\nare turning to them as friends, mentors and sexual and romantic partners. Some\nare men who are preparing to adopt children with their AI partners; others are\nreaching out to companies offering 'deathbot' services based on a deceased\nloved one's text messages and voicemails; others still look to therapy bots to\nfind treatment for their mental health issues.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn Love Machines, James Muldoon examines these new forms of\nlove, in-timacy and connection, drawing on myriad interviews with users and\ndevelopers from around the world – as well as psychologists, academics and\nchatbots themselves. As he navigates these interactions, Muldoon asks whether\nthey might one day be a replacement for the relationships we have with each\nother, while also revealing how the unregulated corporations facili-tating them\nare seeking to profit from an emerging 'loneliness economy'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAs the line between the digital and the real becomes\nincreasingly blurred, and in a world that feels lonelier by the day, Love\nMachines is a timely survey of the next generation of human-computer\nrelationships – and how they are not only changing our relationship with\ntechnology, but with each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'AI began at our desks, drafting emails . . . Now we\nwhisper secrets to it.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Muldoon\u003c\/b\u003e is a Reader in Management at the Essex\nBusiness School and a Research Associate at the Oxford Internet Institute. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHe is the author of five books, including \u003cb\u003eFeeding the\nMachine: The Hidden Human Labour Powering AI with Mark Graham and Callum Cant.\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHis work has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Los\nAngeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e, and the BBC, among other platforms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TIMES DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44877707378895,"sku":"9780571399277","price":29.98,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_b1c32495-036c-4a18-a70b-2020daa5b06c.jpg?v=1772441865","url":"https:\/\/popular.baby\/products\/love-machines","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}