The Big Nine: How the Tech Titans and Their Thinking Machines Could Warp Humanity

　　我們總是相信，未來人工智能將不可或缺，而背後操控人工智能的，還是我們人類。然而，會不會其實我們根本沒有任何控制權呢？以智慧型裝置Alexa來說，我們和Alexa對話後，就提供了數據資料給我們根本看不到、且無監控機制的系統，這樣的狀況下，我們又能控制什麼呢？

　　九大企業——Amazon、Google、Facebook、Tencent、百度、阿里巴巴、微軟、IBM和Apple——可以說是人工智能的最新主宰，並且正一點一滴的改變我們的未來以為他們的企業創下更大的利潤。

　　Amy Webb為我們揭露，人工智能願景早已不如我們所想，無論是為這個體系工作的人、發揚人工智能的動機乃至人工智能本身，都已經變調了。在我們有生之年，人工智能將會被研發成行為難以預料、想法和動作都會與人類邏輯相左的系統。

　　看完本書，我們會找到改變的途徑，並讓我們從程式演算的決策與企業操控下解放出來。（文/博客來編譯）

　

作者簡介

　　Amy Webb is a quantitative futurist whose research focus is on artificial intelligence and how emerging technologies will transform the way we live, work, and govern. She is the author of The Signals Are Talking: Why Today's Fringe Is Tomorrow's Mainstream, a professor of strategic foresight at the NYU Stern School of Business, and the founder of the Future Today Institute, a leading future forecasting firm that helps leaders and their organizations prepare for complex futures. Now in its second decade, FTI advises Fortune 500 and Global 1000 companies, government agencies, large nonprofits, universities and startups around the world. Amy also publishes the annual FTI Emerging Tech Trends Report, which has now garnered more than 6.2 million cumulative views worldwide.