Machines Behaving Badly

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'[Walsh] makes a persuasive case that AI will eventually have as big an impact as the Industrial Revolution. ... [his] sparky book provides a useful history of AI, a good analysis of our current state of knowledge, and a provocative guide to the future.' * <i>Financial Times</i> * 'AI is more than the machine. It's as much about us and our society that creates and, in turn, is changed by it. This is a thrilling and alarming vision that Machines Behaving Badly effortlessly shares through engaging stories and insights from a researcher at the forefront of this global transformation.' -- Alan Duffy 'Walsh reminds us that machines can gather data really well but they can't think, so we're in charge.' -- RObyn Douglass * <i>The Daily Telegraph</i> * Author featured in The Guardian. 'Machines Behaving Badly is a good introduction to the unintended consequences of AI, and contains some genuinely thought-provoking insights into the quirks of the people behind them.' * <i>Engineering and Technology Magazine</i> * 'Walsh speaks from a position of authority about the benefits of caution and reflection, which serves as a critical counterweight to the breathless utopianism that is not uncommon in the field.' -- Lizzy O'Shea * <i>The Saturday Paper</i> * 'Walsh demystifies the utopian promises of AI and attacks the dangerous but resilient fallacy that computers never lie.' -- Kurt Johnson * <i>The Age</i> *