Kevin Roose

A New York Times bestselling author and tech columnist s counter intuitive guide to staying relevant and employable in the machine age by becoming irreplaceably human It s not a future scenario any more We ve been taught that to compete with automation and AI we ll have to become more like the machines themselves building up technical skills like coding But there s simply no way to keep up What if all the advice is wrong And what do we need to do instead to become futureproof We tend to think of automation as a blue collar phenomenon that will affect truck drivers factory workers and other people with repetitive manual jobs But it s much much broader than that Lawyers are being automated out of existence Last year JPMorgan Chase built a piece of software called COIN which uses machine learning to review complicated contracts and documents It used to take the firm s lawyers more than 300 000 hours every year to review all of those documents Now it takes a few seconds and requires just one human to run the program Doctors are being automated out of existence too Last summer a Chinese tech company built a deep learning algorithm that diagnosed brain cancer and other diseases faster and more accurately than a team of 15 top Chinese docto

THE AGI CHRONICLES is not a futurist manifesto, an academic chin-stroker, a corporate biography, or a self-help manual. Its the inside story of the birth of AGI, as told by the people who are bringing it into existence, or trying to stop it from coming into existence, and who are grappling with the consequences before anyone else.Building Artificial General Intelligence a machine that is as smart or smarter than humans, at everything our brains can do has been the goal for the worlds biggest technology companies for about the last decade, and it is probably the most consequential technological project in history. Only a few hundred people are fully awake to whats actually happening on the AI frontier, or how short the timelines are. Powerful AI will reshape society and most governments and big corporations already view this conclusion as obvious, as evidenced by the trillions of dollars theyre spending to get there first. New York Times journalist Kevin Roose may be the only person who can tell this story. He has put his life on hold, gone to the heart of the action, interviewed those who have been involved in building this technology, digging up secrets and putting together the first major behind-the-scenes account of this race.And the people building powerful AI are much, much weirder than youd think. If you dig beneath the corporate veneers, the AI scene here is full of messianic claims, cult-like dynamics, and a degree of belief in the inevitability and imminence of powerful AI that can strike the uninitiated as genuinely insane.This is gripping, characterful, first draft of history that reads like a non-fiction thriller, for readers of THE BIG SHORT, CARELESS PEOPLE and AMERICAN PROMETHEUS. Its the book that people will turn to one hundred years from now as a defining account of the moment our species was changed for ever.

A New York Times bestselling author and tech columnists counter-intuitive guide to staying relevant - and employable - in the machine age by becoming irreplaceably human.Its not a future scenario any more. Weve been taught that to compete with automation and AI, well have to become more like the machines themselves, building up technical skills like coding. But, theres simply no way to keep up. What if all the advice is wrong? And what do we need to do instead to become futureproof?We tend to think of automation as a blue-collar phenomenon that will affect truck drivers, factory workers, and other people with repetitive manual jobs. But its much, much broader than that. Lawyers are being automated out of existence. Last year, JPMorgan Chase built a piece of software called COIN, which uses machine learning to review complicated contracts and documents. It used to take the firms lawyers more than 300,000 hours every year to review all of those documents. Now, it takes a few seconds, and requires just one human to run the program. Doctors are being automated out of existence, too. Last summer, a Chinese tech company built a deep learning algorithm that diagnosed brain cancer and other diseases faster and more accurately than a team of 15 top Chinese doctors.Kevin Roose has spent the past few years studying the question of how people, communities, and organisations adapt to periods of change, from the Industrial Revolution to the present. And the insight that is sweeping through Silicon Valley as we speak -- that in an age dominated by machines, its human skills that really matter - is one of the more profound and counter-intuitive ideas hes discovered. Its the antidote to the doom-and-gloom worries many people feel when they think about AI and automation. And its something everyone needs to hear.In nine accessible, prescriptive chapters, Roose distills what he has learned about how we will survive the future, that the way to become futureproof is to become incredibly, irreplaceably human.

If Martin Scorseses film The Wolf of Wall Street is about the finance industrys greediest adults, Kevin Rooses Young Money is a look at those wolves as cubsAmazon.com Best Book of the MonthEvery year, thousands of eager graduates are hired by the worlds financial giants, where theyre taught the secrets of making obscene amounts of money -- as well as how to dress, talk, date, drink, and schmooze like real financiers. Young Money is the exclusive, inside story of this well-guarded world. Investigative reporter Kevin Roose shadows eight rookies as they are exposed to the exhausting workloads, huge bonuses, and recreational drugs that have always characterized Wall Street life. But they experience something new, too: an industry forever changed by the massive financial collapse of 2008. And as they get their Wall Street educations, they face hard questions about morality, prestige, and the value of their work.A great new read that doubles as a post-crash update to Michael LewisLiars Poker- Mother JonesA fun fast read that will make you laugh out loudFortune Magazine

¿Qué significa ser humano en un mundo construido cada vez más por y para máquinas?Las máquinas ya están aquí; la automatización está sustituyendo los trabajos de las personas, la inteligencia artificial se ha colocado en el centro de los negocios y de nuestras vidas, y los algoritmos dan forma a todo lo que nos rodea. EnFutureproof: 9 reglas para los humanos en la era de la automatizacion, Kevin Roose rechaza la creencia popular de que paracompetir con las maquinas tenemos que parecernos a ellas: hipereficientes, basadas en datos, caballos de batalla al servicio del codigo. En su lugar, sostiene que debemos dejar a las maquinas ser maquinas y enfocarnos en hacer las actividades creativas, inspiradoras y con sentido que nos distinguen como seres humanos. Para lograrlo, nos comparte nueve lecciones para reflexionar, sobrevivir al cambio tecnologico y proteger nuestro futuro:Regla 1. Se sorprendente, sociable y excepcional.Regla 2. Resiste el embate de las maquinas.Regla 3. Haz a un lado tus dispositivos.Regla 4. Deja huella.Regla 5. No seas un punto de conexion.Regla 6. Trata la IA como si fuera un ejercito de chimpances.Regla 7. Construye redes grandes y pequeñas.Regla 8. Aprende humanidades para la era de las maquinas.Regla 9. Arma a los rebeldes.Una vision pragmatica y esperanzadora sobre como podemos defendernos del paso arrasador de la automatizacion y como alcanzar el exito en la era de las maquinas al convertirnos en humanos irremplazables.

A practical, deeply reported survival guide for the age of AI, written by the New York Times tech columnist who has introduced millions to the promise and pitfalls of artificial intelligencenow featuring a new afterword. Artificial intelligence can be terrifying, but Kevin Roose provides a clear, compelling strategy for surviving the next wave of technology with our jobsand soulsintact.Charles Duhigg, author of The Power of HabitIts time to get real about AI. After decades of hype and sci-fi fantasies, AIartificial intelligenceis leaping out of research labs and into the center of our lives. Millions of people now use tools like ChatGPT and DALL-E 2 to write essays, create art and finish coding projects. AI programs are already beating humans in fields like law, medicine and entertainment, and theyre getting better every day. But AI doesnt just threaten our jobs. It shapes our entire human experience, steering our behavior and influencing our choices about which TV shows to watch, which clothes to buy, and which politicians to vote for. And while many experts argue about whether a robot apocalypse is near, one critical question has gone unanswered: In a world where AI is ascendant, how can humans survive and thrive? In Futureproof: 9 Rules for Surviving in the Age of AI, New York Times technology columnist Kevin Roose shares the secrets of people and organizations that have successfully navigated waves of technological change, and explains what skills are necessary to stay ahead of the curve today, with lessons like Be surprising, social, and scarce Resist machine drift Leave handprints Demote your devices Treat AI like a chimp army Roose rejects the conventional wisdom that in order to compete with AI, we have to become more like robots ourselveshyper-efficient, data-driven workhorses. Instead, he says, we should focus on being more human, and doing the kinds of creative, inspiring, and meaningful things even the most advanced algorithms cant do.

«Una guía concisa, esclarecedora y sofisticada para defender los valores humanos en la nueva era de las máquinas.»The New York Times Book Review Las máquinas ya están aquí. Los algoritmos dan forma a

¿Qué significa ser humano en un mundo construido cada vez más por y para máquinas?Las máquinas ya están aquí; la automatización está sustituyendo los trabajos de las personas, la inteligencia artificial se ha colocado en el centro de los negocios y de nuestras vidas, y los algoritmos dan forma a todo lo que nos rodea. EnFutureproof: 9 reglas para los humanos en la era de la automatizacion, Kevin Roose rechaza la creencia popular de que paracompetir con las maquinas tenemos que parecernos a ellas: hipereficientes, basadas en datos, caballos de batalla al servicio del codigo. En su lugar, sostiene que debemos dejar a las maquinas ser maquinas y enfocarnos en hacer las actividades creativas, inspiradoras y con sentido que nos distinguen como seres humanos. Para lograrlo, nos comparte nueve lecciones para reflexionar, sobrevivir al cambio tecnologico y proteger nuestro futuro:Regla 1. Se sorprendente, sociable y excepcional.Regla 2. Resiste el embate de las maquinas.Regla 3. Haz a un lado tus dispositivos.Regla 4. Deja huella.Regla 5. No seas un punto de conexion.Regla 6. Trata la IA como si fuera un ejercito de chimpances.Regla 7. Construye redes grandes y pequeñas.Regla 8. Aprende humanidades para la era de las maquinas.Regla 9. Arma a los rebeldes.Una vision pragmatica y esperanzadora sobre como podemos defendernos del paso arrasador de la automatizacion y como alcanzar el exito en la era de las maquinas al convertirnos en humanos irremplazables.