{"product_id":"last-words-large-language-models-and-the-ai-apocalypse-9781734643558","title":"Last Words: Large Language Models and the AI Apocalypse","description":"\u003cb\u003eA critical exegesis of large language models, like ChatGPT, and recent advances in artificial intelligence.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e If speech has long been an emblem of the human species, then talking machines seem to be harbingers of some kind of technological singularity. Indeed, if the brilliance--or at least eloquence--of large language models is any indication, we seem to be poised at the threshold of general AI, a form of artificial intelligence that will not only surpass human intelligence but maybe even replace humans altogether. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This slim text lays out a critical genealogy of the highly contested relation between human values, machinic parameters, and corporate powers. It also provides a theory of the reasons for, and effects of, our current social and technological horizon. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-12834115\"\u003ePaul Kockelman\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Prickly Paradigm Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/05\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 60\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.90h x 4.50w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781734643558\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1734643552\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-COM\"\u003eComputers\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-COM042000\"\u003eArtificial Intelligence | Natural Language Processing\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LAN\"\u003eLanguage Arts \u0026amp; Disciplines\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LAN009000\"\u003eLinguistics | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-TEC\"\u003eTechnology \u0026amp; Engineering\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-TEC052000\"\u003eSocial Aspects\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Kockelman\u003c\/b\u003e teaches in the Department of Anthropology at Yale University. He is the author of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Interpretation in the Age of Computation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Anthropology of Intensity\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Chicken and the Quetzal\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Prickly Paradigm Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48457205481709,"sku":"9781734643558","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_351b4037-5f08-4fe0-9238-d8cc1c7b3ec9.jpg?v=1753577707","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/es\/products\/last-words-large-language-models-and-the-ai-apocalypse-9781734643558","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}