نبوءة | التنبؤ، والقوة، والصراع من أجل المستقبل، من العرافين القدماء إلى الذكاء الاصطناعي

An award-winning professor from the University of Oxford offers a fascinating and important new look at prophecies – the predictions that shape the course of our lives, from our personal finances and the quality of healthcare we receive, to the news and social media we consume and the products that are imposed on us. Today's computer scientists play the same role as ancient world priests and medieval astrologers. Modern forecasts not only provide advice on wars, crop production and marriage, but algorithms and statisticians also determine whether we can get a loan, a job, an apartment or even an organ transplant. When we give in to these expectations, we lose control of our lives. In this powerful and inspiring new look at the many ways expectations shape our daily lives, Professor Carissa Velez from the University of Oxford shows how over-reliance on the expectations of others leaves us vulnerable to fraudsters, deceivers, questionable technology and self-deception. By examining a wide range of personal and societal topics, including medicine, climate, technology, society, and more, Velez reveals a number of important insights: predictions about humans tend to be self-fulfilling prophecies; More data does not necessarily guarantee better results; Artificial intelligence is more likely to increase risks than to reduce them; A free and strong society requires not more predictions, but better preparation. In this insightful and innovative book, Velez argues that the main promise of forecasting is not knowledge of the future, but control over others. Prophecy is a call to defy those orders and live life on our own terms.