40 Myths About Privacy, Jobs, AI, and Today's Innovation Economy
Buch, Englisch, 215 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 540 g
ISBN: 978-3-031-52348-9
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland
Technologies and tech companies are routinely accused of creating many societal problems. This book exposes these charges as mostly myths, falsehoods, and exaggerations.
Technology Fears and Scapegoats debunks 40 widespread myths about Big Tech, Big Data, AI, privacy, trust, polarization, automation, and similar fears, while exposing the scapegoating behind these complaints. The result is a balanced and positive view of the societal impact of technology thus far.
The book takes readers through the steps and mindset necessary to restore the West’s belief in technological progress. Each individual chapter provides a cogent and often controversial rebuttal to a common tech accusation. The resulting text will inspire conversations among tech insiders, policymakers, and the general public alike.Zielgruppe
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Introduction: The roots and risks of today’s techno-mythologies
Society & culture
Myth 1: Technology is changing the world as never before
Myth 2: Technology is destroying individual privacy
Myth 3: Social media is polarizing America
Myth 4: Technology is driving today’s societal distrust
Myth 5: AI’s arrival is an atomic bomb moment
Myth 6: Social media is the leading source of misinformation
Myth 7: Your data is gold
Myth 8: Digital technology is dangerously “addictive”
Myth 9: The internet is extinguishing local languages
Myth 10: Social media is an existential threat to democracyTechnology & Big Tech
Myth 11: The pace of technology change is accelerating
Myth 12: Technology increases societal biases
Myth 13: Big Tech faces no competition
Myth 14: Silicon Valley doesn’t value diversity
Myth 15: Facial recognition is inherently biased
Myth 16: Big Tech should be arbiters of “the truth”
Myth 17: Digital technology is increasingly disruptive
Myth 18: Strong privacy regulations spur digital adoption
Myth 19: Big Tech practices “data imperialism” in emerging markets
Myth 20: Big Data systems can’t protect individual privacyJobs & the economy
Myth 21: Data is the new oil
Myth 22: Productivity gains no longer benefit U.S. workers
Myth 23: Corporate profits are at an all-time high
Myth 24: Technology is wiping out the middle class
Myth 25: AI will lead to the end of work
Myth 26: Digital copying is victimless
Myth 27: U.S. broadband lags behind other developed nations
Myth 28: The internet is destroying journalism
Myth 29: Market concentration is at an all-time high
Myth 30: Big Pharma is driving high health care costsGlobal competition & strategy
Myth 31: Small businesses create most new Jobs and innovations
Myth 32: We have all the technology we need to fight climate change
Myth 33: China has invented a new form of capitalism
Myth 34: American manufacturing is roaring back
Myth 35: India will save the west from China
Myth 36: The EU’s digital rules are a model for the world
Myth 37: Antitrust actions are needed to curb Big Tech
Myth 38: Federal R&D crowds out private R&D
Myth 39: Industrial policy is not the American way
Myth 40: Industrial policy doesn’t workConclusion: Returning to a pro-innovation American agenda
