The new empire of AI : The future of global inequality / Rachel Adams.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-201) and index.

Introduction : The AI divide. Empire's inequalities ; Empire, old and new ; The majority world -- A new world order. The dawn of AI ; Rulers of the world ; The racial atate -- The cost of AI. Billion-dollar enterprises ; Colonial economics ; Technology diffusion -- The material World of AI. AI's beginnings ; The battle for the heart of darkness ; The electric storm -- The new division of Labour. Equal to or somewhat better than an unskilled human ; Rationalizing informality ; I am not a robot ; Workers, resist! -- Fit For What Purpose? Blood money ; Biometric empires -- One language to rule them all. A new frontier ; Dominant worldviews ; In the margins -- The way out. The limits and new horizons of AI ethics ; What governments and governance should do ; A different kind of leader -- Coda : the new politics of revolution. This will affect us all ; The time for action is now.

"As AI takes hold across the planet and wealthy nations seek to position themselves as global leaders of this new technology, the gap is widening between those who benefit from it and those who are subjugated by it. As Rachel Adams shows in this hard-hitting book, growing inequality is the single biggest threat to the transformative potential of AI. Not only is AI built on an unequal global system of power, it stands poised to entrench existing inequities, further consolidating a new age of empire. AI's impact on inequality will not be experienced in poorer countries only: it will be felt everywhere. The effects will be seen in intensified international migration as opportunities become increasingly concentrated in wealthier nations; in heightened political instability and populist politics; and in climate-related disasters caused by an industry blind to its environmental impact across supply chains. We need to act now to address these issues. Only if the current inequitable trajectory of AI is halted, the incentives changed and the production and use of AI decentralized from wealthier nations will AI be able to deliver on its promise to build a better world for all."--from the inside front flap.

In English.