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100	1		_aAdams, Rachel _eauthor. _q(Rachel Margaret),
245	1	4	_aThe new empire of AI : _bThe future of global inequality / _cRachel Adams.
246	3	0	_aFuture of global inequality
264		1	_aCambridge, England, United Kingdom ; _aHoboken, New Jersey : _bPolity, _c2025.
264		4	_c©2025
300			_a204 pages : _billustrations (black & white), maps ; _c23 cm.
336			_2rdacontent _atext
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 196-201) and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction : 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.
520			_a"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.
546			_aIn English.
650		0	_aArtificial intelligence _xSocial aspects.
650		0	_aSocial stratification.
650		0	_aEquality _xTechnological innovations.
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