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Reality Game : How the Next Wave of Technology Will Break the Truth by Samuel Woolley (2020, Hardcover)

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PublisherPublicaffairs

ISBN-101541768256

ISBN-139781541768253

eBay Product ID (ePID)27038411957

Product Key Features

Number of Pages272 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameReality Game : How the Next Wave of Technology Will Break the Truth

Publication Year2020

SubjectPolitical Process / Media & Internet, Web / Social Media, Intelligence (Ai) & Semantics, Digital Media / General, Propaganda

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaPolitical Science, Computers

AuthorSamuel Woolley

FormatHardcover

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Item Height1.2 in

Item Weight16.2 Oz

Item Length9.8 in

Item Width6.7 in

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LCCN2019-031369

Reviews"What makes 'The Reality Game' worth a read is Woolley's focus on the upcoming wave of new technologies; arguable deep fakes; virtual reality, and machine learning."-- Engineering and Technology, "While the rest of us have been processing our shock at the fake news crisis, Sam Woolley has been anticipating what's coming next. This a mind-blowing and essential book for a future that's practically already here, whether we know it or not. This book scares the hell out of me, but if we listen to Woolley's wake-up call, then I also have hope."-- Jane McGonigal, author of Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World

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SynopsisFake news posts and Twitter trolls were just the beginning. What will happen when misinformation moves from our social media feeds into our everyday lives? Online disinformation stormed our political process in 2016 and has only worsened since. Yet as Samuel Woolley shows in this urgent book, it may pale in comparison to what's to come: humanlike automated voice systems, machine learning, "deepfake" AI-edited videos and images, interactive memes, virtual reality, and more. These technologies have the power not just to manipulate our politics, but to make us doubt our eyes and ears and even feelings. Deeply researched and compellingly written, The Reality Game describes the profound impact these technologies will have on our lives. Each new invention built without regard for its consequences edges us further into this digital dystopia. Yet Woolley does not despair. Instead, he argues pointedly for a new culture of innovation, one built around accountability and especially transparency. With social media dragging us into a never-ending culture war, we must learn to stop fighting and instead prevent future manipulation. This book shows how we can use our new tools not to control people but to empower them., Fake news posts and Twitter trolls were just the beginning. What will happen when misinformation moves from our social media feeds into our everyday lives? Despite Samuel Woolley's warnings as early as 2013, the problem of online disinformation stormed our political process in 2016 and has only worsened since. Yet as Woolley shows in this urgent book, it may pale in comparison to what's to come: human-like automated voice systems, machine learning, "deepfake" AI-edited videos and images, interactive memes, virtual reality, and more. In stories both deeply researched and compellingly written, Woolley describes this future and imagines its profound impact on our politics. Information literacy is an essential ingredient in a healthy democracy, and The Reality Game shows how the breakneck rate of technological change is making it nearly impossible. Woolley argues for a new culture of invention, one built around accountability and especially transparency. We cannot afford to continue re-litigating the past. Instead, we must follow signals to prevent manipulation in the future--and use our new tools not to control people but to empower them.

LC Classification NumberJA85.2.U6W67 2020