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12 Bytes: How We Got Here. Where We Might Go Next by Jeanette Winterson
4.0
12 bytes is Jeanette Winterson’s newest book. It’s a non-fiction looking at the future of AI, but, and I quote “not for AI fans in particular”. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a big fat nerd about a lot of things, but I’m not typically arsed by AI.
Despite that, I can’t believe how much I enjoyed this book. Like, you probably know that already because I’ve not stopped praising it on my stories.
From a history of computers, arguing that Frankenstein was the OG of this, to discussing the future of sex doll profitability, and how AI will impact religion, relationships, sexuality, jobs. This books covers it all and I am officially branding it as well he lovechild of Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari and Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez. Sapiens is pretty expected I’m guessing- this is a book about history and future. Invisible women may be a surprise comparison, but of course Winterson addresses feminism in her book.
One thing I don’t usually do is encourage you to buy a book quickly, but I think this was so so cool to read because all it’s references were current. There’s slating of Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos (whey), a examination of the gendered messages behind The Queen’s Gambit, the inequality throughout the Tokyo Olympics, the fact we are all sick of Zoom meetings. I could go on for ages about this book but I am TRYING not to blab too much.
As you can tell, I enjoyed this so much and it’s already standing as non-fiction I’ll recommend a lot to folk.
Despite that, I can’t believe how much I enjoyed this book. Like, you probably know that already because I’ve not stopped praising it on my stories.
From a history of computers, arguing that Frankenstein was the OG of this, to discussing the future of sex doll profitability, and how AI will impact religion, relationships, sexuality, jobs. This books covers it all and I am officially branding it as well he lovechild of Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari and Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez. Sapiens is pretty expected I’m guessing- this is a book about history and future. Invisible women may be a surprise comparison, but of course Winterson addresses feminism in her book.
One thing I don’t usually do is encourage you to buy a book quickly, but I think this was so so cool to read because all it’s references were current. There’s slating of Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos (whey), a examination of the gendered messages behind The Queen’s Gambit, the inequality throughout the Tokyo Olympics, the fact we are all sick of Zoom meetings. I could go on for ages about this book but I am TRYING not to blab too much.
As you can tell, I enjoyed this so much and it’s already standing as non-fiction I’ll recommend a lot to folk.