A book that delves into the geopolitics and philosophy of an era dominated by Artificial Intelligence. It explores the neural networks that shape these algorithms and the divergent development models of the West and the East, both impacted by the disruptive technology’s effect on the job market. The author questions the future of the nation-state, asks if we are facing a new Manhattan Project, and invites us to ponder whether our DNA is becoming just another algorithm. How will we regulate this technology? Is our goal to regulate algorithms or to regulate humanity? For the first time, we have the opportunity to write a new script, a new social contract, but now we have many more hands working on it. This will be the show of a lifetime. I wouldn’t miss it, and neither should you.

 

 

Below you can browse the table of contents of the book.

INTRO

History is the sum total of things that could have been avoided

Konrad Adenauer

• Author’s note
• The future is never as we think

PART I
Work is (no longer) for humans

We can only see little of the future, but enough to realize that there is much to do

Alan Turing

• An unintelligible whisper
• Types of work
• Neural networks and forks
• Deep learning
• Mobility as a Service and the end of the gig-economy
• The gas station dilemma
• Do you have a lighter?
• Can you put Amelia on the phone?
• My son, the doctor
• The whispering is over; shout it out!

PART II
Moral Dilemmas in an AI-dominated World

‘I think therefore I am’ our friend Descartes would say, but we had to think you because if not, you would not exist

Roberto Musso

• Terminator is here, ‘hasta la vista baby’
• Choo choo, all aboard
• Milton Friedman’s car antivirus
• Feynman, Schumacher and Kant’s car: the drug is on the way
• What if our IA turns out to be racist?
• Logarithmic justice
• The dream of homeownership
• Red-lined neighborhoods: why is it hotter in the ghettos?
• Explain yourself!
• Playing hide-and-seek
• Surveillance capitalism
• State-issued digital money: watch out!
• Could the IMF shut up?
• Google knows who your partner is before your family does
• ChatGPT and the Turing test
• Deepfakes or the end of reality
• Darwin’s nightmare and the brain-computer interface

PART III
The Virtual State and Containment Networks

Those who do not move do not notice their chains

Rosa Luxemburgo

• The Virtual States
• A major chaos!
• An ancient game
• Social disorder, political collapse and mass unemployment
• West vs. East Fight!
• Faux communism and centralized plans in the age of IA
• Universal Basic Income
• A present State
• Fiscal policies driven by Artificial Intelligence
• Reinventing the wheel
• Tesla’s techno-utilitarianism from a Chinese perspective
• End of history?
• ‘Get me a pen; I want to write history’
• Queen’s Gambit
• A revolution without a working class
• Focus on the humans and not on jobs
• Corrupt rulers, desolated people
• Open data, a new public service
• What is the subway’s peak hour?
• OG => +T => +HD
• X-Road: the operating system of the States
• Human data sovereignty

PART IV
Resetting the system

It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority

Benjamin Franklin

• Simon Kuznets was right, but no one listened
• Not so fast
• The labyrinth of eco-imperialism
• What if we oppose technology?
• Interdependence and interconnectivity
• Producers or consumers – who will win?
• Caravels and stakeholder capitalism
• Which model best protects the worker?

Final Thoughts

Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings

Salvador Dalí

• The function of our lives

 

About the author

 

Facundo Cajén was recognized by the World Economic Forum and invited to attend its annual meeting in Davos 2022 as a young leader under 30 years old. The same year, he was invited by the White House to participate in the 9th Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles to represent the views of the youth. He is a Civic Space Defender by Stanford University GDPi-ICNL 2023. He served as Director of Global Shapers Buenos Aires, founded Proponas.org, the first Argentine online petition platform, and his work as Director for Latin America at GainForest, focused on the intersection of AI and blockchain for nature through regenerative finance, was highlighted by Coinbase, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the United States. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations and is pursuing a Master’s degree in Cyber Defense and Cybersecurity.