Machines Behaving Badly

“[Walsh] makes a persuasive case that AI will eventually have as big an impact as the Industrial Revolution. … [his] sparky book provides a useful history of AI, a good analysis of our current state of knowledge, and a provocative guide to the future.”

* Financial Times *

''AI is more than the machine. It’s as much about us and our society that creates and, in turn, is changed by it. This is a thrilling and alarming vision that Machines Behaving Badly effortlessly shares through engaging stories and insights from a researcher at the forefront of this global transformation.’'

-- Alan Duffy

'‘Walsh reminds us that machines can gather data really well but they can’t think, so we’re in charge.’'

-- Robyn Douglass * The Daily Telegraph *

Author featured in the Guardian.

* The Guardian *

‘'Machines Behaving Badly is a good introduction to the unintended consequences of AI, and contains some genuinely thought-provoking insights into the quirks of the people behind them.’'

* Engineering and Technology Magazine *

'‘Walsh speaks from a position of authority about the benefits of caution and reflection, which serves as a critical counterweight to the breathless utopianism that is not uncommon in the field.’'

-- Lizzie O'Shea * The Saturday Paper *

'‘Walsh demystifies the utopian promises of AI and attacks the dangerous but resilient fallacy that computers never lie.’'

-- Kurt Johnson * The A