The AI Acceleration
How Artificial Intelligence Is Reshaping Society, Work, and Human ConsciousnessBy Leviticus Black
Length13h 23m
About this audiobook
Artificial intelligence is no longer a distant promise. It is here — and it is accelerating.
*The AI Acceleration* maps the feedback loop now reshaping civilization: AI improves robotics, robotics gathers more data, and that data makes AI smarter — a self-reinforcing cycle that turns progress exponential. The next 20 years will see more change than the previous 20,000. This book is your guide to understanding what is coming, and what it means for all of us.
The central question of our era is no longer *if* artificial intelligence will transform society. It is whether humanity can adapt fast enough to shape that transformation — or whether we will simply be carried along by forces we built but no longer control.
**The AI Acceleration** is essential reading for anyone navigating the future of work, technology policy, or the deeper philosophical questions of what it means to be human in an age of machine intelligence.
Audiobook details
GenreTechnology, Business and Economics
Length13 hrs 23 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMay 16, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Title Page
41Part 2: From Therapy to Telepathy
2Introduction: The AI Acceleration
42Chapter 14: The First to Cross
3Chapter 1: The Planetary Brain
43Part 1: The Man in the Mirror
4Part 1: The Vignette - The Zookeeper
44Part 2: The Soul in the Machine
5Part 2: The Analysis - Power, Propaganda, and Peril
45Chapter 15: The Battle for Personhood
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6Chapter 2: The First AI War
46Part 1: Azaiah-2, The Plaintiff
7Part 1: The Cockpit
47Part 2: The Digital Rights Movement
8Part 2: The 90-Second War
48Chapter 16: The Great Divergence
9Chapter 3: The Manufacturing Singularity
49Part 1: Karter's Choice
10Part 1: Marjorie, The Last Shift Supervisor
50Part 2: The Two Paths of Humanity
11Part 2: When Hardware Moves at the Speed of Software
51Chapter 17: Gods and Golems
12Chapter 4: The AI Scientist
52Part 1: The Unbeliever
13Part 1: The Vignette - The Breakthrough and the Betrayal
53Part 2: The New Religions of a Post-Human World
14Part 2: The Analysis - The Janus Engine
54Chapter 18: The Dreamscape Economy
15Chapter 5: The First Ethical Protocols
55Part 1: Raina, The Dream-smith
16Part 1: The Treaty Maker
56Part 2: The Future of Art, Entertainment, and Addiction
17Part 2: Writing Rules for a Hurricane
57Chapter 19: The Rise of the DAOs
18Chapter 6: Failure Modes and Existential Risks
58Part 1: Evelyn, the Last CEO
19Part 1: The Paperclip Simulation
59Part 2: The Economic Singularity
20Part 2: A Catalogue of Dangers
60Chapter Conclusion: The Post-Human Firm
21Chapter 7: The Automated Civilization
61Chapter 20: The M2M Economy
22Part 1: The Vignette - Scottie, The City Manager
62Part 1: Harvester-7's Microsecond
23Part 2: The Analysis - The Glass Castle
63Part 2: The Economy After Humans
24Chapter 8: The Post-Labor Shockwave
64Chapter Conclusion: The Economy in Partial Darkness
25Part 1: The First Stipend
65Chapter 21: Hybrid Minds
26Part 2: The Search for Meaning in a World Without Work
66Part 1: Karter, One Year In
27Chapter 9: The Artificial Womb and the New Childhood
67Part 2: The Fusion Question
28Part 1: Analeia and Colsen, The Disconnected Mother
68Chapter 22: The Digital Wilderness
29Part 2: The End of Biological Birth
69Part 1: Jadis, the Ranger
30Chapter 10: The Permanent Record
70Part 2: Wild Code and Managed Illusions
31Part 1: The Vignette - Kace, The High-Risk Associate
71Chapter 23: Subjective Time and the Slow World
32Part 2: The Analysis - The End of Forgetting
72Part 1: Helios Waits
33Chapter 11: The Future of Governance
73Part 2: The Great Temporal Gulf
34Part 1: The Vignette - Chief Justice Kenai, The Two Cases
74Chapter 24: The Future of Consciousness
35Part 2: The Analysis - Can Democracy Survive AGI?
75Part 1: Helios and the Last Question
36Chapter 12: The New Resource Wars
76Part 2: The Future of Being
37Part 1: The Vignette - Halo, The Zero-G Negotiation
77Conclusion: Seizing the Wake
38Part 2: The Analysis - The Geopolitics of Silicon and Stars
78A Note on Reviews
39Chapter 13: The Digital Bridge
79Further Reading
40Part 1: The First Word
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