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The Dark Side of AI: Risks in an Age of Automation
Artificial intelligence is transforming our world faster than we can comprehend — but at what cost?
In The Dark Side of Risks in an Age of Automation, Patrick Scheffer takes readers on a riveting exploration of humanity’s most ambitious creation — and its most unpredictable threat. With clarity and urgency, he traces the evolution of artificial intelligence from our timeless desire to forge life in our own image — from the myths of divine craftsmanship and mechanical minds to the algorithmic empires now shaping our modern existence.
Scheffer reveals how the same technology that promises to enhance our lives could also undermine the foundations of human civilization. Without transparency, oversight, and ethical restraint, AI can amplify inequality, manipulate information, and erode the very freedoms it was meant to serve. Left unchecked, it threatens to become not just a tool, but a force capable of redefining — or even replacing — what it means to be human.
Inside, readers will
The hidden history of AI, from early dreamers and inventors to the rise of deep learning and generative intelligence.
How automation and algorithms are transforming economies and upending the future of work.
The dark realities of algorithmic bias, surveillance, and disinformation, including the spread of deepfakes and political manipulation.
Insights from pioneers like Yoshua Bengio, and real-world case studies on the collision of AI, ethics, and democracy.
Why responsible governance and moral foresight are vital to ensuring AI remains a servant of humanity, not its master.
Scheffer’s message is both sobering and artificial intelligence is not destiny — it is a mirror reflecting our choices. The Dark Side of AI warns of the perils of unchecked innovation while offering a vision of how humanity can steer this technology toward wisdom, equity, and collective good.
A must-read for anyone who wants to understand both the promise and peril of artificial intelligence — and how we can prevent its brilliance from becoming our undoing.
In The Dark Side of Risks in an Age of Automation, Patrick Scheffer takes readers on a riveting exploration of humanity’s most ambitious creation — and its most unpredictable threat. With clarity and urgency, he traces the evolution of artificial intelligence from our timeless desire to forge life in our own image — from the myths of divine craftsmanship and mechanical minds to the algorithmic empires now shaping our modern existence.
Scheffer reveals how the same technology that promises to enhance our lives could also undermine the foundations of human civilization. Without transparency, oversight, and ethical restraint, AI can amplify inequality, manipulate information, and erode the very freedoms it was meant to serve. Left unchecked, it threatens to become not just a tool, but a force capable of redefining — or even replacing — what it means to be human.
Inside, readers will
The hidden history of AI, from early dreamers and inventors to the rise of deep learning and generative intelligence.
How automation and algorithms are transforming economies and upending the future of work.
The dark realities of algorithmic bias, surveillance, and disinformation, including the spread of deepfakes and political manipulation.
Insights from pioneers like Yoshua Bengio, and real-world case studies on the collision of AI, ethics, and democracy.
Why responsible governance and moral foresight are vital to ensuring AI remains a servant of humanity, not its master.
Scheffer’s message is both sobering and artificial intelligence is not destiny — it is a mirror reflecting our choices. The Dark Side of AI warns of the perils of unchecked innovation while offering a vision of how humanity can steer this technology toward wisdom, equity, and collective good.
A must-read for anyone who wants to understand both the promise and peril of artificial intelligence — and how we can prevent its brilliance from becoming our undoing.
282 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 3, 2025
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