Also issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Presenting a ground-breaking view of technology trends and their impact on our society, 'Artificial Era' contributes to the current debate about the consequences of technological innovations. Alongside different viewpoints and statistics on the use of robots worldwide, productivity, and job displacement, Gissel Velarde identifies the particular problem of the lack of diversity in AI communities - and how that can exacerbate representation issues in employment, civil rights, gender, and education if no actions are taken.

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Cover -- Title -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Prelude -- 1 The Artificial Cataclysm -- The Surreal Technological Progress -- The Stopwatch has Started -- The Journey into the Deep -- Intelligence and Arti cial Intelligence -- Machine Learning -- Trends in Intelligent Technologies -- Real and Arti cial Stupidity -- Clever Hans Algorithms -- Taking Advantage of Limitations -- From Perception to Creativity -- The Panic and the Love of Automation -- Chapter 2 -- Fortunes of Yesterday and Today -- From Bedrooms and Garages to Empires -- From Empires to Ashes

Strategies' Pillars -- Strengths of the Small and the Large -- Being Alert to Challenges -- Arti cial Intelligence for Companies -- Minimum Requirements for AI Projects -- The Fascination for Startups -- Magic Triangles and Their Pacts -- High-Performance Teams -- Chapter 3 -- The Technological Environment -- Where Are the Female Technologists? -- The Implicit Bias -- The Outstanding -- The Legacy of Centuries -- Learning from the Emerging Ones -- The Faces of Power -- Obstacles: More Complex Than It Seems -- The Side E ects -- Not Everyone Can Enter the Party -- Ape Societies

Improving Diversity -- Chapter 4 -- Current and Future Education -- Problem-Based Learning -- Growth Mindset and the Power of the Mind -- Cultivating Ultra-Talents -- The Arts and Personal Development -- High-Performance Technology and Innovation Academies -- Reaching Remote Places -- The Toolbox -- Strategic Communities -- Mindfulness: A Millenary Secret -- Humanism, Transhumanism, and Posthumanism -- On Ultrahumans and Human Extinction -- Chapter 5 -- More Than Five Roads -- Can Machines Become Conscious? -- The Secret Life -- The Presentiment and Pain of Transitions

Ethics and Safety Without Humans Behind the Wheel -- Inequality, Monopoly, and the Rules of the Game -- Harmony and Brutality -- The Ultimate Strategy -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- Appendix A -- A.1 Trends in AI -- A.2 Survey: AI Trends -- A.3 Survey: AI's Impact -- A.4 Responses to the \Other"" alternative to the question: -- A.5 Isaac Asimov's Laws of Robotics -- Alphabetical Index -- About the Author