12 bytes: Cómo vivir y amar en el futuro
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- Author：Jeanette Winterson
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Summary
Cuando creemos formas de vida no biológicas， ¿lo haremos a nuestra imagen y semejanza， o aprovecharemos la primera oportunidad en la historia de nuestra especie para «re-crearnos» y hacerlo a su imagen y semejanza？ ¿Cómo serán el amor， los cuidados， el sexo y el apego cuando los seres humanos entablemos relaciones con seres no humanos que ejerzan de profesores， trabajadoras sexuales o figuras de compañía？ ¿Qué será de nuestros arraigadísimos prejuicios de género？ ¿Disfrutaremos en breve de mejoras biológicas e implantes neurales que nos permitan mantenernos en forma， más jóvenes y conectados？
Tras años de reflexión y lectura sobre la inteligencia artificial， Jeanette Winterson recurre a la historia， la religión， la mitología， la literatura， la política y， por supuesto， la informática para ayudarnos a entender los cambios radicales que ya se están produciendo en nuestra forma de vivir y de amar。 Con un derroche de ingenio， humor y empatía， nos invita a abrir los ojos y expandir la mente。
Tras años de reflexión y lectura sobre la inteligencia artificial， Jeanette Winterson recurre a la historia， la religión， la mitología， la literatura， la política y， por supuesto， la informática para ayudarnos a entender los cambios radicales que ya se están produciendo en nuestra forma de vivir y de amar。 Con un derroche de ingenio， humor y empatía， nos invita a abrir los ojos y expandir la mente。
Reviews
Elizabeth
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Thought provoking。
Stephanie B
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12 essays broken into 4 sections tackling the subjects of technology， AI， and AGI from a captivating， optimistic and hopeful feminist perspective。 While the book is broken into 4 sections， all of the essays play against each other and circle around each other， and really go together quite well。 I hardly put it down and read it straight through despite the topic that generally might feel a bit dry for me after a bit - Winterson is almost unbelievably engaging。 She writes in a completely accessibl 12 essays broken into 4 sections tackling the subjects of technology， AI， and AGI from a captivating， optimistic and hopeful feminist perspective。 While the book is broken into 4 sections， all of the essays play against each other and circle around each other， and really go together quite well。 I hardly put it down and read it straight through despite the topic that generally might feel a bit dry for me after a bit - Winterson is almost unbelievably engaging。 She writes in a completely accessible way， passionately and provocatively with multitudes of fascinating facts and optimistic， motivating what-if scenarios。 A very appealing part of this book is how she looks back at history to guide us （and help us make wiser choices） for where she feels we are at with technology - a crucial turning point。 Her topics are wide-ranging， she draws upon Gnosticism， Buddhism， Descartes， Frankenstein， Dracula， vampires， Oscar Wilde， Plato， Aristotle， Le Guin， the Epic of Gilgamesh， Goethe， BF Skinner， （just to name a few！） and connects these pieces through time and space by relating this wisdom to where we are and where we may go with our privacy， data， smartphones and robots。I also love how she’s able to weigh these very real problems humanity is currently facing by looking at them through a novelist's lens of love， religion， the nature of art and creativity， and the mystery of our own inner lives （which she argues we should still aim to protect）。 The essays wrap up quite thoughtfully and beautifully， and I think I will probably read this one again。 It’s almost impossibly optimistic， but maybe it’s exactly what we need。 This book is full of insights， and hopefulness for things we can do now to affect positive change on our collective future。 Even if technology isn’t heading towards AI/AGI as quickly as she thinks it may， her advice on what is happening right now is urgently important - highly recommend this one。 “AI doesn’t have a skin color or gender - by making it mostly white and mostly male at every stage， we’re reinforcing a problem we need to solve。 If AI and AGI really is going to benefit the many and not the few， people invited to the table must include more people of color， more women， and more people with a humanities background - rather than an overwhelming number of male physicists。” “The arts aren’t a leisure industry - the arts have always been an imaginative and emotional wrestle with reality - a series of inventions and creations。 A capacity to think differently， a willingness to change our understanding of ourselves。 To help us to be wiser， more reflective， less frightened people。 " 。。。more
Elizabeth
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Even though I would have preferred a novel， the great Jeanette Winterson does not disappoint
Dale
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Well written， thought provoking and informative。 None-the less， it is two books in one。 The authors attempt to weave together a treatise on gender discrimination with one on our emerging relationship with information technology ultimately fails。 Very worthwhile， especially listening to her read her own work。
Leah Agirlandaboy
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100% brilliant。 This isn’t something I’d normally pick up based on subject matter （the history and future of artificial intelligence）， but I’ll read anything by Jeanette Winterson because everything she does is smart and funny and provocative and boundary pushing in ways that make her texts feel like sitting in a favorite college course with a favorite professor （one who’s mastered the art of the snarky aside）。 These essays are about technology， yes， but they’re even more about what it means to 100% brilliant。 This isn’t something I’d normally pick up based on subject matter （the history and future of artificial intelligence）， but I’ll read anything by Jeanette Winterson because everything she does is smart and funny and provocative and boundary pushing in ways that make her texts feel like sitting in a favorite college course with a favorite professor （one who’s mastered the art of the snarky aside）。 These essays are about technology， yes， but they’re even more about what it means to be human， both the good and the bad of it—love， empathy， innovation， etc。， and also greed， misogyny， and ignorance， both willful and not—and everything in between。 If your summer reading goals include something outside your usual fare and/or something that makes you think， I highly recommend this。 And if you want to explore some of the same territory in fiction， Winterson’s “Frankissstein” （dumb title， great book） is also excellent。 。。。more
John
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Jeanette calls this book a series of essays。 A lot of the book if looking to the future at current AI trends and extrapolating them to explore the disadvantages and benefits。 On the whole I found the ideas presented very entertaining and interesting。Man 。。。 does she get preachy and a few times a little （I feel） off-beam。 One example would be her essay on sex dolls。 For some reason she thinks they're just for the gratification of men。 There are sex dolls for women as well but curiously they're no Jeanette calls this book a series of essays。 A lot of the book if looking to the future at current AI trends and extrapolating them to explore the disadvantages and benefits。 On the whole I found the ideas presented very entertaining and interesting。Man 。。。 does she get preachy and a few times a little （I feel） off-beam。 One example would be her essay on sex dolls。 For some reason she thinks they're just for the gratification of men。 There are sex dolls for women as well but curiously they're not mentioned。 He explanation about why women aren't involved in IT seemed really weak to me。 She blames in on the fact that in the early days of the PC， computers just weren't marketed to females。 The 1980s is now 40 years ago。 I know of a lot of female gamers。 However， I don't know a lot of women developers。 However， Jeanette lays the blame squarely on how PCs were marketed in the 1980s。 Men just have it in for women all the time。 We devise ways of supressing them and trying to stop them getting ahead as much as we can （apparently）。 Not a rational or balanced arguement。 I got really tired of listening to this。。。。 Zzz。。。。 。。。more
Kelsey H
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（rounded up from 2。5 stars）So。。。 was there an editor for this book or。。。I've always heard about Jeanette Winterson （it's hard *not* to hear about such a prolific writer who's responsible for some of the most creative ideas in literature） but never actually picked up any of her work， and I must confess that if it's anything like this book， I am glad for that。These essays are so jumbled， wordy， and repetitive， and I found myself skimming along so much that I probably should have just committed to （rounded up from 2。5 stars）So。。。 was there an editor for this book or。。。I've always heard about Jeanette Winterson （it's hard *not* to hear about such a prolific writer who's responsible for some of the most creative ideas in literature） but never actually picked up any of her work， and I must confess that if it's anything like this book， I am glad for that。These essays are so jumbled， wordy， and repetitive， and I found myself skimming along so much that I probably should have just committed to DNF'ing this。 I hate that I feel this way， because exploring AI， especially from a feminist lens， is such an amazing idea， but something about the writing style （the cheeky parenthetical asides？ The fact that each essay manages to start talking about the Industrial Revolution's origins as though we did not just get that in the previous essay？ The commonly forgotten/unclosed dashes？） kept me from feeling much more than "meh。"The essay about the love dolls was the strongest。 I wish I had read it as a standalone。 。。。more
Deborah
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This is excellant。 I wish there were more quotes already entered for this book of essays because my copy is due back to the library。 This book is on Jenny's To Read shelf。 #JennyGuyColvin This is excellant。 I wish there were more quotes already entered for this book of essays because my copy is due back to the library。 This book is on Jenny's To Read shelf。 #JennyGuyColvin 。。。more
Olivia
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AI be scary-
Nadia Melaisis
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The most important book anyone who is human could read right now。
Graham Stanley
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Essential reading for anyone interested in AII learned so much reading this book， and had my views challenged and mind expanded。 Jeanette Winterson has written a necessary and compelling history of why and how we are where we are with AI and what we need to insist happens next。
Lucy
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3。5 stars。 Winterston is trying to provoke you to make you consider how technology affects our lives。 Not just technology， but AI （artificial intelligence）， and the prospect of AGI （artificial general intelligence）。 AI is in our lives already， with smart doorbells， Alexa and Siri， and Facebook’s algorithms that decide what ads to put in front of you。 We think we still have control。 AGI might be uncontrollable。 Winterston is concerned about the how and who behind much of technology - mostly by wh 3。5 stars。 Winterston is trying to provoke you to make you consider how technology affects our lives。 Not just technology， but AI （artificial intelligence）， and the prospect of AGI （artificial general intelligence）。 AI is in our lives already， with smart doorbells， Alexa and Siri， and Facebook’s algorithms that decide what ads to put in front of you。 We think we still have control。 AGI might be uncontrollable。 Winterston is concerned about the how and who behind much of technology - mostly by white men in Western countries。 She raises concerns but she doesn’t really suggest solutions。 。。。more
Mel
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First things first: dear GR friends， it's time to stop giving free labour to Amazon and leave GR behind。 I've moved to Storygraph， an independent website for book logging and recommendations， with much nicer stats too。 Sign up is easy and you can import your entire GR library :） Add me as a friend there: meaugu。 See you there！---About the book: a great read for everyone that ever wondered how we came to think that IT is not a woman's job， and what we might be able to do to leave this mess we are First things first: dear GR friends， it's time to stop giving free labour to Amazon and leave GR behind。 I've moved to Storygraph， an independent website for book logging and recommendations， with much nicer stats too。 Sign up is easy and you can import your entire GR library :） Add me as a friend there: meaugu。 See you there！---About the book: a great read for everyone that ever wondered how we came to think that IT is not a woman's job， and what we might be able to do to leave this mess we are in right now （check the message on top again for a first step） 。。。more
Elise
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A real panic attack of a book but its good
Rachel Louise Atkin
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4。5 stars。 This was absolutely brilliant。 I love non-fiction books which really teach you things and that you come out of with a better understanding of something in the world。 12 Bytes explores technology， gender， science fiction， computing， sex and psychology in this book and it is absolutely fascinating。 I loved the first essay on Mary Shelley and Ada Lovelace as two of the women at the forefront of science， and also the chapters about female programmers who have given so much work to STEM bu 4。5 stars。 This was absolutely brilliant。 I love non-fiction books which really teach you things and that you come out of with a better understanding of something in the world。 12 Bytes explores technology， gender， science fiction， computing， sex and psychology in this book and it is absolutely fascinating。 I loved the first essay on Mary Shelley and Ada Lovelace as two of the women at the forefront of science， and also the chapters about female programmers who have given so much work to STEM but go forgotten just because they are women。 It reads like a really exciting history of humanity and science whilst referencing pivotal works of science fiction and exploring the gender binary and sex dolls in the mix too。 Really recommend this book and I loved hearing her narrate it herself on audio as she seems like such a fun and exciting person。 。。。more
Melissa
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Highly interesting， but sometimes inaccessible。 I did， thoroughly enjoy。 A slow read。
Hillary
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This was a fun read comprised of essays tackling different societal and philosophical challenges created by the AI technologies that fuel the world。 The author's writing style was serious， while light with bits of humor， similar to the tone of a Ted talk。 This was a fun read comprised of essays tackling different societal and philosophical challenges created by the AI technologies that fuel the world。 The author's writing style was serious， while light with bits of humor， similar to the tone of a Ted talk。 。。。more
Jemma
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*rushes to read everything Jeanette Winterson has ever written*
Gabby Humphreys
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12 bytes is Jeanette Winterson’s newest book。 It’s a non-fiction looking at the future of AI， but， and I quote “not for AI fans in particular”。 Don’t get me wrong， I’m a big fat nerd about a lot of things， but I’m not typically arsed by AI。Despite that， I can’t believe how much I enjoyed this book。 Like， you probably know that already because I’ve not stopped praising it on my stories。From a history of computers， arguing that Frankenstein was the OG of this， to discussing the future of sex doll 12 bytes is Jeanette Winterson’s newest book。 It’s a non-fiction looking at the future of AI， but， and I quote “not for AI fans in particular”。 Don’t get me wrong， I’m a big fat nerd about a lot of things， but I’m not typically arsed by AI。Despite that， I can’t believe how much I enjoyed this book。 Like， you probably know that already because I’ve not stopped praising it on my stories。From a history of computers， arguing that Frankenstein was the OG of this， to discussing the future of sex doll profitability， and how AI will impact religion， relationships， sexuality， jobs。 This books covers it all and I am officially branding it as well he lovechild of Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari and Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez。 Sapiens is pretty expected I’m guessing- this is a book about history and future。 Invisible women may be a surprise comparison， but of course Winterson addresses feminism in her book。One thing I don’t usually do is encourage you to buy a book quickly， but I think this was so so cool to read because all it’s references were current。 There’s slating of Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos （whey）， a examination of the gendered messages behind The Queen’s Gambit， the inequality throughout the Tokyo Olympics， the fact we are all sick of Zoom meetings。 I could go on for ages about this book but I am TRYING not to blab too much。As you can tell， I enjoyed this so much and it’s already standing as non-fiction I’ll recommend a lot to folk。 。。。more
Charley
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Interesting read！Not convinced by the chapter "He ain't heavy， he's my Buddha"。 According to Winterson， AGI will have the personality of a Buddhist （whatever that may be） but never really gives any arguments as to why， she only describes what it would be like。 Anyhow， the rest of the book I liked。 Interesting read！Not convinced by the chapter "He ain't heavy， he's my Buddha"。 According to Winterson， AGI will have the personality of a Buddhist （whatever that may be） but never really gives any arguments as to why， she only describes what it would be like。 Anyhow， the rest of the book I liked。 。。。more
Ffion
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“Humans are not Nature/Nurture。 Humans are narrative。 The stories we hear。 The stories we tell。 The stories we must learn to tell differently。 Humans have been telling stories since time began - on cave walls， in song， in dance， in language。 We make ourselves up as we go along。Who we are is not a law - we're not like gravity。 We are an ongoing story。” “Humans are not Nature/Nurture。 Humans are narrative。 The stories we hear。 The stories we tell。 The stories we must learn to tell differently。 Humans have been telling stories since time began - on cave walls， in song， in dance， in language。 We make ourselves up as we go along。Who we are is not a law - we're not like gravity。 We are an ongoing story。” 。。。more
Fern Adams
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I really like Jeanette Winterson’s writing and always think she does a fantastic job of narrating her own audiobooks however I was sceptical as to how listenable a book about technology would be。 It turns out very！ In 12 essays Winterson discusses everything from the history and future of tech to the ethics and plenty in between。 She made quite possibly have converted me to take a lot more interest in the topic as it turns out it is not at all boring。
Gaia
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Very interesting and informative！
Jen
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I love most of her writing but this one couldn’t hold my attention。
Layla
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I would never have read a book on this subject if it wasn't by Jeanette Winterson， who I love。 This was really interesting， and has made me want to read more on many of the things she mentions， which is always the sign of an interesting non-fiction book。 It's accessibly written too。 I expected books on AI and the future to be totally doom and gloom， but she's got other ideas， and this book is hopeful。 I suspect I'll be thinking about this stuff for a while now I've finished it。 I would never have read a book on this subject if it wasn't by Jeanette Winterson， who I love。 This was really interesting， and has made me want to read more on many of the things she mentions， which is always the sign of an interesting non-fiction book。 It's accessibly written too。 I expected books on AI and the future to be totally doom and gloom， but she's got other ideas， and this book is hopeful。 I suspect I'll be thinking about this stuff for a while now I've finished it。 。。。more
Lisanne
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First three essays are very dry， the rest of the essays are very much written by Jeanette Winterson and I love her for it。 It's more of an overview， there are too many gaps （diversity， mainly， strangely too） to call it a 'new' view。 Note: read the selected bibliography， including the notes and remarks on some books。 Hilarious。 First three essays are very dry， the rest of the essays are very much written by Jeanette Winterson and I love her for it。 It's more of an overview， there are too many gaps （diversity， mainly， strangely too） to call it a 'new' view。 Note: read the selected bibliography， including the notes and remarks on some books。 Hilarious。 。。。more
Conrad
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I'm writing this a month after I read it so can't really remember that much about it。 Enjoyable but not quite what I thought it might be。 The history of Mary Shelley and Ada Lovelace was fascinating， the best part of the book。 The rest of it is mostly the author's thoughts on artificial intelligence， which are at first compelling and interesting; but she does rather labour the point。 I'm writing this a month after I read it so can't really remember that much about it。 Enjoyable but not quite what I thought it might be。 The history of Mary Shelley and Ada Lovelace was fascinating， the best part of the book。 The rest of it is mostly the author's thoughts on artificial intelligence， which are at first compelling and interesting; but she does rather labour the point。 。。。more
T。
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A loose collection of essays that explore the topic of AI， 12 Bytes is a quick and easy read， and not a particularly deep look at society and technology。 Her bias shows and she isn't really the "right" person to be exploring the topic。。。 her light treatment of it shows she is just a casual following of technology， futurology， etc。 A loose collection of essays that explore the topic of AI， 12 Bytes is a quick and easy read， and not a particularly deep look at society and technology。 Her bias shows and she isn't really the "right" person to be exploring the topic。。。 her light treatment of it shows she is just a casual following of technology， futurology， etc。 。。。more
Holly
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this was such an interesting set of essays！！ by quite obviously one of the most intelligent and coolest women ever！！ I learned so much while reading this I feel like I'd need a second read to take it all in （which， like， I will because I feel like I'll keep this book forever）。It was interesting to me the generational differences between how the author and myself perceive AI because she's quite optimistic about the subject in comparison to the rhetoric I see about it reguarly， which was very thou this was such an interesting set of essays！！ by quite obviously one of the most intelligent and coolest women ever！！ I learned so much while reading this I feel like I'd need a second read to take it all in （which， like， I will because I feel like I'll keep this book forever）。It was interesting to me the generational differences between how the author and myself perceive AI because she's quite optimistic about the subject in comparison to the rhetoric I see about it reguarly， which was very thought-provoking。 wish I was mathematically-brained enough to fully comprehend it <3also loooove reading the wisdom and historical associations of an older British feminist women with modern day gender roles ugh I find it SO interesting。 。。。more
Dhivya Thangavel
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