Virus Is a Language: Ai, Qanon, Covid-19 and the New Abnormal
暫譯: 病毒是一種語言：人工智慧、Qanon、Covid-19 與新常態

Gray, Chris Hables

Virus Is a Language: Ai, Qanon, Covid-19 and the New Abnormal
  • 出版商: Goldsmiths Press
  • 出版日期: 2025-08-19
  • 售價: $1,020
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  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 240
  • 裝訂: Hardcover - also called cloth, retail trade, or trade
  • ISBN: 1915983371
  • ISBN-13: 9781915983374

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On how Generative AI and cults such as QAnon spread digitally and culturally follow the same rules as biological viruses.

Viruses can be biological, digital, or cultural. All share basic viral properties that can be analyzed as a language (with its own principles, grammar, and vocabulary), which can help us achieve a better understanding of how they propagate and mutate. This is crucial for controlling their impact on human society. Generative AI, the Covid-19 pandemic and QAnon are the case studies. They are used to develop a full theory of Virus as a Language. The goal is to foster a conversation on viruses in various parts of society. And, in some ways, to learn to "speak" virus, so as to better think through such concepts as percentages, exponential growth, infection, immunization, mutation, agency, and extinction.

The book will help concerned readers understand and navigate our strange, complex world. In particular, it offers new insights on Generative AI, COVID-19 and other pandemics to come, Facebook, QAnon, and similar phenomena that impact almost everyone.

商品描述(中文翻譯)

關於生成式人工智慧和像 QAnon 這樣的邪教如何在數位和文化上擴散，遵循與生物病毒相同的規則。

病毒可以是生物的、數位的或文化的。所有這些病毒都共享基本的病毒特性，可以被分析為一種語言（具有自己的原則、語法和詞彙），這有助於我們更好地理解它們是如何傳播和變異的。這對於控制它們對人類社會的影響至關重要。生成式人工智慧、COVID-19 大流行和 QAnon 是案例研究。它們被用來發展一個完整的「病毒作為語言」理論。目標是促進社會各個部分對病毒的對話。在某些方面，學會「說」病毒，以便更好地思考百分比、指數增長、感染、免疫、變異、代理和滅絕等概念。

本書將幫助關心的讀者理解並導航我們這個奇怪而複雜的世界。特別是，它提供了關於生成式人工智慧、COVID-19 及未來其他大流行、Facebook、QAnon 和類似現象的新見解，這些現象幾乎影響到每個人。

作者簡介

An academic in the Cultural Studies of Science and Technology Chris Hable Gray is a well known authority on human-machine systems, especially cyborgs (Cyborg Citizen, lead editor of The Cyborg Handbook and Modified: Living as a Cyborg). He is also known for his work on how digital technology shapes society, including AI and other computing approaches to war (Postmodern War; Peace, War and Computers). His work includes hundreds of articles--peer reviewed and otherwise--in a dozen disciplines and fields. He has been a guest professor at University College Cork in Ireland, Jan Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic, the University of Toronto in Canada, and has lectured extensively in the Netherlands, the UK, and Spain.

作者簡介(中文翻譯)

文化研究中的科學與技術學者克里斯·哈布爾·格雷（Chris Hable Gray）是人機系統，特別是半機械人（cyborgs）方面的知名權威（著作包括《Cyborg Citizen》，《The Cyborg Handbook》的主編，以及《Modified: Living as a Cyborg》）。他也因其研究數位技術如何塑造社會而聞名，包括人工智慧（AI）及其他計算方法在戰爭中的應用（著作包括《Postmodern War》和《Peace, War and Computers》）。他的研究涵蓋數百篇文章——包括同行評審和其他類型——涉及十幾個學科和領域。他曾擔任愛爾蘭科克大學（University College Cork）、捷克布爾諾的雅恩·馬薩里克大學（Jan Masaryk University）、加拿大多倫多大學（University of Toronto）的客座教授，並在荷蘭、英國和西班牙廣泛講授。

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