{"product_id":"searches-selfhood-in-the-digital-age-paperback","title":"Searches: Selfhood in the Digital Age - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVauhini Vara\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Immortal King Rao, \u003c\/i\u003efinalist for the Pulitzer Prize, a personal exploration of how technology companies have both fulfilled and exploited the human desire for understanding and connection \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eEsquire, Slate, Scientific American, Vox, Electric Literature, Book Riot, Culture Study, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"I cannot imagine a better guide through the infuriating, labyrinthine underworld of technology than Vauhini Vara.\"--Carmen Maria Machado, author of \u003ci\u003eIn the Dream House\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Smart, funny, honest.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker - \u003c\/i\u003e\"Seamless blend of personal narrative and systemic critique.\"\u003ci\u003e--The Atlantic - \u003c\/i\u003e\"Beautifully written and profoundly researched.\"\u003ci\u003e --Kirkus - \u003c\/i\u003e\"At once genre-defying and gripping.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen it was released to the public in November 2022, ChatGPT awakened the world to a secretive project: teaching AI-powered machines to write. Its creators had a sweeping ambition--to build machines that not only could communicate but also could do all kinds of other activities, and better than humans ever could. But was this goal actually achievable? And if reached, would it lead to our liberation or our subjugation? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVauhini Vara, an award-winning tech journalist and editor, had long been grappling with these questions. In 2021, she asked a predecessor of ChatGPT to write about her sister's death, resulting in an essay that was both more moving and more disturbing than she could have imagined. It quickly went viral. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe experience, revealing both the power and the danger of corporate-owned technologies, forced Vara to interrogate how these technologies have influenced her understanding of herself and the world around her--from discovering online chat rooms as a preteen to using social media as \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal'\u003c\/i\u003es first Facebook reporter to asking ChatGPT for writing advice--while compelling her to add to the trove of human-created material exploited for corporate financial gain. Interspersed throughout this investigation are her own Google searches, Amazon reviews, and the other raw material of internet life--including the viral AI experiment that started it all. \u003ci\u003eSearches\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates how technological capitalism is both shaping and exploiting human existence while proposing that by harnessing the collective creativity that makes humans unique, we might imagine a freer, more empowered relationship with our machines and, ultimately, with one another.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVauhini Vara \u003c\/b\u003ehas been a reporter and editor for \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and is the prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Immortal King Rao \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThis is Salvaged\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Fort Collins, Colorado.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9.1 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 14, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52029259120941,"sku":"9780593687857","price":23.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/2si7ybLjeE9780593687857.webp?v=1777463441","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/searches-selfhood-in-the-digital-age-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}