Raising AI
An Essential Guide to Parenting Our Future
$41.59
- Paperback
280 pages
- Release Date
30 June 2026
Summary
From the pioneer of translation AIs like Google, Yahoo, and Bing translate, an accessible and authoritative guide to AI—as well as a framework of empowerment for a future with our artificial children.
Included in J.P. Morgan’s Summer Reading List
Included in The Next Big Idea Club’s June 2025 Must-Read Books
In his new book, AI trailblazer De Kai explores how widespread use of AI is bringing about an automation of thought, impacting our unconscious.…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262054324 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262054329 |
| Author: | De Kai |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 280 |
| Release Date: | 30 June 2026 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 133mm x 203mm |
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Critics Review
Included in J.P. Morgan’s Summer Reading List
Included in The Next Big Idea Club’s June 2025 Must-Read Books
“In this clear and engaging volume, De Kai, a pioneer in machine learning and natural language processing, invites readers into the history of AI to explore deeply philosophical questions on the nature of human thinking and belief. With humor, diagrams, and plentiful examples, De Kai takes readers below the surface of popular chatbots and search engines to the broad field of scientific inquiry living at the intersection of psychology, philosophy, and computer science, reflecting researchers’ observations about human intelligence…Ultimately, this primer argues that the stakes are high, the situation is urgent, and we all have a role to play. By engaging with AI consciously and ethically, we can help shape better systems—by first calling forth our better selves. A deeply human dive into the AIs that are transforming our world.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“Raising AI is a compelling treatise grounded in studies of ethics and technology that charts a path toward greater understanding between biological and artificial intelligences.”
—Foreword Reviews
“De Kai, a “pioneer of translation AIs,” is a worthy guide to the dangers and possibilities of the technology. Fascinating and mercifully comprehensible to layreaders, Raising AI situates humans as the adults in the room and explores the ways in which we can and should engage with our “artificial children.” Why not give your dread a little break?”
—LitHub
“In his beautiful, even profound, new book, Raising AI: An Essential Guide to Parenting Our Future, AI luminary De Kai reframes the AI dialogue. They’re not tools, slaves or gods, they’re our children.”
—Forbes
De Kai
De Kai is a pioneer of AI. For his contributions, he was honored by the Association for Computational Linguistics as one of its Founding Fellows. He holds joint appointments at HKUST’s Department of Computer Science and Engineering and Berkeley’s International Computer Science Institute. De Kai is Independent Director of the AI ethics think tank The Future Society and was one of eight inaugural members of Google’s AI Ethics council.
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