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‘Brilliance! Artificial Intelligence has been thrust upon us by the tech bros, in their own image and – terrifyingly – with Silicon Valley vested interests. No one consulted us; the ethics and existential risks have not been thought through. Tracy Spicer bravely leads us through this conversation, the biggest of our era… and one we need to have fast!’
— Sarah Wilson, author of This One Wild and Precious Life and First, We Make the Beast Beautiful
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‘Finally, a book on AI that is accessible to all people. In Man-Made Tracey Spicer, in a fabulously conversational style, delves into the history and development of artificial intelligence and maps out the absolute lack of consideration of women and minorities in the design and development of the machines that are running our world. Man-Made will put fire in the bellies of women and girls and will surely cause the tech men-folk to sit up and review the role they play. Essential reading for all people interested in the future of humanity.’
— Dr Catriona Wallace, Responsible AI expert, Founder of the Responsible Metaverse Alliance and Adj. Professor
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‘The world is made in man’s image and the creators of tech are making sure it stays that way . . . This fascinating, alarming, intelligent and ultimately hopeful read is for anyone who uses tech (yep, that’s all of us!).’
— Ginger Gorman, journalist and author of Troll Hunting: Inside the world of online Hate and its human fallout
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‘Gripping. Compelling. Do yourself a favour and read this cautionary tale. We all need to read this, and learn from it. Tracey Spicer’s story telling methodically unpeels the biases that technology is wrapping around daily life and empowers women to stand up against a future designed by men to disadvantage them. Compulsory reading if you care about the future and its entrenchment of existing power structures.’
— Madonna King, author of TEN-AGER
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‘Tracey manages to elicit anger, outrage and full-body laughter at the outrageous happenings of the past, all whist providing a much-needed history lesson on how we've managed to rub out female contributions, discoveries and innovation in the evolution of the digital age’
— Iyari Cevellos, Chair of Women in Technology (WiT)
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‘As eye-opening as it is entertaining, Man-Made is full of truths about the gendered impacts of AI that are uncomfortable to learn but crucial to act on.’
— Antoinette Lattouf, author of How To Lose Friends and Influence White People.
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‘Thank God it's funny. If it wasn't, I'd be too scared to sleep. Tracey brings her sparkling wit and journalist's critical eye to this Frankenstein's tale for the digital generation. Meticulously researched, hilarious and shocking. Read this book before it's too late . . .The perils of cyber tech from a woman's point of view: brilliant, hilarious and terrifying. You'll never see Alexa the same way again.’
— Juanita Phillips, ABC TV News anchor and author of A Pressure Cooker Saved My Life
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‘Tracey Spicer uses her unmistakably human voice to warn us all about the deeply sexist Frankenstein’s Monster that is modern AI. Humanity’s potential overthrow and replacement by those without morals, without heart and without soul is real – and marching toward us right now.’
— Yumi Stynes, author and broadcaster