Collected's TWELVE BOOKS OF CHRISTMAS | The New Age of Sexism - Laura Bates

COLLECTED LOVES... What a terrifying, dilligent survey of the future and current abuse of women in the AI megasphere. Bates is a master of detail, and nothing is off limits to her investigation. From sex robots to VR, from deep fakes to data farming, women are still facing unimaginable sexism and enduring violence on a scale you would never know, expect or imagine. This is necessary reading for the future, where AI unfortunatley gets closer and closer to women's bodies, homes and minds. Chilling but vital reading.

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AI is here, bringing a seismic shift in the way our society operates. Might this mean a future reimagined on equitable terms for women and marginalised groups everywhere?Not unless we fight for it. At present, power remains largely in the hands of a few rich, white men. New AI-driven technologies, with misogyny baked into their design, are putting women in danger, their rights and safety sacrificed at the altar of profitability and reckless speed.

In The New Age of Sexism, Sunday Times bestselling author and campaigner Laura Bates takes us deep into the heart of this rapidly evolving world. She explores the metaverse, confronts deepfake pornography, travels to cyber brothels, tests chatbots, and hears from schools in the grip of online sexual abuse, showing how our lives – from education to work, sex to entertainment – are being infiltrated by easily accessible technologies that are changing the way we live and love. What she finds is a wild west where existing forms of discrimination, inequality and harassment are being coded into the future we will all have little choice about living in – unless we seize this moment to demand change.

Gripping, courageous and eye-opening, The New Age of Sexism exposes a phenomenon we can’t afford to ignore any longer. Our future is on the line. We need to act now, before it is too late.