{"product_id":"silicon-empires-the-fight-for-the-future-of-ai-hardback-9781509550487","title":"Silicon Empires; The Fight for the Future of AI (Hardback) 9781509550487","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSilicon Empires\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Fight for the Future of AI\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNick Srnicek (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509550487, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 31 October 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e200 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.8 x 14.5 x 2.5 cm, 0.408 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"This is a sobering but essential, must-read book. It lays bare the economic dynamics that are driving the development of AI and sheds new light on who will control its future, using which business practices and geopolitical strategies and towards which ends.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHelga Nowotny, Emerita of Science and Technology Studies, ETH Zurich, and Former President of the \u003ci\u003eEuropean Research Council\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eSilicon Empires\u003c\/i\u003e pulls back the curtain on the AI gold-rush, tracking how chips, clouds and capital are marshalled by tech titans and rival states to lock down tomorrow's power and profits. With clear, panoramic insight, Srnicek slices through the hype to show who wins, who loses; and why the future of AI should belong to all of us.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Graham, Oxford University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"By carefully charting AI's development within its proper economic and geopolitical context, and spanning analysis of both the US and China, Srnicek's guide to AI can help us maintain a long-term, realistic perspective of the technology's likely trajectory.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJacobin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince the emergence of ChatGPT, generative AI has been heralded as a technology poised to revolutionize our world. But beyond the hype and hyperbole, who truly wields power over this transformative technology?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSilicon Empires\u003c\/i\u003e, Nick Srnicek explores the geopolitical economy of artificial intelligence, revealing how a handful of powerful corporations and states are engaged in a monumental struggle to control its future. Srnicek moves beyond the headlines to lay bare the elaborate strategies that these silicon empires - from tech giants to great powers - are deploying to capture the immense value of AI. This incisive analysis uncovers the deep-seated tensions between corporate ambitions and national interests, and the profound consequences of this new era of technological competition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the race for AI supremacy accelerates, Srnicek compellingly demonstrates that the decisions being made in the boardrooms of Silicon Valley and the halls of government will shape the distribution of wealth and power on a global scale for decades to come.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNow available as an audiobook.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 \/ Where is the Value of Generative AI?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Beyond ChatGPT\u003cbr\u003e The Generative AI Stack\u003cbr\u003e Tensions and Trajectories\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e2 \/ Strategies of Capture\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Strategies of Capture\u003cbr\u003e Amazon and the Infrastructure Strategy\u003cbr\u003e OpenAI and the Frontier Strategy\u003cbr\u003e Google and the Conglomerate Strategy\u003cbr\u003e Meta and the Open Strategy\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e3 \/ An Interregnum\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Silicon Valley Consensus  \u003cbr\u003e Technodevelopmentalism\u003cbr\u003e Consensus Undone\u003cbr\u003e The Tech-Industrial Complex\u003cbr\u003e The Disorderly Expansion of Capital\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e4 \/ The Future of Silicon Empires\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e America’s Innovation Strategy\u003cbr\u003e China’s Diffusion Strategy\u003cbr\u003e Silicon Empires\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Society \u0026amp; culture: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Society \u0026amp; culture: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Society%20\u0026amp;%20culture:%20general%20%5BJF%5D%22\"\u003eJF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52472080498968,"sku":"9781509550487","price":29.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509550487.jpg?v=1785716450","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/silicon-empires-the-fight-for-the-future-of-ai-hardback-9781509550487","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}