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AI is sold to us as neutral, inevitable and transformative, but whose interests does it truly serve? Drawing on Marx’s image of capital as a vampire – viciously sucking in living labour – this boo...
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  • 01 April 2027
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AI is sold to us as neutral, inevitable and transformative, but whose interests does it truly serve?

Drawing on Marx’s image of capital as a vampire – viciously sucking in living labour – this book shows how AI is deeply entangled with capitalism. From the optimisation choices that embed capitalist ethos within, to the platforms that operationalise bad low-paid work, the book demystifies how AI shapes everyday life.

Vampire AI asks what it would mean to redirect the technology to collective ends, serving people rather than capital. The book is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand and challenge the political economy of artificial intelligence.

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Price: $127.95
Pages: 240
Publisher: Bristol University Press
Imprint: Bristol University Press
Publication Date: 01 April 2027
ISBN: 9781529260403
Format: Hardcover
BISACs: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Technology Studies, Digital and information technologies: social and ethical aspects, COMPUTERS / Social Aspects, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, Impact of science and technology on society, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Ethical issues: scientific, technological and medical developments, Critical theory
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Deepak P is Associate Professor in Artificial Intelligence at Queen’s University Belfast and Adjunct Faculty Member at Indian Institute of Technology Madras.

Part I: The Backdrop

1. The Evolution of AI Over the Decades

2. The Ways of Data-Driven AI

3. Capital: The Process of Unending Accumulation

Part II: Vampire AI: The Phenomenon

4. The Synergies

5. The Propensities

Part III: The Fallouts

6. The Good Life Promise Vs. The Squeeze Reality

7. The Contours of Squeeze: Customer Satisfaction, Information Asymmetry, Platformization

8. Spread: The Early Days

9. Vampire AI in Contemporary Life

10. Suppression: How VAI Undermines Solidarity

Part IV: The Future

11. The Ongoing Reinforcement of Vampire AI

12. Alternatives to Vampire AI: Reimagining AI for Collective Good