The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State by Lepore. Jill
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In The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State, historian Jill Lepore examines the history behind today's growing reliance on data, algorithms, automation, and artificial intelligence. She argues that these technologies are reshaping political institutions, public discourse, and the ability of people to govern themselves.
Drawing inspiration from Hannah Arendt's The Origins of Totalitarianism, Lepore traces the historical developments that led to what she calls the "Artificial State." She examines subjects including data collection, political campaigns, social media, surveillance, technology companies, and proposals to use artificial intelligence in government. Throughout, she challenges the idea that the expansion of algorithmic decision-making is inevitable.
Part history and part critique of contemporary technology, the book presents Lepore's argument about how societies arrived at this moment and considers how people might preserve human agency and democratic self-government in an age of artificial intelligence.
- Title: The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State
- Author: Jill Lepore
- Format: Hardcover
- Pages: 336
- Publisher: Liveright
- Publication Date: August 25, 2026
- Genre: History / Artificial Intelligence / Technology & Society / Public Policy
- ISBN: 9781324098423
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