The Secret Life of DataNavigating Hype and Uncertainty in the Age of Algorithmic Surveillance\nAuthor(s): Aram Sinnreich, Jesse Gilbert\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: MIT Press Ltd, United States\nImprint: MIT Press\nISBN-13: 9780262057233, 978-0262057233\nSynopsis\nHow data surveillance, digital forensics, and generative AI pose new long-term threats and opportunitiesand how we can use them to make better decisions in the face of technological uncertainty.\n\nIn The Secret Life of Data, Aram Sinnreich and Jesse Gilbert explore the many unpredictable, and often surprising, ways in which data surveillance, AI, and the constant presence of algorithms impact our culture and society in the age of global networks. The authors build on this basic premise: no matter what form data takes, and what purpose we think it's being used for, data will always have a secret life. How this data will be used, by other people in other times and places, has profound implications for every aspect of our l.