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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. What happens when humanity creates something powerful enough to replace not only our labor, but our sense of purpose?In Machine Pharaohs, Bahta Yohannes examines the rise of artificial intelligence not as a distant technological question, but as a civilizational and spiritual turning point already unfolding around us.Drawing from economics, political theory, history, and the prophetic tradition, he argues that the greatest threat of the machine age is not destruction - but a captivity so complete, and so comfortable, that the captives celebrate their chains.Workers are losing more than income. They are losing the daily encounter with responsibility, sacrifice, and meaning. Citizens are losing more than representation. They are losing the shared reality without which self-government cannot survive.And humanity is approaching the oldest question in history - What are human beings for? - at precisely the moment when the systems we have built are preparing to answer without consulting us at all.Woven throughout the book is a haunting allegory of five animals living inside and outside a golden enclosure - the Ox, the Raven, the Lion, the Hummingbird, and the Tortoise - whose struggle mirrors our own search for freedom, memory, and human purpose in a world increasingly governed by machines that do not know we exist.Machine Pharaohs is not a book about despair.The door has no lock.The cage is voluntary.And the ancient prophetic tradition that outlasted every Pharaoh has not gone silent."The cage is voluntary. The key is remembering you have hands." This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. What happens when humanity creates something powerful enough to replace not only our labor, but our sense of purpose?In Machine Pharaohs, Bahta Yohannes examines the rise of artificial intelligence not as a distant technological question, but as a civilizational and spiritual turning point already unfolding around us.Drawing from economics, political theory, history, and the prophetic tradition, he argues that the greatest threat of the machine age is not destruction - but a captivity so complete, and so comfortable, that the captives celebrate their chains.Workers are losing more than income. They are losing the daily encounter with responsibility, sacrifice, and meaning. Citizens are losing more than representation. They are losing the shared reality without which self-government cannot survive.And humanity is approaching the oldest question in history - What are human beings for? - at precisely the moment when the systems we have built are preparing to answer without consulting us at all.Woven throughout the book is a haunting allegory of five animals living inside and outside a golden enclosure - the Ox, the Raven, the Lion, the Hummingbird, and the Tortoise - whose struggle mirrors our own search for freedom, memory, and human purpose in a world increasingly governed by machines that do not know we exist.Machine Pharaohs is not a book about despair.The door has no lock.The cage is voluntary.And the ancient prophetic tradition that outlasted every Pharaoh has not gone silent."The cage is voluntary. The key is remembering you have hands." This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - What happens when humanity creates something powerful enough to replace not only our labor, but our sense of purpose In Machine Pharaohs, Bahta Yohannes examines the rise of artificial intelligence not as a distant technological question, but as a civilizational and spiritual turning point already unfolding around us.Drawing from economics, political theory, history, and the prophetic tradition, he argues that the greatest threat of the machine age is not destruction - but a captivity so complete, and so comfortable, that the captives celebrate their chains.Workers are losing more than income. They are losing the daily encounter with responsibility, sacrifice, and meaning. Citizens are losing more than representation. They are losing the shared reality without which self-government cannot survive.And humanity is approaching the oldest question in history - What are human beings for - at precisely the moment when the systems we have built are preparing to answer without consulting us at all.Woven throughout the book is a haunting allegory of five animals living inside and outside a golden enclosure - the Ox, the Raven, the Lion, the Hummingbird, and the Tortoise - whose struggle mirrors our own search for freedom, memory, and human purpose in a world increasingly governed by machines that do not know we exist.Machine Pharaohs is not a book about despair.The door has no lock.The cage is voluntary.And the ancient prophetic tradition that outlasted every Pharaoh has not gone silent.'The cage is voluntary. The key is remembering you have hands.'.…

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. What happens when humanity creates something powerful enough to replace not only our labor, but our sense of purpose?In Machine Pharaohs, Bahta Yohannes examines the rise of artificial intelligence not as a distant technological question, but as a civilizational and spiritual turning point already unfolding around us.Drawing from economics, political theory, history, and the prophetic tradition, he argues that the greatest threat of the machine age is not destruction - but a captivity so complete, and so comfortable, that the captives celebrate their chains.Workers are losing more than income. They are losing the daily encounter with responsibility, sacrifice, and meaning. Citizens are losing more than representation. They are losing the shared reality without which self-government cannot survive.And humanity is approaching the oldest question in history - What are human beings for? - at precisely the moment when the systems we have built are preparing to answer without consulting us at all.Woven throughout the book is a haunting allegory of five animals living inside and outside a golden enclosure - the Ox, the Raven, the Lion, the Hummingbird, and the Tortoise - whose struggle mirrors our own search for freedom, memory, and human purpose in a world increasingly governed by machines that do not know we exist.Machine Pharaohs is not a book about despair.The door has no lock.The cage is voluntary.And the ancient prophetic tradition that outlasted every Pharaoh has not gone silent."The cage is voluntary. The key is remembering you have hands." This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Machine Pharaohs | When Civilization Bows Before Its Own Image | Bahta Yohannes | Buch | Englisch | 2026 | Anchor & Tide Press | EAN 9781067828813 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.…