The Next Identity Crisis: Autonomy, Power, and Control in the Age of AI
暫譯: 下一場身分認同危機：AI 時代的自主性、權力與控制
Mastrogiacomo, Rosario
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商品描述
Identity is the foundation of trust. For thousands of years, humans have built systems to answer a simple question: Who can be trusted? From tribal symbols and passports to digital credentials, identity has always been our anchor. But now, for the first time, we share identity with non-human actors--AI systems that think, decide, and act. This is the next identity crisis, and it challenges not just our institutions but our very sense of what it means to be human.
The Next Identity Crisis takes you on a sweeping journey through history, philosophy, and technology to explore how identity has evolved--and why AI changes everything. What happens to ownership when the thing you "own" has autonomy? What happens to trust when any face, voice, or signature can be fabricated? What happens to humanity when agency is no longer uniquely human?
Blending cultural insight with provocative foresight, this book examines the collapse of traditional identity systems and the illusion of control in an age of algorithmic actors. It traces the arc from ancient rituals to digital abstractions, then confronts the rupture: AI as an independent force in our social fabric. Finally, it asks whether a new social contract between humans and machines is possible--and what remains uniquely ours.
Accessible yet profound, The Next Identity Crisis is essential reading for anyone grappling with the ethical, political, and existential stakes of artificial intelligence. If you've ever wondered how trust survives in a world where identities are fluid and autonomy is shared, this book offers answers--and challenges you to rethink what it means to belong.
What You Will Learn
- Online selves, avatars, deepfakes, and the abstraction of identity into data
- Delegation, drift, and deception in human-machine systems
- Deepfakes, synthetic personas, and the erosion of recognition
- Consciousness, mortality, creativity--what remains distinct?
- AI as permanent cohabitant: The crisis of identity is about us, not them
Who This Book Is For
General readers curious about AI, philosophy, and society as well as executives, policymakers, and thought leaders outside of cybersecurity
商品描述(中文翻譯)
身分認同是信任的基礎。數千年來，人類一直建立各種系統，試圖回答一個簡單的問題：誰值得信任？從部落符號與護照，到數位憑證，身分認同始終是我們賴以立足的依靠。然而，如今我們首次必須與非人類行動者共享身分認同——這些能夠思考、決策與行動的 AI 系統。這就是下一場身分認同危機；它所挑戰的不只是我們的制度，更是我們對「成為人類」究竟意味著什麼的根本認知。
《下一場身分認同危機》帶領你踏上一段橫跨歷史、哲學與科技的宏大旅程，探索身分認同如何演變，以及 AI 為何將一切徹底改變。當你「擁有」的事物具備自主性時，所有權將會如何變化？當任何臉孔、聲音或簽名都能被偽造時，信任又將何去何從？當行動能力不再是人類獨有的特質，人性又將如何定義？
本書融合文化洞察與發人深省的前瞻思考，探討傳統身分認同系統的崩解，以及演算法行動者時代中控制幻象的破滅。本書追溯了從古代儀式到數位抽象化的發展軌跡，接著正面迎向這場斷裂：AI 成為社會結構中的獨立力量。最後，本書提出一個問題：人類與機器之間是否可能建立全新的社會契約？而哪些事物仍然是我們獨有的？
《下一場身分認同危機》深入淺出卻寓意深遠，任何關注人工智慧所涉及的倫理、政治與存在性影響的人，都不應錯過。如果你曾思考過，在身分流動不定、自治權由人類與機器共享的世界裡，信任要如何延續，本書將提供答案——同時也挑戰你重新思考「歸屬」究竟意味著什麼。
你將學到的內容
• 網路上的自我、虛擬分身、深偽，以及身分認同如何被抽象化為資料
• 人機系統中的委派、偏移與欺騙
• 深偽、合成人格，以及辨識能力的逐漸瓦解
• 意識、死亡與創造力——究竟還有哪些特質是人類獨有的？
• AI 作為永久共居者：身分認同危機關乎的是我們，而不是它們
本書適合哪些讀者
對 AI、哲學與社會議題感到好奇的一般讀者，以及資安領域以外的企業主管、政策制定者與思想領袖。
作者簡介
Rosario Mastrogiacomo is the Chief Product Strategy Officer at SPHERE, a cybersecurity firm specializing in identity hygiene and data governance. With three decades of experience in the field, Rosario leads initiatives that blend strategy, innovation, and AI to solve some of the most pressing identity security challenges. He is the author of AI Identities: Governing the Next Generation of Autonomous Actors (Apress, 2025), and a recognized speaker, thought leader, and host of the podcast, Smells Like Identity Hygiene, where he explores the intersections of cybersecurity, automation, and human responsibility. Rosario is also the author of widely circulated industry articles and a contributor to executive-level conversations around the role of AI in enterprise identity and risk management.
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
Rosario Mastrogiacomo 是 SPHERE 的產品策略長。SPHERE 是一家專精於身分衛生與資料治理的資安公司。Rosario 在此領域擁有三十年的經驗，負責帶領結合策略、創新與 AI 的各項計畫，以解決當今最迫切的身分安全挑戰。他是《AI Identities: Governing the Next Generation of Autonomous Actors》（Apress，2025）的作者，也是廣受肯定的演講者與思想領袖，並主持 Podcast 節目《Smells Like Identity Hygiene》，探討資安、自動化與人類責任的交會。他同時也是多篇廣泛流傳之業界文章的作者，並參與高階主管層級的討論，探討 AI 在企業身分與風險管理中所扮演的角色。
