Artificial Intelligence: Play or Break the Deck

"Inteligencia Artificial: Jugar o Romper la Baraja" is a bold and timely essay by Margarita García Padilla that invites readers to rethink the relationship between humanity and artificial intelligence. Far from a tech manual, this book is a philosophical and political reflection — tracing the history of AI, deconstructing the myths of techno-solutionism, and exposing the hidden dangers of bias and delegated decision-making.

Padilla argues that AI is not just a new tool: it alters fundamental definitions of what it means to be human. As algorithms infiltrate our societies, they challenge older certainties and reshape our daily lives. This book does not merely critique — it calls for action. It urges us to “play or break the deck”: to dismantle the machine and rebuild it from the ground up. Through workshop-style thinking, collective investigation, and radical imagination, it encourages us to reclaim the public, the common, and the political dimensions of technology. 

Analytical yet accessible, the text weaves together critical theory, digital culture studies, and grassroots praxis. It questions who builds AI, who controls its power, and who suffers its consequences. In doing so, it offers an urgent and necessary challenge to passivity and complacency. For readers invested in digital rights, social justice, or the future of humanity — this book is a must-read.