Publications
Books
Kyle writes for adults and children about the intersection of technology, democracy, and society—how social media and artificial intelligence shape our world and what we can do to safeguard the future. Kyle the author and creator of the best-selling Little Black Book series, which includes Data and Democracy, Social Media and AI, among others. He is published by Byline Books and Harper Collins. A selection of his books are listed below.
“Approachable and funny, yet deadly serious. It took us three years to make a film to explain the complex issues distilled so expertly in this little black book.”
Jeff Orlowski
Director, Netflix Phenomenon, The Social Dilemma
The Little Black Book of Social Media
From Innocent Tweeting to an Attempted Coup...
How did we go from short, 140-character tweets to attempted coups in less than two decades? How much data does Facebook really have on me? Is my Amazon Alexa listening to me? The Little Black Book of Social Media demystifies these seemingly complex topics to help you understand how our very way of life is under threat and what you can do about it before it’s too late.
Powered by your personal data, social media has transformed our way of life, from how we get information, meet people and create increasingly siloed communities. This has had a profound impact on democratic society. Our shared reality – the way we collectively understand the world – has rapidly been replaced by conflicting micro-realities that are often fueled by conspiracy theories, lies and “fake news.” This has been driven by a business model that supposedly gives us everything for free. All we have to do is give up our personal data and privacy. If you aren’t paying for the product, then you are the product.
"Kyle Taylor tells us what we need to know and what we can do about it. Everyone should read this book!"
-Roger McNamee
Author of the New York Times best seller Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe
The Little Black Book of Artifical Intelligence
How Big Tech is Making Technology Redundant
Why are the CEOs of the world’s biggest AI companies calling their own technology an existential threat? Artificial intelligence (AI) – when a computer is capable of doing stuff that intelligent beings like humans can do – exploded into the public consciousness in November 2022, when OpenAI’s ChatGPT 3.5 was made public. Suddenly, we were hearing about how AI could bring about the imminent end of humanity. A concept that goes back to the time of ancient Greece, there have been more AI advances in 2023 than in the entire history of artificial intelligence, and they’re not all for the better.
How did things progress so quickly? Is this time different, or will the tech billionaires become the world’s first trillionaires by prioritising profit at the expense of the greater good? The Little Black Book of Artificial Intelligence offers a gateway to understanding these seemingly complex ideas, their upsides and their risks while offering an urgent call to action, before it’s too late.
Exploring Cyberspace
By Kyle Taylor & Lisa Rajan
Sam and Layla enjoy playing games, chatting to their friends and watching things online. But sometimes using the internet worries them and they don’t always enjoy screen time as much as they think they will. Why is that?
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Exploring Cyberspace is aimed at explaining, in an acessible and engaging way, fundamental topics about the digital world to 8-12 year-olds.
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From how the infrastructure of the Internet works and staying safe online to coding fundamentals and how to identify false or misleading information, the book is widely used in classrooms around the world.
Newspaper Articles
Kyle regularly contributes to a range of publications, including The Independent, Politics.co.uk and Politics Home. He also writes a monthly column on tech, democracy and society in Byline Times, which is is focussed on remaining a firecely independent, public interest news source. More info on them can be found here. A few sample articles are below. Click the image for a PDF of the entire article.
