A revealing investigation into how artificial intelligence is quietly reshaping the foundations of our society — our jobs, our relationships, our identities — and what this means for the generation coming of age alongside it.

Generation Z is the first to grow up in a world where AI is not science fiction but daily reality. From deepfake deception and romantic partnerships with virtual companions, to automated job displacement and the militarization of autonomous systems, today’s young people are caught in a transformation with no historical precedent.

Despite the promises of progress, this new world risks leaving us more distracted, misinformed, emotionally dependent, and ethically compromised than ever before. The technologies designed to connect us may be the very tools that divide, addict, and manipulate us.

This is a book about how we got here. With an eye on the past and a warning for the future, Ayush Prakash traces the forces that brought us to the brink — surveillance capitalism, social media echo chambers, the arms race of AI development — and how they’re colliding with Gen Z’s most intimate experiences of love, labor, identity, and truth.

Drawing from his work at the intersection of technology, philosophy, and generational culture, Prakash outlines the psychological, political, and, philosophical, and social shifts one must understand to navigate AI without losing our humanity.

AI for Gen Z is a must-read for anyone trying to understand the world we are building — and who it’s being built for.