Overview
A philosophical task force explores how AI is revolutionizing our lives - and what moral problems it might bring, showing us what to be wary of, and what to be hopeful for.There is no more important issue at present than artificial intelligence. AI has begun to penetrate almost every sphere of human activity. It will disrupt our lives entirely. David Edmonds brings together a team of leading philosophers to explore some of the urgent moral concerns we should have about this revolution. The chapters are rich with examples from contemporary society and imaginative projections of the future. The contributors investigate problems we're all aware of, and introduce some that will be new to many readers. They discuss self and identity, health and insurance, politics and manipulation, the environment, work, law, policing, and defence. Each of them explains the issue in a lively and illuminating way, and takes a view about how we should think and act in response. Anyone who is wondering what ethical challenges the future holds for us can start here.
Full Product Details
Author: David Edmonds (Distinguished Research Fellow at the Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics at Oxford University)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 14.20cm
, Height: 1.70cm
, Length: 22.40cm
Weight: 0.422kg
ISBN: 9780198876434
ISBN 10: 0198876432
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 08 August 2024
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
A tour de force of 20 leading authors, brought together in a masterful editorship by David Edmonds. * Richard Lofthouse, QUAD *
A very good ... read. It shows that creating an intelligent machine as competent as - or more competent than - humans subverts almost every assumption we currently make about ourselves and the future. * Bryan Appleyard, Literary Review * An up-to-date, jargon-free and thoughtful survey. * Robin Gill, Church Times * A tour de force of 20 leading authors, brought together in a masterful editorship by David Edmonds. * Richard Lofthouse, QUAD * The essays in this collection cast an informed and up-to-date eye over an area that is evolving very rapidly. The book is very accessible...Many of the contributions are lively and astute. * David Gibney, Mercator *
Author Information
David Edmonds is a Distinguished Research Fellow at the Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics at Oxford University and a former BBC radio journalist. He is the author or editor of many critically acclaimed philosophy books (and one on chess) which together have been translated into over two dozen languages. These include the (with John Eidinow) the international best seller Wittgenstein's Poker and, most recently, a biography, Parfit: A Philosopher and his Mission to Save Morality. David also hosts a couple of philosophy podcasts. Philosophy Bites, which he makes with Nigel Warburton has had over 45 million downloads.
