Description
| Product ID: | 9783031124815 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Digital Humanism |
| Subtitle: | For a Humane Transformation of Democracy, Economy and Culture in the Digital Age |
| Authors: | Author: Julian Nida-Rumelin, Nathalie Weidenfeld |
| Page Count: | 127 |
| Subjects: | Media studies, Media studies, Sociology, Political science and theory, Philosophy of science, Impact of science and technology on society, Digital and information technologies: social and ethical aspects, Digital and information technologies: Legal aspects, Sociology, Political science & theory, Philosophy of science, Impact of science & technology on society, Ethical & social aspects of IT, Legal aspects of IT |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This open access book deals with cultural and philosophical aspects of artificial intelligence (AI) and pleads for a “digital humanism”. 1. Introduction.- 2. Robots as New (Digital) Slaves.- 3. Digital Simulations of Emotions.- 4. The Problem of Autonomy and Determination in the Digital World.- 5. The World as the Perfect Machine Universe.- 6. Digital Optimization, Utilitarianism and AI.- 7. Economic Rationality as a Software Program.- 8. Why Robots Don''t Have Moral Judgment.- 9. Ethical Non-Comparability.- 10. Why AIs Fail at Moral Dilemmas.- 11. Why AIs Can''t Think.- 12. Digital Virtualities and Sober Realities.- 13. On the Ethics of Internet Communication.- 14. On the Ethics of Communication between Humans and AI.- 15. Cultural Aspects of Digitalisation.- 16. Digital Education.- 17. Utopia of Liquid Democracy.- 18. Socio-Economic Aspects of Digitisation.- 19. Transhumanist Temptations.- 20. On the Metaphysics of digitalisation.- 21. Afterword. |
| Imprint Name: | Springer International Publishing AG |
| Publisher Name: | Springer International Publishing AG |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-09-15 |
