AI Ethics (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series)

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This overview of the ethical issues raised by artificial intelligence moves beyond hype and nightmare scenarios to address concrete questions—offering a compelling, necessary read for our ChatGPT era.
 
Artificial intelligence powers Google’s search engine, enables Facebook to target advertising, and allows Alexa and Siri to do their jobs. AI is also behind self-driving cars, predictive policing, and autonomous weapons that can kill without human intervention. These and other AI applications raise complex ethical issues that are the subject of ongoing debate. This volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series offers an accessible synthesis of these issues. Written by a philosopher of technology, AI Ethics goes beyond the usual hype and nightmare scenarios to address concrete questions.
 
Mark Coeckelbergh describes influential AI narratives, ranging from Frankenstein’s monster to transhumanism and the technological singularity. He surveys relevant philosophical discussions: questions about the fundamental differences between humans and machines and debates over the moral status of AI. He explains the technology of AI, describing different approaches and focusing on machine learning and data science. He offers an overview of important ethical issues, including privacy concerns, responsibility and the delegation of decision making, transparency, and bias as it arises at all stages of data science processes. He also considers the future of work in an AI economy. Finally, he analyzes a range of policy proposals and discusses challenges for policymakers. He argues for ethical practices that embed values in design, translate democratic values into practices and include a vision of the good life and the good society.
Publisher ‏ : ‎ The MIT Press
Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 7, 2020
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 248 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0262538199
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0262538190
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 0.65 x 7 inches
Part of series ‏ : ‎ MIT Press Essential Knowledge
Best Sellers Rank: #51,477 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #99 in Artificial Intelligence & Semantics #138 in History & Philosophy of Science (Books) #142 in Philosophy of Ethics & Morality
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