Come discuss "The AI Mirror: How to Reclaim Our Humanity in the Age of Machine Thinking." The threat artificial intelligence poses to society derives paradoxically from the dangerous human values it has internalized, according to this mind-bending book by philosopher and AI ethicist Shannon Vallor. Adults.
Come discuss "The AI Mirror: How to Reclaim Our Humanity in the Age of Machine Thinking" by Shannon Vallor. The threat artificial intelligence poses to society paradoxically derives from the dangerous human values it has internalized, according to this mind-bending treatise. Philosopher Vallor characterizes AI as a "mirror" that reflects existing social beliefs, values and attitudes and uses them to replicate the unseen patterns that have produced a world "rife with racism, poverty, inequality, discrimination, climate catastrophe." Vallor's rigorous analysis is fueled by a sense of alarm that never descends into fatalism, and she makes a convincing argument for "repairing and rebuilding the world" on a human scale as a prerequisite "for a sustainable future." It's a fresh and fascinating take on the perils and promises of a much-debated technology.
Vallor is also the author of "Technology and the Virtues: A Philosophical Guide to a Future Worth Wanting" and the Baillie Gifford Professor in the Ethics of Data and Artificial Intelligence in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh.
Adults.
AGE GROUP: | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Featured | Books & Authors |
TAGS: | Science | Book Discussion |
