
Is Artificial Intelligence Racist?
The Ethics of AI and the Future of Humanity
Arshin Adib-Moghaddam(Author)
Bloomsbury Academic (Publisher)
Published on 13. July 2023
Book
Hardback
160 pages
978-1-350-37446-1 (ISBN)
Description
How did racism creep into the algorithms that govern our daily lives, from banking and shopping, to job applications? Connecting the legacy of enlightenment racism to forms of discrimination in modern day algorithms and Artificial Intelligence, this volume examines what data feeds into AI technology - and how this data will shape the future of humanity. Delving into the narratives enveloping the development of AI systems, with a particular emphasis on "tech-giants" and the ideas of Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk and Bill Gates, Arshin Adib-Moghaddam explains how and why technology aids and abets various forms of extremism, entrenches social hierarchies and discriminatory boundaries and how this will impact international security and human rights in the future.
Reviews / Votes
Written with intellectual flair, this is a stimulating if sobering assessment of what we can expect in a world increasingly dominated by biased AI. A must-read to understand the paradigm shift we are already experiencing, and better anticipate the all too human flaws in the embedded tech so rapidly accumulating in our techno-societies. * Roxane Farmanfarmaian, University of Cambridge, UK * A fascinating work on the age of artificial intelligence, surveillance, and algorithmic regimes. Arshin Adib-Moghaddam asks compelling questions regarding our dice-throw with the virtual, the digital, and the simulated, taking us into those timescapes of the near-beyond where we will have to confront dire questions of our own post-humanism. This work unveils with exceptional precision both the potentiality for catastrophic violence beneath the surface of such epochal technologies yet also an escape-route into its more boundless figurations. * Jason Mohaghegh, Babson College, USA * A cutting-edge piece of work illustrating how we can transform our psychology and change values within an AI-controlled system in the age of post-human society. * Hisae Nakanishi, Doshisha University, Japan *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
341 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-350-37446-1 (9781350374461)
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Person
Arshin Adib-Moghaddam is Professor in Global Thought and Comparative Philosophies, Fellow of Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge, UK and Inaugural Co-Director of the SOAS Centre for AI Futures, University of London, UK.
Author
Professor of Global Thought and Comparative Philosophies at SOAS, University of London, UK
Content
Introduction
Chapter 1: Beyond Human Robots
Chapter 2: The Matrix Decoded
Chapter 3: Capital Punishment
Chapter 4: Techno-Imperialism
Chapter 5: Death-Techniques
Conclusion: Decolonial AI - A Manifesto
Chapter 1: Beyond Human Robots
Chapter 2: The Matrix Decoded
Chapter 3: Capital Punishment
Chapter 4: Techno-Imperialism
Chapter 5: Death-Techniques
Conclusion: Decolonial AI - A Manifesto