9780262043847-026204384X-AI and Humanity (Mit Press)

AI and Humanity (Mit Press)

ISBN-13: 9780262043847
ISBN-10: 026204384X
Author: Jennifer Keating, Illah Reza Nourbakhsh
Publication date: 2020
Publisher: The MIT Press
Format: Hardcover 160 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780262043847
ISBN-10: 026204384X
Author: Jennifer Keating, Illah Reza Nourbakhsh
Publication date: 2020
Publisher: The MIT Press
Format: Hardcover 160 pages

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AI and Humanity (Mit Press) (ISBN-13: 9780262043847 and ISBN-10: 026204384X), written by authors Jennifer Keating, Illah Reza Nourbakhsh, was published by The MIT Press in 2020. With an overall rating of 4.0 stars, it's a notable title among other AI & Machine Learning (Computer Science) books. You can easily purchase or rent AI and Humanity (Mit Press) (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used AI & Machine Learning books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.34.

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Review This book cuts through the confoundingly complex technological maze, revealing how AI will impact all aspects of our lives and empowering us to shape its evolution. Comprehensive, yet accessible, it identifies the critical issues and concepts and should be essential reading for anyone interested in the vital questions of AI and humanity.―Ian Goldin, Professor of Globalisation and Development at the University of Oxford Product Description An examination of the implications for society of rapidly advancing artificial intelligence systems, combining a humanities perspective with technical analysis; includes exercises and discussion questions.AI and Humanity provides an analytical framing and a common language for understanding the effects of technological advances in artificial intelligence on society. Coauthored by a computer scientist and a scholar of literature and cultural studies, it is unique in combining a humanities perspective with technical analysis, using the tools of literary explication to examine the societal impact of AI systems. It explores the historical development of these technologies, moving from the apparently benign Roomba to the considerably more sinister semi-autonomous weapon system Harpy. The book is driven by an exploration of the cultural and etymological roots of a series of keywords relevant to both AI and society. Works examined range from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, given a close reading for its themes of literacy and agency, to Simon Head's critique of the effects of surveillance and automation on the Amazon labor force in Mindless.Originally developed as a textbook for an interdisciplinary humanities-science course at Carnegie Mellon, AI & Humanity offers discussion questions, exercises (including journal writing and concept mapping), and reading lists. A companion website provides updated resources and a portal to a video archive of interviews with AI scientists, sociologists, literary theorists, and others. About the Author Illah Reza Nourbakhsh is K&L Gates Professor of Ethics and Computational Technologies in the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. He is the author of Robot Futures and coauthor of Introduction to Autonomous Mobile Robots (both published by the MIT Press).Jennifer Keating is Assistant Dean for Educational Initiatives at Dietrich College of Social Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University. She is the author of Language, Identity, and Liberation in Contemporary Irish Literature and editor of McCabe's Ireland.

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