Digital humanism : for a humane transformation of democracy, economy and culture in the digital age / Julian Nida-Rümelin, Nathalie Weidenfeld.
Nida-Rümelin, Julian, 1954- author.; Weidenfeld, Nathalie, author.
2022
B821
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Title Digital humanism : for a humane transformation of democracy, economy and culture in the digital age / Julian Nida-Rümelin, Nathalie Weidenfeld.
Author Nida-Rümelin, Julian, 1954- author.
Uniform Title Digitaler Humanismus. English
ISBN 9783031124822 (electronic bk.)
3031124820 (electronic bk.)
9783031124815 (print)
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12482-2
Published Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2022.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (ix, 127 pages) : illustrations
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-031-12482-2 doi
Call Number B821
Dewey Decimal Classification 144
Summary This open access book deals with cultural and philosophical aspects of artificial intelligence (AI) and pleads for a "digital humanism". This term is beginning to be en vogue everywhere. Due to a growing discontentment with the way digitalization is being used in the world, particularly formulated by former heroes of Internet, social media and search engine companies, philosophical as well as industrial thought leaders begin to plead for a humane use of digital tools. Yet the term "digital humanism" is a particular terminology that lacks a sound conceptual and philosophical basis and needs clarification still -- and this gap is exactly filled by this book. It propagates a vision of society in which digitization is used to strengthen human self-determination, autonomy and dignity and whose time has come to be propagated throughout the world. The advantage of this book is that it is philosophically sound and yet written in a way that will make it accessible for everybody interested in the subject. Every chapters begins with a film scene illustrating a precise philosophical problem with AI and how we look at it -- making the book not only readable, but even entertaining. And after having read the book the reader will have a clear vision of what it means to live in a world where digitization and AI are central technologies for a better and more humane civilization.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references.
Access Note Open access.
Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 22, 2022).
Added Author Weidenfeld, Nathalie, author.
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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.

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