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We, robots - Lode Lauwaert, Bartek Chomanski

We, robots

Questioning the Neutrality of Technology, Ethical AI and Technological Determinism
Buch | Softcover
XXI, 137 Seiten
2025
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-77173-6 (ISBN)
CHF 41,90 inkl. MwSt

This book takes a philosophical look at traditional technological tools such as hammers and drills as well as the modern: autonomous cars, ChatGPT, smartphones, apps, steam engines, nuclear power plants, computers, and many other systems that surround us. The three main questions tackled are:

  • Is technology neutral? Or is the design often intertwined with a Western or gendered perspective?
  • What are the ethical risks of AI? Is it necessarily biased? Is the climate problem linked to smart technologies?
  • Is technological determinism correct? In other words, is the world controlled by engineers since the digital revolution, or are their inventions merely a product of society?

Lode Lauwaert and Bartek Chomanski offer an idiosyncratic perspective on technology and AI. The result is a nuanced and critical view of the key themes of our time. This book appeals broadly to students, researchers as well as non-academic audiences for an introduction to the philosophy of technology and AI.

"This book explores key themes that all revolve around the idea that technology is not neutral. This is a message for all of us. Because technology is us."  Mark Coeckelbergh, University of Vienna

Lode Lauwaert is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy of Technology at KU Leuven (Belgium), where he holds the Ethics and AI Chair.

Bartek Chomanski is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan (Poland).

1 The Neutrality of Technology.- 2 Ethics of AI.- 3 Technological Determinism.

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo XXI, 137 p.
Verlagsort Cham
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie
Schlagworte philosophy and ai • philosophy and artificial intelligence • Philosophy of Technology • popular philosophy of science • popular philosophy of technology • popular philosophy technology • robots and philosophy • social media and philosophy • trade philosophy
ISBN-10 3-031-77173-7 / 3031771737
ISBN-13 978-3-031-77173-6 / 9783031771736
Zustand Neuware
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