Identity, Institutions and Governance in an AI World (eBook)

Transhuman Relations

Peter Bloom (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF

2020
VIII, 268 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-36181-5 (ISBN)

Infos

The 21st century is on the verge of a possible total economic and political revolution. Technological advances in robotics, computing and digital communications have the potential to completely transform how people live and work. Even more radically, humans will soon be interacting with artificial intelligence (A.I.) as a normal and essential part of their daily existence. What is needed now more than ever is to rethink social relations to meet the challenges of this soon-to-arrive 'smart' world. This book proposes an original theory of trans-human relations for this coming future. Drawing on insights from organisational studies, critical theory, psychology and futurism - it will chart for readers the coming changes to identity, institutions and governance in a world populated by intelligent human and non-human actors alike. It will be characterised by a fresh emphasis on infusing programming with values of social justice, protecting the rights and views of all forms of 'consciousness' and creating the structures and practices necessary for encouraging a culture of 'mutual intelligent design'. To do so means moving beyond our anthropocentric worldview of today and expanding our assumptions about the state of tomorrow's politics, institutions, laws and even everyday existence. Critically such a profound shift demands transcending humanist paradigms of a world created for and by humans and instead opening ourselves to a new reality where non-human intelligence and cyborgs are increasingly central.

Peter Bloom is Professor of Management at the University of Essex, UK. He is the author of a number of books including Authoritarian Capitalism in the Age of Globalization, Beyond Power and Resistance: Politics at the Radical Limits, The Ethics of Neoliberalism: The Business of Making Capitalism Moral, The Bad Faith in the Free Market: The Radical Promise of Existential Freedom, The CEO Society: The Corporate Takeover of Everyday Life, Monitored: Business and Surveillance in Time of Big Data. His writing has been additionally featured in top international and national media outlets such as The Washington Post, The Guardian, and The Independent, The New Statesmen, The Week, The Conversation and Open Democracy among others.

Inhalt

Acknowledgements 5
Contents 6
Chapter 1: Introduction: Preparing for a “Transhuman” Future 8
Aim 10
Towards Transhuman Relations? 10
What Is Transhuman Relations? 14
The Artificial Road to Heaven or Hell? 18
Living in Existence 4.0 21
Developing a Theory of “Smart Consciousness” 25
Preparing for a “Transhuman” World 29
References 31
Chapter 2: Evolving Beyond Human Relations 37
Looking Past a Human—Centred World 39
Managing Human Relations 41
Living in an Anthropocene World 45
New Materialism for “Smart” Times 49
Going Beyond a Human Centred World 53
Sharing Intelligence 56
Evolving Beyond Human Relations 60
References 63
Chapter 3: Heading Toward Integration: The Rise of the Human Machines 72
The Threat of Singularity 73
The Danger of Human Bias 77
Manufacturing “Ethical” Intelligence 80
Disruptive Debates 83
Bridging the AI Divide 85
Heading Toward Integration 88
References 91
Chapter 4: Leading Future Lives: Producing Meaningful Intelligence 98
Alienation 4.0 99
Caring Machines 105
transhuman Lives 109
Healthy Robots, Happy Humans 114
Integrated Possibilities 119
Producing Meaningful Intelligence 123
References 125
Chapter 5: Creating Smart Economies: Administrating Empowering Futures 136
Smart Governance 137
Breaking Our Digital Chains 142
Creating transhuman Value 146
Empowering transhuman Organisation 152
Creating Integrative Economies 158
Administrating Shared Futures 163
References 167
Chapter 6: Reprogramming Politics: Mutual Intelligent Design 178
Cyborg Politics 179
Developing TransHuman Democracy 185
Simulating Progress 189
“Unhumanising” Politics 193
Reprogramming Politics 198
Mutual Intelligent Design 202
References 206
Chapter 7: Legal Reboot: From Human Control to Transhuman Possibilities 216
Transhuman Rights 217
Updating Autonomy 222
Enhancing the Law 225
Licit Pathologies 230
Legal Reboot 234
From Human Control to Transhuman Possibilities 238
References 242
Chapter 8: Shared Consciousness: Toward a World of Transhuman Relations 252
The Need for Radical Dehumanization and Disruptive Integration 253
From Disruption to Transformation 254
Deprogramming and Unhumanising “Industry 4.0” 258
Liberating Intelligence 261
ReCoding Reality 263
References 266
Correction to: Leading Future Lives: Producing Meaningful Intelligence 270
Index 271

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.1.2020
• Zusatzinfo: VIII, 268 p.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Informatik ► Theorie / Studium ► Künstliche Intelligenz / Robotik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Maschinenbau
• Schlagworte: Anthropocentrism • Cyborgs • Future Lives • human control • Human machines • Human Relations • Integration • legal reboot • meaningful intelligence • mutual intelligent design • reprogramming politics • Shared Value • Singularity • smart consciousness • smart economies • transhuman collaboration • transhuman democracy • Transhumanism • transhuman relations • transhuman wellbeing
• ISBN-10: 3-030-36181-0 / 3030361810
• ISBN-13: 978-3-030-36181-5 / 9783030361815