Perspectives on Digital Humanism / edited by Hannes Werthner, Erich Prem, Edward A. Lee, Carlo Ghezzi

This open access book aims to set an agenda for research and action in the field of Digital Humanism through short essays written by selected thinkers from a variety of disciplines, including computer science, philosophy, education, law, economics, history, anthropology, political science, and socio...

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Place / Publishing House:Cham : Springer International Publishing, Imprint: Springer, 2022
Year of Publication:2022
Edition:1st ed. 2022
Language:English
Classification:71.11 - Gesellschaft
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Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (XVIII, 343 Seiten); 18 Illustrationen
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Table of Contents:
  • Part 1: AI, Humans, and Control
  • 1. Are We Losing Control?
  • 2. Social Robots: their History and What They Can Do For Us
  • 3. Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control
  • 4. The Challenge of Human Dignity in the Era of Autonomous Systems
  • Part 2: Participation and Democracy
  • 5. The Real Cost of Surveillance Capitalism: Digital Humanism in the US and Europe
  • 6. Democratic Discourse in the Digital Public Sphere: Re-imagining Copyright Enforcement on Online Social Media Platforms
  • 7. The Internet is Dead. Long Live the Internet
  • 8. Return to Freedom: Governance of Fair Innovation Ecosystems
  • 9. Decolonizing Technology and Society - a Perspective from the Global South
  • Part 3: Ethics and Philosophy of Technology
  • 10. Digital Humanism and the Limits of AI
  • 11. Explorative Experiments and Digital Humanism: Adding an Epistemic Dimension to the Ethical Debate
  • 12. Digital Humanism and Global Issues in AI Ethics
  • 13. Our Digital Mirror
  • Part 4: Information Technology and the Arts
  • 14. Fictionalizing the Robot and Artificial Intelligence
  • 15. How to Be A Digital Humanist in International Relations: Cultural Tech Diplomacy Challenges Silicon Valley
  • 16. We Are Needed More Than Ever. Cultural Heritage, Libraries and Archives
  • 17. Humanism and the Great Opportunity of Intelligent User Interfaces for Cultural Heritage
  • Part 5: Data, Algorithm, and Fairness
  • 18. The Attention Economy and the Impact of AI
  • 19. Did You Find It on the Internet? Ethical Complexities of Search Engine Rankings
  • 20. Personalization, Fairness and Post-Userism
  • Part 6: Platform Power
  • 21. The Curation Chokepoint
  • 22. Business Model Innovation and the Rise of Technology Giants
  • 23. Scaling Up Broken Systems? Considerations from the Area of Music Streaming
  • 24. The Platform Economy after Covid-19: Regulation and the Precautionary Principle
  • Part 7: Education and Skills of the Future
  • 25. Educational Requirements for Positive Social Robotics
  • 26. Informatics as a Fundamental Discipline in General Education – The Danish Perspective
  • 27. The Unbearable Disembodiedness of Cognitive Machines
  • Part 8: Digital Geopolitics and Sovereignty
  • 28. The Technological Construction of Sovereignty
  • 29. A Crucial Decade for European Digital Sovereignty
  • 30. Geo-Politics and Digital Sovereignty
  • 31. Cultural Influences on AI along the New Silk Road
  • 32. Geopolitics, Sovereignty in Digital Times…What’s in a Word?
  • Part 9: Systems and Society
  • 33. Work Without Jobs
  • 34. Why Don’t You Do Something to Help Me? Digital Humanism: A Call for Cities to Act
  • 35. Ethics or Quality of Life?
  • 36. Responsible Technology Design: Conversations for Success
  • 37. Navigating Through Changes of a Digital World
  • Part 10: Learning From Crisis
  • 38. Efficiency vs. Resilience: Lessons from COVID-19
  • 39. Contact Tracing Apps: A Lesson in Societal Aspects of Technological Development
  • 40. Data, Models & Decisions: How We can Shape our World by Not Predicting the Future
  • 41. Lessons Learned from the Covid-19 Pandemic
  • 42. The Need for Respectful Technologies: Going Beyond Privacy
  • Part 11: Realizing Digital Humanism
  • 43. Digital Humanism – Navigating the Tensions Ahead
  • 44. Should We Rethink How We Do Research?
  • 45. Interdisciplinarity: Models and Values for Digital Humanism
  • 46. It Is Simple, It Is Complicated