Nigel Shadbolt, "As If Human: Ethics and Artificial Intelligence"
English | ISBN: 0300268297 | 2024 | 272 pages | EPUB, PDF | 878 KB + 2 MB

A new approach to the challenges surrounding artificial intelligence that argues for assessing AI actions as if they came from a human being

Intelligent machines present us every day with urgent ethical challenges. Is the facial recognition software used by an agency fair? When algorithms determine questions of justice, finance, health, and defense, are the decisions proportionate, equitable, transparent, and accountable? How do we harness this extraordinary technology to empower rather than oppress?

Despite increasingly sophisticated programming, artificial intelligences share none of our essential human characteristics—sentience, physical sensation, emotional responsiveness, versatile general intelligence. However, Nigel Shadbolt and Roger Hampson argue, if we assess AI decisions, products, and calls for action