Political Theory of the Digital Age: Where Artificial Intelligence Might Take Us

Description: Political Theory of the Digital Age by Mathias Risse In the era of far-reaching technological innovation, from artificial intelligence to Big Data, it is possible that there will be conscious machines in our lifetime. This book establishes a foundation for the philosophy of technology and investigates how the digital age might alter our most basic political practices and ideas. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description With the rise of far-reaching technological innovation, from artificial intelligence to Big Data, human life is increasingly unfolding in digital lifeworlds. While such developments have made unprecedented changes to the ways we live, our political practices have failed to evolve at pace with these profound changes. In this path-breaking work, Mathias Risse establishes a foundation for the philosophy of technology, allowing us to investigate how the digital century might alter our most basic political practices and ideas. Risse engages major concepts in political philosophy and extends them to account for problems that arise in digital lifeworlds including AI and democracy, synthetic media and surveillance capitalism and how AI might alter our thinking about the meaning of life. Proactive and profound, Political Theory of the Digital Age offers a systemic way of evaluating the effect of AI, allowing us to anticipate and understand how technological developments impact our political lives – before its too late. Author Biography Mathias Risse is the Berthold Beitz Professor in Human Rights, Global Affairs, and Philosophy at Harvard University. He is the author of On Global Justice (2012), On Justice (2020), and Global Political Philosophy (2020), as well as the co-author of On Trade Justice (2019) and Holding Together: The Hijacking of Rights in America and How to Reclaim Them For Everyone (2022). Table of Contents 1. Introduction: digital lifeworlds in human history; 2. Learning from the Amish: political philosophy as philosophy of technology in the digital century; 3. Artificial intelligence and the past, present, and future of democracy; 4. Truth will not set you free: is there a right to it anyway? Elaborating on the work public reason does in life 2.0; 5. Knowing and being known: investigating epistemic entitlements in digital lifeworlds; 6. Beyond porn and discreditation: epistemic promises and perils of deepfake technology; 7. The fourth generation of human rights: epistemic rights in life 2.0 and life 3.0; 8. On surveillance capitalism, instrumentarian power, and social physics: securing the enlightenment for digital lifeworlds; 9. Data as social facts: distributive justice meets big data; 10. God, Golem, and gadget worshippers: meaning of life in the digital age; 11. Moral status and political membership: toward a political theory for life 3.0; Epilogue. Review Human beings are unprepared for the consequences of artificial intelligence and big data analysis - consequences for human rights, democratic government, public spheres, distributive justice, individual dignity, pursuit of meaningful human lives, and the moral status of potentially self-guided artificial intelligence itself. Drawing on a range of political theories and welcome common sense, Mathias Risse briskly frames the agenda to prepare for a world of deepfakes, surveillance capitalism, and machines that alter human lives while operating without human supervision. Especially helpful in challenging assumptions such as that those who gather our data also own it, this book points the way toward preserving both individual and social lives of meaning and deliberate choices. Martha Minow, Harvard Law SchoolIn this outstanding book, Harvards Mathias Risse explores hitherto uncharted terrain of political theory. The liberal-egalitarian tradition, with Rawls as its central figure, has by and large ignored the political nature of technology, thus condemning itself to irrelevance with regard to one of the most pressing political questions of our time: How will digital technology affect human life in the decades to come? [Without appropriate political steps, it is imaginable that humanity will not survive the further development of artificial intelligence. So we, ordinary citizens of the world, had better pay close attention.] Starting from the Rawlsian idea of public reason, Risses explorative study draws on intellectual traditions ranging from Marxism to science and technology studies in order to toughen up liberal-egalitarian philosophy for the challenge. I hope this well-written book will find a broad readership and inspire much- needed work on this topic of topics. Michael Schefczyk, Karlsruhe Institute of TechnologyRisse could not be more right that we need to do political theory for a digital age, to come to grips with the political dimensions of our social lives as the very notion of social life is transformed by advances in AI in both the near and far terms. Weaving together insights from the philosophy of technology, rights theory, science and technology studies, and traditional political theory and political philosophy, Risse reveals both the depth of challenges we face across a spectrum of issues in the immediate and distant future, and the promise of a reconfigured political theory for resolving them. The breadth and care that Risse takes with both the technological possibilities and the philosophical and political foundations is remarkable. This is a must-read! John Basl, Northeastern University Promotional This book investigates how artificial intelligence might influence our political practices and ideas, and how we should respond. Details ISBN1009255193 Author Mathias Risse Short Title Political Theory of the Digital Age Publisher Cambridge University Press Language English Year 2023 ISBN-10 1009255193 ISBN-13 9781009255196 Format Paperback Subtitle Where Artificial Intelligence Might Take Us Imprint Cambridge University Press Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom Pages 400 Publication Date 2023-02-09 AU Release Date 2023-02-09 NZ Release Date 2023-02-09 UK Release Date 2023-02-09 Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises Alternative 9781009255189 DEWEY 320.01 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:168633599;

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