Ethics in the AI, Technology, and Information Age
By (Author) Michael Boylan
Edited by Wanda Teays
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
17th May 2022
United States
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
174.96
Hardback
352
Width 161mm, Height 226mm, Spine 26mm
726g
Increasingly, technology, the Internet and social media are playing a major part in our lives. What should we think about the ethical issues that arise, such as the changing role of intelligent machines in this Information Age The impact of technology upon society is a perennial question, but the power of computing and artificial intelligence has ratcheted up the ethical implications of this relationship. It merits careful consideration.
Ethics in the AI, Technology, and Information Age brings together a cohort of international scholars to explore the ethical ramifications of the latest technologies and their effects on our lives. This it does in three parts: (1) theoretical considerations, (2) practical applications, and (3) challenges. Beginning with theoretical essays, the book investigates the relationship between technology and nature, the limits of being human versus machine, and the moral implications of artificial intelligence. The book then examines key questions; such as ownership of technology, artificial intelligences replacement of human jobs and functions, privacy and cybersecurity, the ethics of self-driving cars, and the problematic aspects of drone warfare.
With an appendix of films and documentaries to inspire further discussion on these topics, students and scholars will find Ethics in the AI, Technology, and Information Age an essential and engaging resource both in the classroom and in their daily technology-filled lives.
Given this new political reality, Ethics in the AI, Technology, and Information Age is both relevant and important. It makes a significant contribution to the literature. -- Wade M. Chumney, Associate Professor of Business Ethics & Law, California State University, Northridge
Michael Boylan is professor of philosophy at Marymount University. He received his PhD at The University of Chicago. He has written extensively on ethical issuesboth in theory and practice. His 2004 monograph, A Just Society was published by Rowman & Littlefield.
Wanda Teays is professor emerita at Mount Saint Marys University in Los Angeles. She has an M.A. in Phi of Math ( University of Alberta), an MTS (Harvard), and PhD in Humanities (Concordia, Montreal). She has books and articles in the fields of applied ethics, critical thinking, ethics & film, human rights, torture, and bioethicsincluding Global Bioethics and Human Rights published by Rowman & Littlefield.