Shannon (Baillie Gifford Professor in the Ethics of Data Vallor
The AI Mirror: How to Reclaim Our Humanity in an Age of Machine Thinking
- ISBN 13:
- 9780197759066
- author:
- Shannon (Baillie Gifford Professor in the Ethics of Data Vallor
- format:
- Hardback
- publisher:
- Oxford University Press, USA
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2024
- Pages:
- 272
- Dimensions:
- 20.1 x 13.5 x 2.8 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Nonfiction, Technology & Engineering, Automation,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
The AI Mirror: How to Reclaim Our Humanity in an Age of Machine Thinking Shannon Vallor explores the potential of artificial intelligence to transform our relationship with technology, arguing that it can be a tool for human growth and moral development rather than a means of losing ourselves. By examining the limitations and flaws of current AI systems, Vallor makes a case for a new approach to AI that prioritizes human values and potential. Today's AI technologies often reflect the same biases and errors of human wisdom, rather than offering a path forward. To address the challenges facing our species and planet, we need to rethink what AI can be and how it can be used to support human flourishing. Vallor's book offers a prophetic and philosophical vision for a more hopeful future, one in which technology serves to enhance our humanity rather than undermine it. By reimagining the role of AI in our lives, Vallor encourages us to pursue a more optimistic path forward, one that prioritizes our capacity for moral and intellectual growth.