Political theory of the digital age : where artificial intelligence might take us / Mathias Risse.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Risse, Mathias, 1970- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science--Philosophy.

Political science.

Artificial intelligence--Political aspects.

Artificial intelligence.

Information society--Political aspects.

Information society.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 304 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

Summary:

"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 it's too late. 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)"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : Digital lifeworlds in human history

Learning from the Amish : political philosophy as philosophy of technology in the digital century

Artificial intelligence and the past, present, and future of democracy

Truth will not set you free : is there a right to it anyway? Elaborating on the work public reason does in Life 2.0

Knowing and being known : investigating epistemic entitlements in digital lifeworlds

Beyond porn and discreditation : epistemic promises and perils of deepfake technology

The fourth generation of human rights : epistemic rights in Life 2.0 and Life 3.0

On surveillance capitalism, instrumentarian power, and social physics : securing the enlightenment for digital lifeworlds

Data as social facts : distributive justice meets big data

God, Golem, and gadget worshippers : meaning of life in the digital age

Moral status and political membership : toward a political theory for Life 3.0.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-290) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Risse, Mathias, 1970- Political theory of the digital age

ISBN:

9781009255219

1009255215

9781009255196

1009255193

OCLC:

1346617929