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The Prospect of a Humanitarian Artificial Intelligence

In this open access book, Carlos Montemayor illuminates the development of artificial intelligence (AI) by examining our drive to live a dignified life.

 

He uses the notions of agency and attention to consider our pursuit of what is important. His method shows how the best way to guarantee value alignment between humans and potentially intelligent machines is through attention routines that satisfy similar needs. Setting out a theoretical framework for AI Montemayor acknowledges its legal, moral, and political implications and takes into account how epistemic agency differs from moral agency.

 

Through his insightful comparisons between human and animal intelligence, Montemayor makes it clear why adopting a need-based attention approach justifies a humanitarian framework. This is an urgent, timely argument for developing AI technologies based on international human rights agreements.

 

The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by Carlos Montemayor and San Francisco State University.

The Prospect of a Humanitarian Artificial Intelligence

  • Carlos Montemayor

    Addresses the ethical aspects of artificial intelligence to show how values can be aligned with human intelligence.
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    Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
    Publication Date: 23-02-2023
    Format: Hardback | 234 x 156mm | 296 pages
  • About the Author

    Carlos Montemayor is Professor of Philosophy at San Francisco State University, USA.

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