AI Ethics, Mark Coeckelbergh
AI Ethics, Mark Coeckelbergh
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AI Ethics

Author: Mark Coeckelbergh

Narrator: Liam Gerrard

Unabridged: 4 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 04/07/2020


Synopsis

Artificial intelligence powers Google's search engine, enables Facebook to target advertising, and allows Alexa and Siri to do their jobs. AI is also behind self-driving cars, predictive policing, and autonomous weapons that can kill without human intervention. These and other AI applications raise complex ethical issues that are the subject of ongoing debate. This volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series offers an accessible synthesis of these issues.

Mark Coeckelbergh describes influential AI narratives, ranging from Frankenstein's monster to transhumanism and the technological singularity. He surveys relevant philosophical discussions: questions about the fundamental differences between humans and machines and debates over the moral status of AI. He explains the technology of AI, describing different approaches and focusing on machine learning and data science. He offers an overview of important ethical issues, including privacy concerns, responsibility and the delegation of decision making, transparency, and bias as it arises at all stages of data science processes. He also considers the future of work in an AI economy. Finally, he analyzes a range of policy proposals and discusses challenges for policymakers.

Reviews

Goodreads review by James on August 18, 2020

Not as good as I hoped. A decent overview of issues. But there isn't much ethical background that would provide for rich discussions. And it turns more to policy concerns. It will serve my purposes in the classroom, since I'll provide the ethical toolbox that is needed. But not a great resource just......more

Goodreads review by Morgan on November 25, 2023

A very short but surprisingly informative primer on AI ethics. In brief: AI ethics can be broadly categorized into the following: BIAS: AI systems can (and do) perpetuate biases (e.g. racism, sexism, homophobia, and heteronormativity) present in their training data (i.e. the internet 😳). This can lea......more

Goodreads review by Angie on April 16, 2023

This is a well-done compendium of the ethical considerations that need to be addressed as we progress with AI, but if you have read anything or thought about this subject at all you are not likely to encounter anything new. In addition, it is rather repetitive. My husband and I are listening togethe......more

Goodreads review by Parker on July 10, 2021

Ah! So many important questions posed! Satisfyingly tight writing that managed to be the opposite of dry (moist?)! This is what I'm talking about! I hope these exclamation points are accurately conveying my enthusiasm about this book!......more

Goodreads review by Nicholas on December 13, 2023

Coeckelbergh gives a good overview of AI ethics and the current state of the field. However, since AI is still relatively novel there isn’t much to talk about. For example, he talks about creating policies to regulate AI but most of what he discusses is not yet implemented or is hypothetical. He doe......more