AI Narratives, Stephen Cave
AI Narratives, Stephen Cave
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AI Narratives
A History of Imaginative Thinking about Intelligent Machines

Author: Stephen Cave, Sarah Dillon, Kanta Dihal

Narrator: P.J. Ochlan

Unabridged: 13 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/19/2020


Synopsis

This book is the first to examine the history of imaginative thinking about intelligent machines. As real Artificial Intelligence (AI) begins to touch on all aspects of our lives, this long narrative history shapes how the technology is developed, deployed, and regulated. It is therefore a crucial social and ethical issue.

Part I of this book provides a historical overview from ancient Greece to the start of modernity. These chapters explore the revealing pre-history of key concerns of contemporary AI discourse, from the nature of mind and creativity to issues of power and rights, from the tension between fascination and ambivalence to investigations into artificial voices and technophobia. Part II focuses on the twentieth and twenty-first-centuries in which a greater density of narratives emerge alongside rapid developments in AI technology. These chapters reveal not only how AI narratives have consistently been entangled with the emergence of real robotics and AI, but also how they offer a rich source of insight into how we might live with these revolutionary machines.

The contributions, from leading humanities and social science scholars, show that narratives about AI offer a crucial epistemic site for exploring contemporary debates about these powerful new technologies.

About Stephen Cave

Stephen Cave is executive director of the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, senior research associate in the Faculty of Philosophy, and fellow of Hughes Hall, all at the University of Cambridge. His research interests currently focus on the nature, portrayal and governance of AI.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Amy H. on July 29, 2023

Excellent anthology. A longer review will follow!......more

Goodreads review by Naomi on April 13, 2021

I really enjoyed this book. It made me think about the AI in a different way.......more

Goodreads review by Melaku on February 17, 2024

Very much important book......more

Goodreads review by Phil on July 20, 2021

For my purposes (research) this was an excellent resource, even though the prose is replete with academic language. Wouldn't recommend it to the casual reader.......more