Intelligent and Autonomous: Transforming Values in the Face of Technology (Value Inquiry Book, 390)

Front Cover
Half Title
Series Information
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Introduction
	Structure of the Book
	References
Chapter 1 Unsustainable Anthropocentrism: Are We Now Posthuman by Design?
	1 Posthumanism: Setting the Scene
	2 The Digital Posthuman Condition
	3 Cyborg Societies: the New Default
	4 Conclusions
	Acknowledgement
	Bibliography
Chapter 2 Military Emerging Disruptive Technologies: Compliance with International Law and Ethical Standards
	1 The Strategic Advantage of Technological Edge
	2 Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: the Next Frontier of Warfare?
	3 The Legal and Ethical Domain of High-Tech Warfare
	4 Conclusions and Recommendations
	Acknowledgement
	References
Chapter 3 AI Talent Competition: Challenges to the United States’ Technological Superiority
	1 International Technological Order: USA and China Facing ai
	2 Closing the Gap
	3 A Matter of Values
	Acknowledgement
	References
Chapter 4 Third-Party Certification and Artificial Intelligence: Some Considerations in Light of the European Commission Proposal for a Regulation on Artificial Intelligence
	1 Introduction
	2 Towards a Proposal for a Regulation of ai in the European Union
	3 The Reliance on Third-Party Certifiers
		3.1 Third-Party Certification as a Regulatory Mechanism
		3.2 Tort Liability as a Way to Increase the Accuracy and Reliability of Certificates
		3.3 Evaluating the Proposal for a Regulation on ai
			3.3.1 Potential Conflicts of Interest
			3.3.2 Certificates of High-Risk AI Systems as ‘Regulatory Licenses’
	4 Concluding Remarks
	Acknowledgement
	References
Chapter 5 AI in 5G: High-Speed Dilution of the Right to Privacy and Reducing the Role of Consent
	1 Privacy and Data Protection: Clarifying the Setting
	2 AI in 5G Networks: Disruptive Novelties and the Role of Consent
	3 The Impact of ai in 5G Networks on Privacy and Principles Relating to the Processing of Personal Data
	4 Conclusion
	Acknowledgement
	Bibliography
Chapter 6 The Empowerment of Platform Users to Tackle Digital Disinformation: the Example of the French Legislation
	1 A Balanced Role of Online Platforms in Preventing the Impact of, and Reacting to, Digital Disinformation
	2 A Constrained Action of the Audiovisual Regulatory Authority in Preventing and Reacting to Digital Disinformation
	3 Limited Judiciary Power Reacting to Digital Disinformation
	4 The Need for Media and Information Literacy to Prevent the Impact of Disinformation
	5 Conclusion
	References
Chapter 7 Taming Our Digital Overlords: Tackling Tech through ‘Self-Regulation’?
	1 The Platform ‘Problem’ – Digital Overlords
	2 Tackling Technology: a Self-Regulatory Agenda
	3 Tentatively Talking Self-Regulation
	4 The Renewal of Self-Regulation
	5 Towards Statutory Intervention
	6 Better, Not More: Taming the Overlords
	7 Conclusion: Recalibrating Self-Regulation?
	References
Chapter 8 Insights from South Asia: a Case of ‘Post-truth’ Electoral Discourse in Pakistan
	1 (Re)Defining ‘Post-truth’
	2 Lacanian Psychoanalysis and Critical Logics of Explanation
	3 The Lack of Aspired Life and the Fantasy of Socio-political Development
	4 The Jouissance of the Fantasy of Change Disguised as Democracy
	5 Conclusion
	Bibliography
Chapter 9 A Challenge of Predictive Democracy: Rethinking the Value of Politics for the Era of Algorithmic Governance
	1 Overlooked Challenges
	2 Intuition Pumps and ai Democracy
	3 The Antinomies of Predictive Democracy
	4 Is It All for the Better?
	5 Conclusion
	References
Chapter 10 Value Problems and Practical Challenges of Contemporary Digital Technologies
	1 Approaching Regulation: Ethical and Technological Debates
	2 Debating Regulation: the Feasibility and Desirability of New Laws
	3 What Have We Learned So Far?
	4 Conclusion
	Bibliography
Index
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