Perspectives on Digital Humanism /

This open access book aims to set an agenda for research and action in the field of Digital Humanism through short essays written by selected thinkers from a variety of disciplines, including computer science, philosophy, education, law, economics, history, anthropology, political science, and socio...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Werthner, Hannes (Editor), Prem, Erich (Editor), Lee, Edward A. (Editor), Ghezzi, Carlo (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2022.
Edition:1st ed. 2022.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1: AI, Humans, and Control
  • 1. Are We Losing Control?
  • 2. Social Robots: their History and What They Can Do For Us
  • 3. Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control
  • 4. The Challenge of Human Dignity in the Era of Autonomous Systems
  • Part 2: Participation and Democracy
  • 5. The Real Cost of Surveillance Capitalism: Digital Humanism in the US and Europe
  • 6. Democratic Discourse in the Digital Public Sphere: Re-imagining Copyright Enforcement on Online Social Media Platforms
  • 7. The Internet is Dead. Long Live the Internet
  • 8. Return to Freedom: Governance of Fair Innovation Ecosystems
  • 9. Decolonizing Technology and Society - a Perspective from the Global South
  • Part 3: Ethics and Philosophy of Technology
  • 10. Digital Humanism and the Limits of AI
  • 11. Explorative Experiments and Digital Humanism: Adding an Epistemic Dimension to the Ethical Debate
  • 12. Digital Humanism and Global Issues in AI Ethics
  • 13. Our Digital Mirror
  • Part 4: Information Technology and the Arts
  • 14. Fictionalizing the Robot and Artificial Intelligence
  • 15. How to Be A Digital Humanist in International Relations: Cultural Tech Diplomacy Challenges Silicon Valley
  • 16. We Are Needed More Than Ever. Cultural Heritage, Libraries and Archives
  • 17. Humanism and the Great Opportunity of Intelligent User Interfaces for Cultural Heritage
  • Part 5: Data, Algorithm, and Fairness
  • 18. The Attention Economy and the Impact of AI
  • 19. Did You Find It on the Internet? Ethical Complexities of Search Engine Rankings
  • 20. Personalization, Fairness and Post-Userism
  • Part 6: Platform Power
  • 21. The Curation Chokepoint
  • 22. Business Model Innovation and the Rise of Technology Giants
  • 23. Scaling Up Broken Systems? Considerations from the Area of Music Streaming
  • 24. The Platform Economy after Covid-19: Regulation and the Precautionary Principle
  • Part 7: Education and Skills of the Future
  • 25. Educational Requirements for Positive Social Robotics
  • 26. Informatics as a Fundamental Discipline in General Education - The Danish Perspective
  • 27. The Unbearable Disembodiedness of Cognitive Machines
  • Part 8: Digital Geopolitics and Sovereignty
  • 28. The Technological Construction of Sovereignty
  • 29. A Crucial Decade for European Digital Sovereignty
  • 30. Geo-Politics and Digital Sovereignty
  • 31. Cultural Influences on AI along the New Silk Road
  • 32. Geopolitics, Sovereignty in Digital Times...What's in a Word?
  • Part 9: Systems and Society
  • 33. Work Without Jobs
  • 34. Why Don't You Do Something to Help Me? Digital Humanism: A Call for Cities to Act
  • 35. Ethics or Quality of Life?
  • 36. Responsible Technology Design: Conversations for Success
  • 37. Navigating Through Changes of a Digital World
  • Part 10: Learning From Crisis
  • 38. Efficiency vs. Resilience: Lessons from COVID-19
  • 39. Contact Tracing Apps: A Lesson in Societal Aspects of Technological Development
  • 40. Data, Models and Decisions: How We can Shape our World by Not Predicting the Future
  • 41. Lessons Learned from the Covid-19 Pandemic
  • 42. The Need for Respectful Technologies: Going Beyond Privacy
  • Part 11: Realizing Digital Humanism
  • 43. Digital Humanism - Navigating the Tensions Ahead
  • 44. Should We Rethink How We Do Research?
  • 45. Interdisciplinarity: Models and Values for Digital Humanism
  • 46. It Is Simple, It Is Complicated.