The Control Paradox: From AI to Populism - Softcover

Nucci, Ezio Di

 
9781786615794: The Control Paradox: From AI to Populism
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ISBN 10: 1786615797 ISBN 13: 9781786615794
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2020

Synopsis

Is technological innovation spinning out of control? During a one-week period in 2018, social media was revealed to have had huge undue influence on the 2016 U.S. presidential election and the first fatality from a self-driving car was recorded. What’s paradoxical about the understandable fear of machines taking control through software, robots, and artificial intelligence is that new technology is often introduced in order to increase our control of a certain task. This is what Ezio Di Nucci calls the “control paradox.”

Di Nucci also brings this notion to bear on politics: we delegate power and control to political representatives in order to improve democratic governance. However, recent populist uprisings have shown that voters feel disempowered and neglected by this system. This lack of direct control within representative democracies could be a motivating factor for populism, and Di Nucci argues that a better understanding of delegation is a possible solution.

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About the Author

Ezio Di Nucci is professor of bioethics and director of the Centre for Medical Science and Technology Studies at the University of Copenhagen.

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Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Publication date
2020
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1786615797
ISBN 13 
9781786615794
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
244

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