Political Responsibility and Tech Governance: AI, Repro-tech and Structural Injustice

Not a day goes by without a new story on the perils of technology: from increasingly clever machines that surpass human capability and comprehension to genetic technologies capable of altering the human genome in ways we cannot predict. How can we respond? What should we do politically? Focusing on the rise of robotics and artificial intelligence (AI), and the impact of new reproductive and genetic technologies (Repro-tech), Jude Browne questions who has political responsibility for the structural impacts of these technologies and how we might go about preparing for the far-reaching societal changes they may bring. This thought-provoking book tackles some of the most pressing issues of our time and offers a compelling vision for how we can respond to these challenges in a way that is both politically feasible and socially responsible.

Jude Browne is Head of the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Cambridge, a Professorial Fellow in Social and Political Sciences at King's College and the Frankopan Director of the University of Cambridge Centre for Gender Studies. Jude's research interests are in political theories of equality, feminist theory, political responsibility, public interest, public policy, structural injustice and the impact of technology on society.