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020			_a9781509555772
082			_a006.301 _bLIN
100			_aLindgren, Simon
245			_aCritical theory of AI
260			_bPolity Press, _c2024 _aCambridge :
300			_a209 p. ; _bill., _c22 cm
365			_b22.95 _c$ _d89.70
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aWe live in an age of artificial intelligence. Machines think and act in ever more complex ways, making suggestions and decisions on our behalf. While AI might be seen as practical and profitable, issues of data surveillance, algorithmic control, and sexist and racist bias persist. In this rapidly changing landscape, social analysis of AI risks getting scaled down to issues of 'ethics', 'responsibility', and 'fairness'. While these are important issues, they must be addressed not from an 'AI first' perspective, but more thoroughly in terms of power and contention. Approaching artificial intelligence from the often overlooked perspective of critical social theory, this book provides a much-needed intervention on how both old and new theories conceptualize the social consequences of AI. Questions are posed about the ideologies driving AI, the mythologies surrounding AI, and the complex relationship between AI and power. Simon Lindgren provides a way of defining AI as an object of social and political critique, and guides the reader through a set of contentious areas where AI and politics intersect. In relation to these topics, critical theories are drawn upon, both as an argument for and an illustration of how AI can be critiqued.Given the opportunities and challenges of AI, this book is a must-read for students and scholars in the humanities, social sciences, and STEM disciplines.
650			_aArtificial intelligence
650			_aAlgorithmic management
650			_aCalifornian Ideology
650			_aCritical theory
650			_aDigital labour
650			_aLibertarianism
650			_aParticipatory design
650			_aRacial bias
650			_aTechnological rationality
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