Artificial intelligence and the environmental crisis : can technology really save the world? /
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Abingdon, Oxon :
Routledge,
[2020]
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Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Section I: Artificial Intelligence and the Internet of Things
- I.1. Nothing new under the Sun
- I.2. Oh, for a nice cold soda: The birth of the internet of things
- I.3. The two-month, ten-man project to transform the world
- I.4. Getting to grips with the jargon: Symbolic and non-symbolic AI
- Section II: Should I stay or should I go? Ethics in AI
- II.1. Choosing an ethical framework
- II.2. The strange case of Asimov's laws
- II.3. Free will and moral judgement
- II.4. The confused owl of Minerva: Dangers of a moral vacuum
- II.5. Who's in charge of the big bad wolf?
- II.6. What should a declaration of AI rights look like?
- Section III: Gender, Race, Culture and Fear
- III.1. Gender issues in AI
- III.2. Racial issues in AI
- III.3. Cultural issues in AI
- III.4. Fear and loathing in AI
- Section IV: The Thinker: Human Intelligence
- IV.1. Human intelligence: Carolus Linnaeus and his wise, wise men
- IV.2. So what is human intelligence?
- IV.3. Philosophy and intelligence: The framing of our thoughts
- Section V: Other Modes of Intelligence: Thinking Outside the Human Box
- V.1. Animal intelligence: Machiavellian sentience and the wisdom of the swarm
- V.2. Plant intelligence: Headless, brainless, dispersed intelligence
- V.3. Microbial intelligence: Gene-swapping revelry in the quorum
- V.4. Ecosystem intelligence: Systems thinking in the cathedral of thought
- V.5. Systems are non-linear
- V.6. Systems are emergent
- V.7. Systems are sub-optimal
- V.8. Systems rely of real-time feedback
- Section VI: Highway to Hell: The Existentialist Threat Facing Humankind
- VI.1. A brief history of our path towards destruction
- VI.2. The five clear road signs that point towards criticality
- VI.3. Why ecological damage matters to us
- VI.4. Adam Smith and his invisible hand
- VI.5. Kuznets and his curve: How ninety five percent speculation led us badly astray
- Section VII: Forget the Romans. What has AI ever done for us?
- VII.1. AI and economics: The best of things or the worst of things?
- VII.2. AI and society
- VII.3. AI and the environment
- VII.4. Technology and sustainability: Bellicose bedfellows or Romeo and Juliet?
- Section VIII: Imagining a New World
- VIII.1. The swallow whose nest was stolen: A salutary tale
- VIII.2. Blinded by the bling: Dashboard dogs and a disappearing sea
- VIII.3. What needs changed and what change do we need?
- VIII.4. The chains that bind: Taking responsibility for our footprints
- VIII.5. The Ogiek people and the new, improved invisible hand
- VIII.6. Lessons from the edge of the world: The St Kildan legacy
- VIII.7. The Garden of Eden complex: How not to fix the world
- VIII.8. The three cornerstones: Diversity, resilience and integration