Artificial Humanities: A Fictional Perspective on Language in Ai - Couverture rigide

Beguš, Nina

 
9780472077731: Artificial Humanities: A Fictional Perspective on Language in Ai
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ISBN 10 : 0472077732 ISBN 13 : 9780472077731
Editeur : The University of Michigan Press, 2025

Synopsis

Artificial Humanities explores how the humanities—literature, history, and art—can deepen our understanding of artificial intelligence and its development. By examining fictional representations of AI in parallel with actual technological developments, Nina Beguš presents a novel interdisciplinary framework for understanding the cultural, philosophical, and ethical dimensions of AI. She traces connections from Eliza Doolittle to ELIZA the chatbot and current language models, incorporates Slavic fictional examples from the Pygmalion paradigm, and compares mid-century science fiction and recent Hollywood films with contemporary developments in social robotics and virtual beings. Highlighting the impact of human-like AI design, from gendered virtual assistants to romanticized social robots, the book shows how these technologies intersect with longstanding humanistic questions about the concepts of creativity and language as well as the relations between humans and machines. Additionally, the book explores AI’s applications in medical fields, particularly psychiatry and neurotechnology, including how AI interacts with the human body and mind to address conditions like paralysis. By emphasizing the philosophical and cultural implications of these technologies, Beguš highlights the need for responsible innovation that prioritizes human well-being as well as machine potential outside of human imitation. Accessible and thought-provoking, Artificial Humanities offers tools for analyzing and assessing technologies while they are being developed and invites readers to see how the humanities can guide us toward a more thoughtful future for AI.

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À propos de l'auteur

Nina Begus is Researcher and Lecturer at the Center for Science, Technology, Medicine & Society at the University of California, Berkeley.

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Éditeur
The University of Michigan Press
Date d'édition
2025
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0472077732
ISBN 13 
9780472077731
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
308
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ISBN 10 :  0472057731 ISBN 13 :  9780472057733
Editeur : The University of Michigan Press, 2025
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