Perspectives in digital humanism

"This open access book aims to set an agenda for research and action in the field of Digital Humanism through short essays written by selected thinkers from a variety of disciplines, including computer science, philosophy, education, law, economics, history, anthropology, political science, and sociology. This initiative emerged from the Vienna Manifesto on Digital Humanism and the associated lecture series. Digital Humanism deals with the complex relationships between people and machines in digital times. It acknowledges the potential of information technology. At the same time, it points to societal threats such as privacy violations and ethical concerns around artificial intelligence, automation and loss of jobs, ongoing monopolization on the Web, and sovereignty. Digital Humanism aims to address these topics with a sense of urgency but with a constructive mindset. The book argues for a Digital Humanism that analyses and, most importantly, influences the complex interplay of technology and humankind toward a better society and life while fully respecting universal human rights. It is a call to shaping technologies in accordance with human values and needs."--Cover page 4.

Vienna manifesto on digital humanism -- Part I. Artificial intelligence, humans, and control. Are we losing control? / Edward A. Lee -- Social robots : their history and what they can do for us / Nadia Magnenat Thalmann -- Artificial intelligence and the problem of control / Stuart Russell -- The challenge of human dignity in the era of autonomous systems / Paola Inverardi -- Part II. Participation and democracy. The real cost of surveillance capitalism : digital humanism in the United States and Europe / Allison Stanger -- Democratic discourse in the digital public sphere : re-imagining copyright enforcement on online social media platforms / Sunimal Mendis -- The Internet is dead : long live the Internet / George Zarkadakis -- Return to freedom : governance of fair innovation ecosystems / Hans Akkermans, Jaap Gordijn, Anna Bon -- Decolonizing technology and society : a perspective from the global South / Anna Bon, Francis Dittoh, Gossa Lô, Mónica Pini, Robert Bwana, Cheah WaiShiang et al. -- Part III. Ethics and philosophy of technology. Digital humanism and the limits of artificial intelligence / Julian Nida-Rümelin -- Explorative experiments and digital humanism : adding an ep…