The Prospect of a Humanitarian Artificial Intelligence
Agency and Value Alignment

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Author(s)
Montemayor, Carlos
Language
EnglishAbstract
In this open access book, Carlos Montemayor illuminates the development of artificial intelligence (AI) by examining our drive to live a dignified life. He uses the notions of agency and attention to consider our pursuit of what is important. His method shows how the best way to guarantee value alignment between humans and potentially intelligent machines is through attention routines that satisfy similar needs. Setting out a theoretical framework for AI Montemayor acknowledges its legal, moral, and political implications and takes into account how epistemic agency differs from moral agency. Through his insightful comparisons between human and animal intelligence, Montemayor makes it clear why adopting a need-based attention approach justifies a humanitarian framework. This is an urgent, timely argument for developing AI technologies based on international human rights agreements. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by Carlos Montemayor and San Francisco State University.
Keywords
Artificial intelligence; AI; ethics; humans; machines; human rights; human needs; epistemic agency; animal intelligence; attention; cognition; consciousness; thema EDItEUR::U Computing and Information Technology::UY Computer science::UYQ Artificial intelligence; thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTM Philosophy of mind; thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTK Cognitive studies; thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTK Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge; thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTQ Ethics and moral philosophy; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPV Political control and freedoms::JPVH Human rights, civil rightsISBN
9781350348387Publisher
Bloomsbury AcademicPublisher website
http://www.bloomsbury.com/academicPublication date and place
London, 2023Imprint
Bloomsbury AcademicClassification
Artificial intelligence
Philosophy of mind
Cognitive studies
Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge
Ethics and moral philosophy
Human rights, civil rights