- An
- engaging
- exploration
- of
- agency
- that
- provides
- students
- with
- the
- critical
- tools
- needed
- to
- understand
- and
- participate
- in
- debates
- about
- future
- machines.The
- great
- promise
- of
- artificial
- intelligence’s
- evolution
- lives
- alongside
- an
- equally
- great
- anxiety.
- As
- we
- develop
- increasingly
- autonomous
- machines
- that
- do
- things
- in
- the
- world,
- questions
- about
- agency—distinguishing
- machines
- that
- can
- act
- from
- those
- that
- cannot—are
- among
- the
- thorniest
- we
- face.
- A
- concise
- and
- probing
- exploration
- of
- agency,
- this
- accessible
- textbook
- provides
- the
- critical,
- technical,
- and
- conceptual
- tools
- needed
- to
- make
- sense
- of
- rapid
- changes
- in
- what
- machines
- can
- do
- and
- their
- role
- in
- our
- lives.James
- Mattingly
- and
- Beba
- Cibralic
- begin
- with
- an
- examination
- of
- foundational
- issues:
- What
- is
- agency?
- How
- does
- it
- differ
- from
- mindedness,
- consciousness,
- and
- intelligence?
- Can
- we
- attribute
- agency
- to
- certain
- machines,
- and
- if
- so,
- how
- and
- why?
- They
- then
- examine
- the
- social
- and
- ethical
- implications
- of
- building
- ever
- more
- complex
- machines,
- including
- those
- concerning
- moral
- status
- and
- responsibility.
- Drawing
- together
- ideas
- from
- philosophy
- and
- computer
- science
- as
- well
- as
- from
- information
- theory,
- literature,
- and
- the
- history
- of
- science,
- Machine
- Agency
- invites
- students
- to
- participate
- thoughtfully
- in
- critical
- debates
- about
- future
- machines.•
- Provides
- a
- roadmap
- for
- interrogating
- the
- concept
- of
- machine
- agency
- suitable
- for
- philosophy
- majors
- and
- non-majors
- alike
•
- Investigates
- the
- connections
- between
- developments
- in
- AI
- and
- pressing
- issues
- in
- analytic
- philosophy
•
- Explores
- the
- social
- and
- ethical
- impacts
- of
- computational
- systems
- with
- agency
Features
- robust
- end-of-chapter exercises
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