Books by Mark Coeckelbergh
“It’s a kind of taster: a very short, compact survey, academic but very accessible…This book is by a philosopher. It’s very clear, and he knows what he’s talking about. He sets out a map of the problems. It covers issues like the problem of superintelligence…Another one is privacy and surveillance. Another one is the problem of unexplainable decisions and black box algorithms, where we don’t exactly know how they work and what precisely they are inferring and with what data. The book covers challenges for policymakers, including the challenges posed by changes to the climate.” Read more...
The best books on Digital Ethics
Carissa Véliz, Philosopher
Interviews where books by Mark Coeckelbergh were recommended
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Zed: A Novel
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Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
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Mindf*ck: Inside Cambridge Analytica’s Plot to Break the World
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Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism
by Safiya Umoja Noble -
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AI Ethics
by Mark Coeckelbergh
The best books on Digital Ethics, recommended by Carissa Véliz
The best books on Digital Ethics, recommended by Carissa Véliz
Philosophers have a lot to add to debates about digital technology and the moral issues raised by its rapid rise, argues Carissa Véliz, a professor at the University of Oxford’s Institute for Ethics in AI. Here she talks us through books for the general reader that introduce some of the challenges of digital ethics, from concerns about privacy and bias to the threat to democracy and the future of humanity.
