Perspectives on Digital Humanism [electronic resource] / edited by Hannes Werthner, Erich Prem, Edward A. Lee, Carlo Ghezzi.

Part 1: AI, Humans, and Control -- 1. Are We Losing Control? -- 2. Social Robots: their History and What They Can Do For Us -- 3. Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control -- 4. The Challenge of Human Dignity in the Era of Autonomous Systems -- Part 2: Participation and Democracy -- 5. The Real Cost of Surveillance Capitalism: Digital Humanism in the US and Europe -- 6. Democratic Discourse in the Digital Public Sphere: Re-imagining Copyright Enforcement on Online Social Media Platforms -- 7. The Internet is Dead. Long Live the Internet -- 8. Return to Freedom: Governance of Fair Innovation Ecosystems -- 9. Decolonizing Technology and Society - a Perspective from the Global South -- Part 3: Ethics and Philosophy of Technology -- 10. Digital Humanism and the Limits of AI -- 11. Explorative Experiments and Digital Humanism: Adding an Epistemic Dimension to the Ethical Debate -- 12. Digital Humanism and Global Issues in AI Ethics -- 13. Our Digital Mirror -- Part 4: Information Technology and the Arts -- 14. Fictionalizing the Robot and Artificial Intelligence -- 15. How to Be A Digital Humanist in International Relations: Cultural Tech Diplomacy Challenges Silicon Valley -- 16. We Are Needed More Than Ever. Cultural Heritage, Libraries and Archives -- 17. Humanism and the Great Opportunity of Intelligent User Interfaces for Cultural Heritage -- Part 5: Data, Algorithm, and Fairness -- 18. The Attention Economy and the Impact of AI -- 19. Did You Find It on the Internet? Ethical Complexities of Search Engine Rankings -- 20. Personalization, Fairness and Post-Userism -- Part 6: Platform Power -- 21. The Curation Chokepoint -- 22. Business Model Innovation and the Rise of Technology Giants -- 23. Scaling Up Broken Systems? Considerations from the Area of Music Streaming -- 24. The Platform Economy after Covid-19: Regulation and the Precautionary Principle -- Part 7: Education and Skills of the Future -- 25. Educational Requirements for Positive Social Robotics -- 26. Informatics as a Fundamental Discipline in General Education – The Danish Perspective -- 27. The Unbearable Disembodiedness of Cognitive Machines -- Part 8: Digital Geopolitics and Sovereignty -- 28. The Technological Construction of Sovereignty -- 29. A Crucial Decade for European Digital Sovereignty -- 30. Geo-Politics and Digital Sovereignty -- 31. Cultural Influences on AI along the New Silk Road -- 32. Geopolitics, Sovereignty in Digital Times…What’s in a Word? -- Part 9: Systems and Society -- 33. Work Without Jobs -- 34. Why Don’t You Do Something to Help Me? Digital Humanism: A Call for Cities to Act -- 35. Ethics or Quality of Life? -- 36. Responsible Technology Design: Conversations for Success -- 37. Navigating Through Changes of a Digital World -- Part 10: Learning From Crisis -- 38. Efficiency vs. Resilience: Lessons from COVID-19 -- 39. Contact Tracing Apps: A Lesson in Societal Aspects of Technological Development -- 40. Data, Models & Decisions: How We can Shape our World by Not Predicting the Future -- 41. Lessons Learned from the Covid-19 Pandemic -- 42. The Need for Respectful Technologies: Going Beyond Privacy -- Part 11: Realizing Digital Humanism -- 43. Digital Humanism – Navigating the Tensions Ahead -- 44. Should We Rethink How We Do Research? -- 45. Interdisciplinarity: Models and Values for Digital Humanism -- 46. It Is Simple, It Is Complicated.

Open Access

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. “Tasty eclectic buffet of ideas from diverse thinkers pointing the way towards a future in which technologists and humanists are in productive dialogs to reshape both communities. We need more of this.“ - Ben Shneiderman, University of Maryland, USA “At the heart of our questioning on the future of humanity in a digital world, a must-read compilation of articles from renowned and inspired experts which will help you explore the different facets of the enthralling concept of Digital Humanism.”- Anna Asimakopoulou, Member of the European Parliament, Greece “Instead of running after the latest technologies, Digital Humanism invites a return to the foundational elements: dignity, freedom, democracy and free choice. The assessment of how technology and artificial intelligence may disrupt those is a strong reminder of what is at stake.” – Marietje Schaake, Stanford University, USA.