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The Global Solution to AI - by Robert Samuels (Hardcover)

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  • This book interrogates the notion that artificial intelligence may represent a threat to the world because it lacks both empathy and reason and suggests that - if we do not intervene to limit and control AI - we are at risk of being overtaken by machines, which are not aligned with human ethics and values.
  • About the Author: Robert Samuels is a Senior Continuing Lecturer at UC Santa Barbra, USA.
  • 126 Pages
  • Psychology, Social Psychology

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This book interrogates the notion that artificial intelligence may represent a threat to the world because it lacks both empathy and reason and suggests that - if we do not intervene to limit and control AI - we are at risk of being overtaken by machines, which are not aligned with human ethics and values. To outline how we should counter the worst tendencies of automated intelligence, we must first understand the roots of morality and reason and why we have been misunderstanding the fundamental difference between humans and computers. Moreover, by critiquing the rhetoric and ideology of AI proponents, we can gain a clear understanding of the need to regulate our machines on a global basis through global treaties. Turning to Freud's theories of empathy and reason from his Project for a Scientific Psychology, this book outlines why the human mind is different from AI, and why this difference is important to recognize.



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This book interrogates the notion that artificial intelligence may represent a threat to the world because it lacks both empathy and reason and suggests that - if we do not intervene to limit and control AI - we are at risk of being overtaken by machines, which are not aligned with human ethics and values. To outline how we should counter the worst tendencies of automated intelligence, we must first understand the roots of morality and reason and why we have been misunderstanding the fundamental difference between humans and computers. Moreover, by critiquing the rhetoric and ideology of AI proponents, we can gain a clear understanding of the need to regulate our machines on a global basis through global treaties. Turning to Freud's theories of empathy and reason from his Project for a Scientific Psychology, this book outlines why the human mind is different from AI, and why this difference is important to recognize.

Robert Samuels is a Senior Continuing Lecturer at UC Santa Barbra, USA. He holds doctorates in Psychology and English, and he is the author of twenty-five books, including: Viral Rhetoric; The Psychopathology of Political Ideology; Freud for the Twenty-First Century; and Culture Wars, Universities, and the Political Unconscious (Palgrave, 2024). His Substack is Media, Psychoanalysis, and Politics.



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Robert Samuels is a Senior Continuing Lecturer at UC Santa Barbra, USA. He holds doctorates in Psychology and English, and he is the author of twenty-five books, including: Viral Rhetoric; The Psychopathology of Political Ideology; Freud for the Twenty-First Century; and Culture Wars, Universities, and the Political Unconscious (Palgrave, 2024). His Substack is Media, Psychoanalysis, and Politics.

Dimensions (Overall): 8.0 Inches (H) x 5.8 Inches (W) x .5 Inches (D)
Weight: .65 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 126
Genre: Psychology
Sub-Genre: Social Psychology
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Format: Hardcover
Author: Robert Samuels
Language: English
Street Date: May 8, 2025
TCIN: 1005632006
UPC: 9783031907852
Item Number (DPCI): 247-45-5506
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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