Humans “in the Loop”

Human-Centrism, Posthumanism, and AI

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ID15445161
AuthorsNandita Biswas Mellamphy (0000-0002-3576-1841, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume16
Issue1
Pages11-27
Publication date2021-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueNature and Culture (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1558-6073 • E-ISSN: 1558-5468
PublisherBerghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.3167/nc.2020.160102
OpenAlexW3135765718
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited7

More and more scholarly attention is being paid to the challenges of governing artificial intelligence and emergent technologies. Most of the focus remains on questions of how to preserve the human-centeredness of increasingly advancing machine-driven technologies. I problematize discourses of “human-centered AI” that prioritize human control over nonhuman intelligences as a solution for the challenges posed by emergent technologies like artificial intelligence. Posthumanism provides a compelling theoretical basis for this line of questioning and for reimagining alternative ethical constructs. I outline and consider three distinct scenarios in which (a) humans are at the center of command and control, (b) humans and nonhumans share control, (c) human oversight is completely removed. I suggest that more attention could be given to critical and speculative ways of reimagining the concepts of “human,” “nonhuman,” and human/nonhuman relations

Cognitive science · Control (management · Developmental psychology · Engineering ethics · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Human intelligence · Posthumanism · Sociology · Computer Science · Engineering · Ethics and Social Impacts of AI · Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations · Philosophy · Psychology · Artificial Intelligence

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