We delegate more and more decisions and tasks to artificial agents,
machine-learning mechanisms, and algorithmic procedures or, in other
words, to computational systems. Not that we are driven by powerful
ambitions of colonizing the Moon, replacing humans with legions of
androids, creating sci-fi scenarios à la Matrix or masterminding some
sort of Person of Interest-like Machine. No, the current digital
revolution based on computational power is chiefly an everyday
revolution. It is therefore that much more profound, unnoticed and
widespread, for it affects our customary habits and routines and
alters the very texture of our day-to-day lives. This opens a precise
line of inquiry, which constitutes the basic thesis of the present
text: our computational power is exercised by trying to adapt not just
the world but also our representation of reality to how
computationally based ICTs work. The impact of this technology is such
that it does not leave things as they are: it changes the nature of
agents, habits, objects and institutions and hence it subverts the
existing order, without necessarily generating a new one. I argue that
this power is often not distributed in an egalitarian manner but, on
the contrary, is likely to result in concentrations of wealth, in
dominant positions or in unjust competitive advantages. This opens up
a struggle, with respect to which the task of reaffirming the
fundamental values, the guiding principles, the priorities and the
rules of the game, which can transform, or attempt to transform, a
fierce confrontation between enemies in a fair competition between
opponents rests on us.
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The Impact of ICT on Law, Society and Knowledge
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781000345346
Publisert
2021
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
Taylor & Francis
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
Digital bok
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