A Reading List on AI Ethics
Business coaches, social impact consultants, and marketing gurus frequently tout the benefits of leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) to revolutionize the way that we do business. We are often presented with tips and tricks on how to use AI to automate routine tasks, provide valuable insights, cut operational costs, and create marketing content. However, conscious companies are raising critical questions about the ethical considerations that businesses must take into account when implementing AI.
In “AI Ethics: What It is And Why It Matters”, Nisha Talagala reminds us that key areas of AI ethics include avoiding bias, addressing privacy concerns, minimizing risks and other mistakes, and managing AI’s environmental impact.
Here are some books that could help you and your team members understand the ethical implications of using AI in various aspects of life and business:
“Atlas of AI: Power, Politics and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence,” by Kate Crawford. In this book, Kate Crawford offers us a deep dive into the labor histories, politics of extraction, environmental impact, and other inequities that are embedded in AI development and usage.
“Race after Technology: Abolitionist Technologies for the New Jim Code,” by Ruha Benjamin. This pivotal text helps readers to understand the relationship between racialization and technology. The book examines the ways that technologies can deepen inequities.
"Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy" by Cathy O'Neil. This book explores the ethical implications of algorithms and how they can perpetuate biases and inequality.
"Ethics of Artificial Intelligence" edited by S. Matthew Liao. AI and Ethics features a collection of essays by various experts in the field of AI ethics, addressing ethical challenges related to AI in a range of contexts.
"The Artificial Intelligence Imperative: A Practical Roadmap for Business" by Anastassia Lauterbach and Andrea Bonime-Blanc. This book provides an overview of the history of AI, its impact on industries, and offers guidance for individuals and businesses looking to implement AI in an ethical way.
“The Technology Trap: Capital, Labor and Power in the Age of Automation,” by Carl Benedikt Frey. This text explores the relationship between technological development and the distribution of wealth and political power.
"Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor" by Virginia Eubanks. This book examines the ways in which AI and other high-tech tools can perpetuate inequality and harm marginalized communities.
Let me know if you read any of the books on this list! I’d love to chat about them.
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