{ "item_title" : "The Ground", "item_author" : [" Bazil Solomon "], "item_description" : "The GroundA Groundwork for Human and Artificial AgencyWhat if the biggest question of the AI age isn't what machines can do, but what it means to be human?As artificial intelligence transforms society, humanity faces questions that technology alone cannot answer.What is consciousness?What is freedom?What makes someone morally responsible?Can a machine ever possess genuine moral agency?And what kind of world should we build together?In The Ground, philosopher and AI researcher Bazil Stanley Solomon brings together Western philosophy, Kantian ethics, African Ubuntu, Indian philosophy, modern AI, political philosophy, psychology and cognitive science to propose a new interdisciplinary framework for understanding human and artificial agency.Introducing the original concepts of Humanology, The Ground, and the H-Machine, this book explores how experience, reason, morality, responsibility and freedom emerge, and how these ideas may shape the future of Artificial Intelligence.Unlike many books that either celebrate or fear AI, The Ground asks a deeper question: How should intelligence become ethically accountable?This thought-provoking work examines: - The foundations of consciousness, knowledge and reality- Kant, Ubuntu and Indian philosophy in dialogue- Human dignity, freedom and moral responsibility- Love, suffering and the nature of the Good- Democracy, leadership and public life- Artificial Intelligence, explainability and ethical decision-making- Humanology: a proposed interdisciplinary science of human agency- The H-Machine: a framework for computational moral reasoning- The future relationship between humanity and intelligent machinesWritten for philosophers, AI researchers, students, policy-makers, educators and thoughtful general readers, The Ground combines rigorous philosophical argument with accessible language and practical relevance for the twenty-first century.If you enjoyed the works of Immanuel Kant, Alan Turing, Hannah Arendt, Luciano Floridi, Martha Nussbaum, Yuval Noah Harari, Stephen Hawking or Isaac Asimov, this book offers a fresh perspective on one of humanity's greatest challenges.More than a philosophy book, The Ground launches a wider body of work that includes The Ground Stage Play, the Aviidil Universe, and ongoing research into ethical Artificial Intelligence.The future will not simply be built by more intelligent machines.It will be built by wiser human beings.The question is no longer what AI can become.The question is: What ought we build together?", "item_img_path" : "https://covers2.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/9/79/816/141/9798161410813_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "10.57", "online_price" : "10.57", "our_price" : "10.57", "club_price" : "10.57", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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