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AI, Consciousness and The New Humanism

Fundamental Reflections on Minds and Machines

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Editors:
  1. Sangeetha Menon

    1. Dean, School of Humanities & Head, Consciousness Studies Programme National Institute of Advanced Studies, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, Bangalore, India

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  2. Saurabh Todariya

    1. Human Sciences Research Group, International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad, India

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  3. Tilak Agerwala

    1. Adjunct Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, Bangalore, India

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About this book

This edited volume presents perspectives from computer science, information theory, neuroscience and brain imaging, aesthetics, social sciences, psychiatry, and philosophy to answer frontier questions related to artificial intelligence and human experience. Can a machine think, believe, aspire and be purposeful as a human? What is the place in the machine world for hope, meaning and transformative enlightenment that inspires human existence? How, or are, the minds of machines different from that of humans and other species? These questions are responded to along with questions in the intersection of health, intelligence and the brain. It highlights the place of consciousness by attempting to respond to questions with the help of fundamental reflections on human existence, its life-purposes and machine intelligence. The volume is a must-read for interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary researchers in humanities and social sciences and philosophy of science who wish to understand the future of AI and society. 

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Fundamental Reflections on Minds and Machines

    • Sangeetha Menon, Saurabh Todariya, Tilak Agerwala
    Pages 1-9

  3. An Open Dialogue Between Neuromusicology and Computational Modelling Methods

    • Sujas Bhardwaj, Kaustuv Kanti Ganguli, Shantala Hegde
    Pages 11-36

  4. Testing for Causality in Artificial Intelligence (AI)

    • Nithin Nagaraj
    Pages 37-54

  5. Artificial Intelligence: A Case for Ethical Design and Multidisciplinarity

    • Tilak Agerwala
    Pages 55-73

  6. Advaita Ethics for the Machine Age: The Pursuit of Happiness in an Interconnected World

    • Swami Bodhananda
    Pages 75-91

  7. Singularity Beyond Silicon Valley: The Transmission of AI Values in a Global Context

    • Robert Geraci
    Pages 93-106

  8. Healthcare Artificial Intelligence in India and Ethical Aspects

    • Avik Sarkar, Poorva Singh, Mayuri Varkey
    Pages 107-150

  9. Human Learning and Machine Learning: Unfolding from Creativity Perspective

    • Parag Kulkarni, L. M. Patnaik
    Pages 151-174

  10. Learning Agility: The Journey from Self-Awareness to Self-Immersion

    • Madhurima Das
    Pages 175-195

  11. Mind-Reading Machines: Promises, Pitfalls, and Solutions of Implementing Machine Learning in Mental Health

    • Urvakhsh Meherwan Mehta, Kiran Basawaraj Bagali, Sriharshasai Kommanapalli
    Pages 197-219

  12. AI-Based Technological Interventions for Tackling Child Malnutrition

    • Bita Afsharinia, B. R. Naveen, Anjula Gurtoo
    Pages 221-241

  13. Autonomous Weapon System: Debating Legal–Ethical Consideration and Meaningful Human Control Challenges in the Military Environment

    • Prakash Panneerselvam
    Pages 243-258

  14. Artificial Intelligence and War: Understanding Their Convergence and the Resulting Complexities in the Military Decision-Making Process

    • Prasanth Balakrishnan Nair
    Pages 259-272

  15. Converging Approach to Intelligence: Decision-Making Systems in Artificial Intelligence and Reflections on Human Intelligence

    • Sarita Tamang, Ravindra Mahilal Singh
    Pages 273-294

  16. Expanding Cognition: The Plasticity of Thought

    • Clayton Crockett
    Pages 295-306

  17. The World as Affordances: Phenomenology and Embeddedness in Heidegger and AI

    • Saurabh Todariya
    Pages 307-317

  18. Investigating the Ontology of AI vis-à-vis Technical Artefacts

    • Ashwin Jayanti
    Pages 319-330

  19. Being “LaMDA” and the Person of the Self in AI

    • Sangeetha Menon
    Pages 331-349
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Dean, School of Humanities & Head, Consciousness Studies Programme National Institute of Advanced Studies, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, Bangalore, India

    Sangeetha Menon

  • Human Sciences Research Group, International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad, India

    Saurabh Todariya

  • Adjunct Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, Bangalore, India

    Tilak Agerwala

About the editors

Sangeetha Menon is Dean School of Humanities and Head of the Consciousness Studies Programme at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India. Her research and publications explores the interconnected layers of human experiences in the context of wellbeing and life-purposes. 

 

Saurabh Todariya is Assistant Professor,  Human Sciences Research Group, International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad, 

 


Tilak Agerwala is Adjunct Associate Professor, Seidenberg School of Computer and Information Systems, Pace University, New York, and Adjunct Professor, at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India. He retired from IBM in November 2014 after 35 years of service. 


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: AI, Consciousness and The New Humanism

  • Book Subtitle: Fundamental Reflections on Minds and Machines

  • Editors: Sangeetha Menon, Saurabh Todariya, Tilak Agerwala

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-0503-0

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2024

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-97-0502-3Published: 21 March 2024

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-97-0505-4Due: 21 April 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-97-0503-0Published: 20 March 2024

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 349

  • Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 22 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Philosophy of Mind, Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy of Technology

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