Digital Transformation of Identity in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

This book examines the digital transformation of identity in the age of artificial intelligence. It articulates the nature of identity of human beings, based on cutting-edge knowledge in the field of AI and big-data sciences, and discusses identity by drawing on comprehensive investigations in digital social sciences and exploring wider disciplines related to philosophy, ethics, sociology, STS, computer sciences, engineering, and medical sciences. Reviewing contemporary conditions proliferated by advanced technological trends and unveiling social mechanisms of human identity, this book appeals to undergraduate and graduate students as well as academic researchers.

List of contents

1. Digital Social Science.- 2. Investigating Identity.- 3. Identity Ambiguity.- 4. Identity Valuation.- 5. Identity Protection.- 6. Identity Proof.- 7. Identity Deception.- 8. Social Identification.- 9. Collective Identity.- 10. Networked Identity.- 11. Identity Health.- 12. Identity History.- 13. General Discussion.- 14. Conclusion.

About the author

Dr Kazuhiko Shibuya is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of System Design, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan. He majored in Computational Social Science, which focuses on social science studies using computational techniques in wide areas such as advanced information technologies, science research policy (including Science and Technology Studies (STS)), digitized data analysis, sustainable environment policy, disaster resilience studies and comprehensive risk studies.

Product details

• Authors: Kazuhiko Shibuya
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.2020
• EAN: 9789811522475
• ISBN: 978-981-1522-47-5
• No. of pages: 286
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 22 mm x 240 mm
• Weight: 580 g
• Illustrations: XIX, 286 p. 15 illus., 14 illus. in color.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Methods of empirical and qualitative social research; Bibliotheks- und Informationswissenschaften / Museumskunde, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Library & Information Science / General, COMPUTERS / Intelligence (AI) & Semantics