Computers and Society - Modern Perspectives

List of contents

• 1: Digital inclusion


• 2: Digital media and intellectual property


• 3: Computers in education and learning


• 4: Computers in medicine and health care


• 5: Free speech, politics, and government


• 6: Law and order, war and peace


• 7: Security


• 8: Safety


• 9: Privacy


• 10: Automation, work, and jobs


• 11: Artificial intelligence, explainability, trust, responsibility, and justice


• 12: Lifestyle

About the author

Ronald M. Baecker is Emeritus Professor of Computer Science, Emeritus Bell Chair in Human-Computer Interaction, co-founder of the Dynamic Graphics Project, and founder of both the Knowledge Media Design Institute and the Technologies for Aging Gracefully lab (TAGlab), all at the University of Toronto.

He has been named one of the 60 Pioneers of Computer Graphics by ACM SIGGRAPH, has been elected to the CHI (Computers and Human Interaction) Academy by ACM SIGCHI, has been named an ACM Fellow, and has been given the Canadian Human Computer Communications Society Achievement Award, a Canadian Digital Media Pioneer Award, and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Canadian Association of Computer Science.

He is also founding Editor of the Synthesis Lectures on Assistive, Rehabilitative, and Health-preserving Technologies (Morgan & Claypool, Publisher).

Summary

Computers and Society explores the history and impact of modern technology on everyday human life, considering its benefits, drawbacks, and repercussions. Particular attention is paid to new developments in artificial intelligence and machine learning, and the issues that have arisen from our complex relationship with AI.

Product details

• Authors: Ronald M. Baecker, Ronald M. (Emeritus Professor of Computer Baecker, Baecker Ronald M.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.04.2019
• EAN: 9780198827085
• ISBN: 978-0-19-882708-5
• No. of pages: 550
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > IT; Virtual Reality, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, Artificial Intelligence, COMPUTERS / Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction, Digital lifestyle, Impact of science & technology on society, Impact of science and technology on society, Computer programming / software engineering, Human–computer interaction, Digital Lifestyle and online world: consumer and user guides, Computer networking & communications, COMPUTERS / Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), COMPUTERS / Artificial Intelligence / General, Computer Programming / Software Development, Computer networking and communications