Ethics of Digital Ghosts - Confucian, Mohist, and Zhuangist Perspectives on Ai and Death

Advances in artificial intelligence are enabling the construction of "digital ghosts": algorithmic reconstructions of deceased individuals based on patterns of interaction in their text messages, social media posts, and other personal data. This book develops an ethics of digital ghosts using resources from classical Chinese philosophy.

Sommario

Introduction 1. Digital Remains and Digital Ghosts 2. Caring for Physical Remains 3. Confucian Connections with Digital Ghosts 4. Mohism and Seeing Ghosts 5. Zhuangzi on Remixing, Reanimation, and Remembering 6. Learning from the Conversation

Info autore

Alexis M. Elder is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Minnesota Duluth. She is the author of Friendship, Robots, and Social Media: False friends and second selves (Routledge). She publishes on issues involving technology and interpersonal relationships, drawing on historical philosophical traditions.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Alexis M. Elder, Alexis M. (University of Minnesota Duluth Elder
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 15.08.2025
• EAN: 9781041058410
• ISBN: 978-1-0-4105841-0
• Pagine: 206
• Serie: Routledge Research in Applied Ethics
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geografia; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali; China, Artificial Intelligence, RELIGION / Eastern, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / General, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, Philosophy of Mind, Psychology, RELIGION / Psychology of Religion, Psychotherapy, Ethics & moral philosophy, Regional Studies, Ethics and moral philosophy, Religious ethics, Regional / International studies, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, Non-Western philosophy, Medical Sociology, Sociology: death and dying, Sociology: Death & Dying, East Asian religions, Oriental Religions