# ai and society nextbook

## ai and society nextbook

- [Introduction](https://nextbook.technosemiotics.eu/introduction.md): What is 'artificial intelligence'?
- [Definitions of AI](https://nextbook.technosemiotics.eu/definitions-of-ai.md)
- [AI myths](https://nextbook.technosemiotics.eu/definitions-of-ai/ai-myths.md): AI discourse contains sensationalist and misleading information about the technology. How can we recognise the hype and the myths?
- [Critique of AI concept](https://nextbook.technosemiotics.eu/definitions-of-ai/critique-of-ai-concept.md)
- [AI as general purpose technology](https://nextbook.technosemiotics.eu/definitions-of-ai/ai-as-general-purpose-technology.md)
- [Anthropomorphism](https://nextbook.technosemiotics.eu/definitions-of-ai/anthropomorphism.md)
- [Automation bias](https://nextbook.technosemiotics.eu/definitions-of-ai/automation-bias.md): In human-machine interaction, people sometimes tend to attribute greater authority to the machine than it deserves.
- [The historical entanglements of AI and semiotics](https://nextbook.technosemiotics.eu/the-historical-entanglements-of-ai-and-semiotics.md)
- [Technology and society](https://nextbook.technosemiotics.eu/technology-and-society.md): Is technology good, bad, or neutral? Can technology be neutral at all? These are questions still puzzling many researchers.
- [The history of AI](https://nextbook.technosemiotics.eu/technology-and-society/the-history-of-ai.md)
- [Ancient automata](https://nextbook.technosemiotics.eu/technology-and-society/ancient-automata.md)
- [Public understanding of science and technology](https://nextbook.technosemiotics.eu/technology-and-society/public-understanding-of-science-and-technology.md)
- [Technology and the military](https://nextbook.technosemiotics.eu/technology-and-society/technology-and-the-military.md)
- [Contemporary AI: Case studies](https://nextbook.technosemiotics.eu/contemporary-ai-case-studies.md)
- [Case study: Superheroes, cyborgs, and artificial creatures in science fiction narratives](https://nextbook.technosemiotics.eu/contemporary-ai-case-studies/case-study-superheroes-cyborgs-and-artificial-creatures-in-science-fiction-narratives.md)
- [Case study: problems with generative technologies](https://nextbook.technosemiotics.eu/contemporary-ai-case-studies/case-study-problems-with-generative-technologies.md)
- [Case study: generative AI and copyright](https://nextbook.technosemiotics.eu/contemporary-ai-case-studies/case-study-generative-ai-and-copyright.md)
- [Case study: mistaking CGI for miltech](https://nextbook.technosemiotics.eu/contemporary-ai-case-studies/case-study-mistaking-cgi-for-miltech.md): In public discourse, military AI and autonomous weapons are often depicted with exaggerated expectations. The following example demonstrates the mixing of the fictional and the real.
- [Case study: renegotiating the social contract](https://nextbook.technosemiotics.eu/contemporary-ai-case-studies/case-study-renegotiating-the-social-contract.md)
- [Computer systems as social and semiotic technologies](https://nextbook.technosemiotics.eu/computer-systems-as-social-and-semiotic-technologies.md)
- [Exercises](https://nextbook.technosemiotics.eu/exercises.md)
- [Headline rephrasing](https://nextbook.technosemiotics.eu/exercises/headline-rephrasing.md)
- [Anthropomorphism awareness](https://nextbook.technosemiotics.eu/exercises/anthropomorphism-awareness.md)
- [References](https://nextbook.technosemiotics.eu/references.md)
- [About this project](https://nextbook.technosemiotics.eu/about-this-project.md)


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