This book is a global reflection on disparate religious and philosophical approaches to questions of AI and the particular ways these questions affect East Asian societies. These chapters originate from a conference held at Hong Kong Baptist University in April 2023 on Ethical and Social Issues in AI: East Asia and Beyond. Sections cover Confucianist, Daoist, and Christian reflections on AI ethics. Chapters on broad theoretical questions that AI poses are included as well as those addressing issues in applied AI ethics. This volume appeals to students and researchers working across cultures and traditions on the philosophy of AI technology.
Introduction: East-West Engagement with AI Concerns, Levi Checketts and
Benedict Chan.- Part I: Chinese Philosophical Approaches to AI.- 1 Confucian
Trustworthy AI: Diversifying a Keyword in the Ethics of AI and Governance,
Pak-Hang Wong.- 2 Xerox and Jixin: On Metonymy and Large Language Models,
Levi Checketts.- 3 Exploring Confucianisms Contribution to Privacy Debates
in A.I. and Technology Ethics, Benedict S. B. Chan.- Part II: Christian
Dialogues with Culture.- 4 Comparative AI Ethics between Silicon Valley and
the Vatican: Divergent Foundations, Convergent Initiatives, and.- How-to
Ideas for Discussing and Developing Technology Ethics, Brian Patrick
Green.- 5 Rome Call for AI Ethics: Considerations for a Philippine
Response, Robert James Boyles.- 6 Artificial Intelligence and Human
Flourishing in the Everyday World: Reflections from Christian Public
Theology, Stephen Garner.- 7 Artificial Intelligence and Human Person: A
Chinese Christian Perspective, Pan-chiu Lai.- Part III: Comparative
Theoretical Ethical Approaches.- 8 AI and World-Making Ethics, Tianen
Wang.- 9 Artificial Intelligence Liberalism: Questions Small and Big, Carl
Mitcham.- 10 Resetting Machine Ethics: Rationalism, Hypocrisy, Disagreement,
and the Skilful-Expert Model, Felix Yeung and Fei Song.- 11 Universal
Values in AI Ethics, Soraj Hongladarom.- Part IV: Social and Ethical Impacts
of AI.- 12 An Interview with Karen Hao, Technology Journalist, Karen Hao
and Levi Checketts.- 13 Artistic Creativity in the Image AI Generator and
Language as a Tool, Takeshi Kimura.- 14 A Critical Evaluation of David
Levys Sex Robot Utopianism, Kai-man Kwan.
Levi Checketts is an Assistant Professor of Religion and Philosophy and the Associate Director of the Centre for Applied Ethics at Hong Kong Baptist University. He is the author of Poor Technology: Artificial Intelligence and the Experience of Poverty and co-editor with Carl Mitcham and Jim Grote of Theology and Technology. He has published in Techné, Prometheus, and Theology and Science among other places. His work lies in the intersection of technology and economic ethics with Catholic theology.
Benedict S. B. Chan is the Associate Dean (Learning and Teaching - Undergraduate) of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, the Director of the Centre for Applied Ethics, and an Associate Professor in the Department of Religion and Philosophy at Hong Kong Baptist University. His research areas include Applied Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Social & Political Philosophy, and Comparative Philosophy (Chinese & Western). He has published in academic journals such as Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy, Global Policy, International Journal of Chinese Comparative Philosophy of Medicine, Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, and Philosophia. He is also a co-editor of the books Whole Person Education in East Asian Universities: Perspectives from Philosophy and Beyond and Warfare Ethics in Comparative Perspective: China and the West.
