The Storm of Progress
Climate Change, AI, and the Roots of Our Dangerous Ethical Myopia
- Publisher
- Linda Leith Publishing
- Initial publish date
- Jan 2024
- Subjects
- Political Freedom, Intelligence (AI) & Semantics, Ethics & Moral Philosophy
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- ISBN
- 9781773901510
- Publish Date
- Jan 2024
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Description
In a time of existential threats from climate change, computer-based superintelligences, AI-accelerated nuclear and biological warfare and more, we can no longer avoid some profound questions about what’s going on. We need to ask: what kind of 'progress' leads to the destruction of humanity’s basic habitat, even its basic identity?
About the author
Ranked among Canada's leading literary journalists, Wade Rowland is the author of more than a dozen non-fiction books including Ockham's Razor, Greed, Inc., and Saving the CBC. He spent many years in television news production at the network level and has held senior management roles at both CTV and CBC, where he was also senior producer of the consumer affairs program Marketplace. Rowland holds a Ph.D. in Communication and Culture and is currently Associate Professor at York University. Born in Montreal, he grew up in Regina and Winnipeg and currently lives in rural Port Hope, Ontario, with his wife Christine Collie Rowland.