Monday, July 20, 2026

Handbook of critical studies of artificial intelligence - brief overview

This book, published by Edward Elgar provides an academic discussion on the various influences on AI including political, economic and social structures. A book preview provides the first chapter which has summaries of each of the chapters in the book.

The book is organised into 7 sections, each with many chapters. The sections are:

- AI and critical theory: conceptual discussions

- Imaginaries and discourses

- Political economy of AI: datafication and surveillance

- Transparency, ethics and regulation

- Bias, normativity and discrimination

- Politics and activism in AI

- AI and the automation of society

A book to dip in and out of. Chapters highlight the many implications of AI on society, work and human being. Hence, deploying AI in education is a double-edged sword. When (perhaps best beyond primary schooling), how (perhaps only when there is a good case that AI WILL support learning), what (with pre-requisite of strong underpinning critical thinking skills and perhaps some disciplinary foundations), and why (to support and enhance but not replace human thinking).



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