Artificial Reason: AI, Rationality, and Violence

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In this Boston Review roundtable discussion, moderated by BR contributing editor Lily Hu, three prominent writers and scholars—historian Kevin T. Baker, anthropologist Sophia Goodfriend, and computer scientist Benjamin Recht—discuss the way AI is changing the way societies, individuals, and governments make decisions. The panelists discuss the nature and meaning of rationality, how new technology is interfacing with old institutions, what popular AI discourses get wrong, and the consequences for politics, war, and social life in general. This discussion took place on May 5.Further Reading:“AI got the blame for the Iran school bombing. The truth is far more worrying” by Kevin T. Baker in The Guardian“The New Old Warfare” by Sophia Goodfriend in Boston ReviewThe Irrational Decision: How We Gave Computers the Power to Choose for Us by Benjamin Recht“⁠⁠How to Lie with (Political) Statistics” by Lily Hu in Boston ReviewTo support work like this, please subscribe to the magazine or make a tax-deductible donation.

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