176 Pages
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by
Routledge
176 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
176 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Having a conscience distinguishes humans from the most advanced AI systems. Acting in good conscience, consulting one’s conscience, and being conscience-wracked are all aspects of human intelligence that involve reckoning (deriving general laws from particular inputs and vice versa), and judgement (contemplating the relationship of the reckoning system to the world). While AI developers have... Read more
Introduction: The Play of Conscience
Chapter 1: Everyman’s Reckonings
Chapter 2: Bureaucratised Conscience in Doctor Faustus
Chapter 3: Civic Conscience in The Merchant of Venice
Chapter 4: Conscience-Caught in Hamlet
Conclusion: Artificial Conscience?
Biography
Jade Standing is the George Whalley Visiting Professor in Early Modern Literature at Queen's University (2023–2024).
