What If We Got AI Right? [Drage]

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What If We Got AI Right? 
by Eleanor Drage

Summary

Summary of What If We Got AI Right? by Eleanor Drage
In What If We Got AI Right?, AI ethicist Eleanor Drage challenges the dominant narratives that portray artificial intelligence as either humanity’s salvation or an unavoidable disaster, arguing that these extreme visions distract from the real political, social, and ethical choices shaping AI today. 

The book examines how the AI industry is influenced by powerful corporations, technological competition, and cultural ideas such as the pursuit of immortality, while highlighting concrete problems including biased algorithms, surveillance, environmental costs, and the concentration of power in big tech. 

Drage argues that AI is not an independent force beyond human control but a reflection of the values, institutions, and inequalities of the societies that create it. A better AI future requires moving beyond fear and hype toward democratic oversight, ethical responsibility, and new ways of thinking about technology. She proposes bringing perspectives from feminism, reparative justice, and climate politics into AI development so that machines are designed to serve broader human needs rather than narrow economic interests.

Ultimately, the book is a call to reshape the purpose of AI: not to maximize power or profit, but to build technologies that support fairness, inclusion, and a more sustainable future. 


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