Wittgenstein and Artificial Intelligence, Volume II - (Anthem Studies in Wittgenstein) by Alice C Helliwell & Alessandro Rossi & Brian Ball

About the Book

Wittgenstein and AI (Volume II): Value and Governance. This is the second of two edited collections, exploring Wittgensteinian themes in AI. The issues covered by the various chapters of this volume range over a number of topics, with a specific focus on ethics, governance, aesthetics and the law.

Book Synopsis

The two volumes on Wittgenstein and AI aim to trace and suggest Wittgensteinian influences in some of the most cutting-edge areas of research in Artificial Intelligence (such as Computation, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing and the use of automation in legal settings). The collection is driven by an essentially interdisciplinary approach, featuring articles from philosophers, computer scientists and legal scholars, writing on a broad range of topics in AI.

The chapters across these two volumes are grouped into two sets of themes: Mind and Language and Value and Governance. These themes correspond to two major areas of research in the philosophical study of AI: the computational mind and the ethics of artificial intelligence. These volumes make a significant and unprecedented contribution to the question of what Wittgenstein's philosophy can offer to the ever-growing field of AI. It aims to provide insight for both philosophers and non-philosophers alike, offering reflection on the significance of Wittgenstein's work for AI, and on the implications of advancements in AI technology for Wittgenstein's philosophy and philosophy influenced by Wittgenstein.

VOLUME II: Wittgenstein and AI (Volume II): Value and Governance. This volume includes chapters on ethical AI, rules in AI, rules and the law, human-AI interaction, the moral implications of robotics and the status of AI art.

Review Quotes

'Questions of mind and language are central to both AI and the philosophy of Wittgenstein. These volumes richly elaborate the key connections, as well as their ethical implications - and in so doing prove the ongoing relevance of philosophy to the cutting edge of developments affecting our world.' -- Professor Anthony Grayling, Principal and Founder, Northeastern University London

'Thanks to an impressive number of expert contributions covering a wide spectrum of enquiry across scientific disciplines, this collection stands as a compelling testament to the enduring relevance of Wittgenstein's ideas in contemporary discussions surrounding artificial intelligence, its foundations, risks and transformative potential.' -- Barbara McGillivray, Turing Research Fellow at the Alan Turing Institute, Senior Research Associate at the University of Cambridge and Editor in Chief of the Journal of Open Humanities Data

'This book offers fresh perspectives on AI through Wittgensteinian lenses: meaning as use, secondary meaning, creativity in rule-following, universals as family resemblances, analogical thinking, truthfulness, cognition embodied, language-games anchored in shared ways of living and acting - and thus potentially always more than what can be captured by LLMs.' -- Alois Pichler, Professor at the Department of Philosophy of the University of Bergen, and Head of the Wittgenstein Archives at the University of Bergen (WAB)

About the Author

Brian Ball is Associate Professor in Philosophy at Northeastern University London. His research spans a range of areas, notably the philosophy of mind, language and artificial intelligence, and he has taught the early history of analytic philosophy, including Wittgenstein.

Alice Helliwell is Assistant Professor in Philosophy at Northeastern University London. Her research is focused on computational creativity and AI art, including questions of aesthetics and ethics.

Alessandro Rossi is Assistant Professor in Philosophy at Northeastern University London. His work focuses on logic, metaphysics and the areas in which they intersect.