AI in 5 Minutes
Katherine Chiou [+–]
University of Alabama
Katherine Chiou is an Assistant Professor and archaeologist in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Alabama. She serves as Co-Director of the Artificial Intelligence Teaching Enhancement Initiative, Principal Investigator of the Ancient People and Plants Laboratory, and the Assistant Director of Water Social Science for the CONSERVE Research Group. In addition to teaching and research on archaeology, foodways, plant domestication, and inequality in the past and present, she works on ethical reasoning, codes and policies, and responsible conduct of research (RCR) in education in partnership with multiple professional societies and is a longtime organizer of national and international archaeology Ethics Bowl competitions.
Lawrence Cappello [+–]
University of Alabama
Lawrence Cappello is an Assistant Professor of U.S. Legal & Constitutional History at the University of Alabama. He is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US & CIPM) and serves as Co-Director of the Artificial Intelligence Teaching Enhancement Initiative. Author of None of Your Damn Business: Privacy in the United States from the Gilded Age to the Digital Age (University of Chicago Press) and On Privacy: Twenty Lessons for Practical People (Hachette: Workman Publishing), he is a graduate of New York City public schools and the City University of New York.
Nathan Robert Loewen [+–]
University of Alabama
Nathan Loewen is Associate Professor of Religious Studies and the Faculty Technology Liaison for the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Alabama. Loewen is an executive member of the REL Digital Lab, a research space for digital and computational approaches to religious studies. He co-directs the Global-Critical Philosophy of Religion initiative, whose international collaborations aim to broaden the field’s analytical scope. Loewen recently co-edited Diversifying Philosophy of Religion (Bloomsbury, 2023) and is the author of Beyond the Problem of Evil: Derrida and Anglophone Philosophy of Religion (Lexington, 2018).
“Artificial Intelligence” is like water for anyone doing anything with technology almost anywhere. At the very least, the topic is part of the conversations among the public as well as specialists around the world. AI in 5 Minutes offers everyone a reader-friendly introduction to the wide variety of topics touched by artificial intelligence and the recent emergence of generative AI in society. The book offers brief essays on more than 50 questions that span the areas of culture, education, technology, business, politics, entertainment, governance, and ethics. Ideal for both classroom use and personal study, some of the questions asked include:
1. What is AI and how does it work?
2. How does AI measure up when compared to other technological breakthroughs?
3. How do AI and robotics relate to one another?
4. Can AI be biased in making decisions?
5. Now that it’s here, will we ever be able to turn AI “off”?
6. How do we best prepare the next generation for an AI-driven world?
7. Can AI create original music or art?
8. Why do people need schools and universities if AI can do science?
9. Does AI have emotions or consciousness?
10. Could AI give insights into the thinking of God, evolution, or aliens?
The short, 5-minute chapters help readers examine the implications and assumptions in common questions about generative AI. Readers will see how scholars from a variety of fields relate today’s questions to their expertise with long-standing scholarship and science on artificial intelligence. Their concise and thoughtful responses conclude with suggestions for further reading.
ISBN-13 (Hardback)
9781000000000
Price (Hardback)
£60.00 / $75.00
ISBN-13 (Paperback)
9781000000000
Price (Paperback)
£24.95 / $28.95
ISBN (eBook)
9781000000000
Price (eBook)
Individual
£24.95 / $28.95
Institutional
£350.00 / $700.00
£24.95 / $28.95
Institutional
£350.00 / $700.00
Publication
01/03/2027
Pages
256
Size
216 x 140mm
Readership
students and general readers
