AI. Civility. Climate.
Autor Tania Peitzkeren Limba Engleză Paperback – 27 aug 2026
AI. CIVILITY. CLIMATE: Ways to Move Forward is a hands-on guide giving the reader an overview of the industry & personal purpose for getting more informed about the uses & risks of AI in all its forms. It fearlessly addresses the pervasive social & environmental problems that AI-powered apps & just generating Artificial Intelligence itself can cause.
It contains exercises, lifelong learning activities & unique tools that readers can begin to put into effect immediately, either as an individual or a group at their workplaces, as well as in their leisure time. The guide features 8 actionable case studies with hybrid infographics, charts, cartoons & photos designed for instructors & teachers of all disciplines & levels. The audience in mind is both young & old(er) readers, with the ancillary resources updated online for classes & work groups.
The book is actually an exercise in civic education itself. By being clear-headed about how politics has entered work-related domains, we can begin to respond intellectually from a neutral, civility-inspired perspective.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 1606497170
Pagini: 220
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 12 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Editura: Business Expert Press
Notă biografică
Around the last fin de siècle, Tania Peitzker won international prizes and national awards for her interdisciplinary, doctoral thesis at the University of Potsdam. She then transitioned from academia and the Humanities into the Creative Industries with her first media and art consultancy businesses in Lucerne and Berlin. Her ventures were established after having worked as a Special Correspondent reporting on knowledge transfer news in tertiary education (The Times Higher / THES) and business schools (The Wall Street Journal / WSJE) in Germany, Switzerland and the United Nations in Geneva (mostly WIPO and the WTO).
Peitzker's move into Frontier Tech, entrepreneurship and AI-powered chatbot development saw her co-found several start ups in the NLP and immersive tech space, which became known as pioneering SaaS in the UK and the DACH region. Dr Peitzker now works as a contractor for corporations and government in the APAC region (mainly Australia) and the EU (European winter months). The author, who writes creatively as well as non-fiction on AI topics like sustainability and civics, is also a freelance consultant specialising in Digital Transformation and Generative AI in both hemispheres.
Cuprins
Preface: The Need for "Civility Codes" to Trump AI-Powered, Disrespectful Discourses (p. xix)
Introduction—Positive Ways to Move Forward Despite Setbacks and Negativity (p. xxxiii)
PART 1 On Becoming Civil Again (p. 1)
Chapter 1 Why We Need "Unpoliticized Facts" About the Climate Crisis and AI (p. 3)
Chapter 2 The Biggest Problems We're Facing (p. 19)
Chapter 3 Easiest Solutions or Quick Everyday Fixes (p. 47)
Chapter 4 Harder Ways to Achieve Environmental and Social Sustainability for Business Advantage (p. 53)
Chapter 5 Things We Can Fix Short-, Mid-, and Long Term (p. 63)
PART 2 Applying What You Just Learned (p. 95)
Chapter 6 Group Activities, Work, and Community Events—Enhancing Civility for AI and the Climate (p. 97)
Chapter 7 Toolkit for Identifying Misinformation in Intersecting Domains (p. 107)
Chapter 8 Board Games for Teaching "Old-Fashioned" Civics—Practicing Civility Within AI and the Climate Crisis (p. 123)
Chapter 9 Strengthening Whistleblowing to Prevent Uncivil and/or Illegal AI-Powered Harms (p. 135)
Chapter 10 Conclusion (p. 147)
PART 3 References, Info Sources, Additional Resources, and Author's Contact Links (p. 151)
Afterword—An End to Climate Action and the Start of "Rare Earths and Oil Wars" for AI Supremacy? (p. 163)
About the Author (p. 169)
Index (p. 171)