AI Paradox: How to Make Sense of a Complex Future
Author: Virginia Dignum
Publisher: Princeton University Press, February 17, 2026
ISBN: 9780691269085
Description: A user’s guide to navigating the intricate, often contradictory relationship between artificial intelligence and human intelligence. Artificial intelligence will shape our future in unforeseen ways, and it is easy to fall into the trap of thinking that it could someday dictate the terms of our very existence. But the fact is, the more that AI can do, the more it underscores the irreplaceable qualities of human creativity, empathy, and moral reasoning. Drawing on her decades of experience in AI research and governance, Dignum cuts through the hype and sensationalism that often surround AI and reveals why the most profound questions it raises are not about technology but ourselves. Instead of framing AI as an unstoppable force poised to subjugate humanity, Dignum encourages us to see it as an augmenting technology we can shape. The book explores eight paradoxes of AI, each illuminating a particular dimension of these emerging technologies while prompting readers to reevaluate their most common preconceptions. A nuanced, hopeful vision of a future with human intelligence amplified, not overwhelmed, by machine intelligence. Virginia Dignum is Professor of Responsible Artificial Intelligence at Umeå University, Sweden, and has led AI ethics and governance initiatives for the European Commission, the United Nations, the World Economic Forum, UNESCO, and UNICEF.
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