[Commlist] CfP – AI for Everyone? Critical Perspectives

Call for Papers for*AI for Everyone? Critical Perspectives*(Open access 
peer-review edited volume)


Publisher: University of Westminster Press

Series: Critical, Digital and Social Media Studies

Editor: Pieter Verdegem (University of Westminster)


*INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL DESCRIPTION*


This collection of contributions brings together critical debates about 
Artificial Intelligence (AI) to interrogate how we should understand 
what constitutes AI, its impact and challenges. If we want to make sure 
that AI-powered applications and solutions will benefit society at large 
andmitigate AI’s potentialnegative consequences, we need to overcomethe 
widespread dichotomic(utopian/dystopian) thinking about AI. By offering 
different perspectives and engaging in critical conversations on the 
potential and impact of AI, this collection aims to invite all 
stakeholders involved to contribute to a more nuanced vision of how to 
make sure AI will deliver benefits for everyone, if at all possible (and 
what is neededto facilitate change).


What makes this collection timely and necessary:

  * Urgency – technologies are changing so quickly and becoming embedded
    with little public scrutiny
  * Public debateis polarised– critical perspectives must offer a
    necessary nuance toaddress then answer fundamental questions about 
power
  * Critical – we are facing a new era of technological determinism and
    governments and business actors are seeking technological solutions
    without interrogating the consequences. The assumption is that AI is
    inevitable, everywhere. We have not even started asking the right
    questions
  * Interdisciplinary – approach
  * Debate – interaction between different stakeholders (scholars,
    government, industry, civil society and activists)

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*QUESTIONS, TOPICS AND FORMAT*


This collection asks fundamental and critical questions, such as:

  * What is AI, and what is it not?
  * What is good AI and for whom?
  * How is AI developed, by whom and on what data has it been trained?
  * Who owns the AI infrastructure, algorithms and datasets?
  * Who has the power to classify and who is involved?
  * Who benefits from AI? Who does not?
  * Who is excluded and what are the consequences?
  * How should we decide where AI can be beneficial, and where harmful?


Contributions include but are not limited to topics, such as:

  * Conceptualising AI: AI and bullshit
  * Power, Inequality and the Political Economy of AI
  * AI, Work and Automation
  * Resistance and Activism
  * Ethical frameworks for AI
  * What AI should not do
  * …


Format: This edited volume will be a combination of invited 
contributions and chapters from this open call for contributions.

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*TIMETABLE*


October 10, 2019: Deadline for abstracts (max. 500 words)

October 30, 2019: Editor’s response to abstracts

March 31, 2020: Deadline for full chapters (6,000-8,000 words)

July 10, 2020:Deadline for revised chapters

March 2021:Publication of the edited volume (open access)


All material and the book itself will be published open access in print 
and digital versions subject to peer review with no author fees.

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*MORE INFORMATION & CONTACT*


Please send abstracts of no longer than 500 words to Pieter Verdegem 
((p.verdegem /at/ westminster.ac.uk) <mailto:(p.verdegem /at/ westminster.ac.uk)>) by 
10 October 2019.

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*ABOUT THE CRITICAL, DIGITAL AND SOCIAL MEDIA STUDIES SERIES*


Series Editor: Christian Fuchs


The open-access peer-reviewed book series edited by Christian Fuchs 
publishes books that critically study the role of the internet and 
digital and social media in society. Titles analyse how power 
structures, digital capitalism, ideology and social struggles shape and 
are shaped by digital and social media. They use and develop critical 
theory discussing the political relevance and implications of studied 
topics. The series is a theoretical forum for internet and social media 
research for books using methods and theories that challenge digital 
positivism; it also seeks to explore digital media ethics grounded in 
critical social theories and philosophy.


Editorial Board: Thomas Allmer, Mark Andrejevic, Miriyam Aouragh, 
Charles Brown, Eran Fisher, Peter Goodwin, Jonathan Hardy, Kylie 
Jarrett, Anastasia Kavada, Maria Michalis, Stefania Milan, Vincent 
Mosco, Jack Qiu, Jernej Amon Prodnik, Marisol Sandoval, Sebastian 
Sevignani, Pieter Verdegem


https://www.uwestminsterpress.co.uk/site/books/series/critical-digital-and-social-media-studies/

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