This open access book deals with cultural and philosophical aspects of artificial intelligence
(AI) and pleads for a digital humanism. This term is beginning to be en vogue everywhere. Due
to a growing discontentment with the way digitalization is being used in the world
particularly formulated by former heroes of Internet social media and search engine companies
philosophical as well as industrial thought leaders begin to plead for a humane use of digital
tools. Yet the term digital humanism is a particular terminology that lacks a sound conceptual
and philosophical basis and needs clarification still - and this gap is exactly filled by this
book. It propagates a vision of society in which digitization is used to strengthen human
self-determination autonomy and dignity and whose time has come to be propagated throughout
the world. The advantage of this book is that it is philosophically sound and yet written in a
way that will make it accessible for everybody interested in the subject. Every chapters begins
with a film scene illustrating a precise philosophical problem with AI and how we look at it -
making the book not only readable but even entertaining. And after having read the book the
reader will have a clear vision of what it means to live in a world where digitization and AI
are central technologies for a better and more humane civilization.
