The Global Politics of Artificial Intelligence

Dr. Tinnirello is an independent researcher and visiting lecturer in International Relations, Conflict and Security at Northumbria University in Amsterdam. He is also a Member of the Ghent Institute for International and European Studies (GIES), Department of Political Science - Ghent University, Belgium He is also a Member of the Ghent Institute for International and European Studies (GIES), Department of Political Science - Ghent University. Belgium He has held academic positions in both the Global South and North, and he has also worked as an international researcher and policy consultant on global security and military corruption issues. He has been the Vice-Chair and Programme Chair of the Science, Technology and Art in International Relations section at The International Studies Association since 2019. Dr. Tinnirello holds a PhD from the School of Politics and International Relations, and an MA in International Conflict Analysis from the University of Kent, UK. He was a recipient of a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action Initial Training Award, and a visiting PhD fellow at Coimbra University. His research has primarily focused on how global capitalism and its ideology have affected global politics and security, as well as intellectual thought and what societies can do to free themselves from capitalism’s grip. Dr. Tinnirello applies his understanding of our historical, intellectual, and political era to address international political challenges arising from an epoch-transforming technology like artificial intelligence.

Contents

Preface, vii
Acknowledgements, xv
Editor, xvii
List of Contributors, xix

Chapter 1 ◾ Threading Innovation, Regulation, and the

Mitigation of AI Harm: Examining Ethics in National AI Strategies 1

Mona Sloane

Chapter 2 ◾ Governance of Artificial Intelligence: Emerging International Trends and Policy Frames 29

Inga Ulnicane, William Knight, Tonii Leach, Bernd Carsten Stahl, and Winter-Gladys Wanjiku

Chapter 3 ◾ Multilateralism and Artificial Intelligence: What Role for the United Nations? 57

Eugenio V. Garci a

Chapter 4 ◾ Governing the Use of Autonomous Weapon Systems 85

Alfredo Toro Carnevali

Chapter 5 ◾ Lessons for Artificial Intelligence from Other Global Risks 103

Seth D. Baum , Robert de Neufville, Anthony M. Barrett, and Gary Ackerman

Chapter 6 ◾ Vulnerability, AI, and Power in a Global Context: From Being-at-Risk to Biopolitics in

the COVID-19 Pandemic 133

Mark Coeckelbergh

Chapter 7 ◾ Using Decision Theory and Value Alignment to Integrate Analogue and Digital AI 149

Mahendra Prasad

Chapter 8 ◾ Nomadic Artificial Intelligence and Royal Research Councils: Curiosity-Driven Research

Against Imperatives Implying Imperialism 173

Vassilis Galanos

Chapter 9 ◾ Artificial Intelligence and Post-Capitalism: The Prospect and Challenges of AI-Automated

Labour 209

Thanasis Apostolakoudis

Chapter 10 ◾ Artificial General Intelligence’s Beneficial Use within Capitalist Democracy: A Realist Vision 247

Maurizio Tinnirello

INDEX, 277