This book stimulates new conversations around the ethical and policy considerations stemming from the influence of artificial intelligence (AI) on human relationships within a cross-cultural perspective. With chapters from distinguished scholars from Eastern and Western backgrounds, it delves into the fundamental aspects of human connections and good governance, examining them through the perspectives of both Eastern and Western values, while addressing the implications of AI. While the recognition of AI's substantial challenges to human values and effective governance is widespread, there exists a notable lack of focus on its impact on the essential human relationships that embody these values and encompass human identity within Eastern and Western traditions. By centering attention on this aspect, the book highlights a critical concern for the development of AI that is suitable for the future of human relationships and good governance. Specifically, the book seeks to examine the influence of AI on essential human relationships, such as those between parent and child, spouses, the elderly and the young, physician and patient, as well as relations between friends, citizens, and nations. It is an essential resource relevant to academics in philosophy, applied ethics and bioethics, AI ethics, social and political philosophy.
Yanto Chandra is a Full Professor of Public Strategy and Governance in the Department of Public and International Affairs at the City University of Hong Kong. His research focuses on entrepreneurship and innovation in the social and public sector, as well as the impact of new technologies, such as artificial intelligence and blockchain, on policy and society and how to better govern them. He has published more than 50 scientific articles and more than ten books and chapters, among others in, Public Administration Review, Public Management Review, American Review of Public Administration, International Public Management Journal, Policy & Internet, and World Development. His work has also appeared in Academy of Management Review, Journal of Business Venturing, Journal of International Business Studies, among others. He serves as Associate Editor of Journal of Business Venturing Insights, and a guest editor on AI for Journal of Business Venturing, as well as editorial board members in numerous journals including Academy of Management Perspectives, and Public Administration and Development.
Ruiping Fan (范瑞平) is Chair Professor of Philosophy at the City University of Hong Kong. His research focuses on bioethics and comparative philosophy, drawing from both Confucian and Western cultural perspectives. With a publication record exceeding 200 journal articles and book chapters (comprising over 100 in English and 100 in Chinese), he has authored books including "Reconstructionist Confucianism: Rethinking Morality after the West" (2010), "Contemporary Confucian Bioethics" (2011), and "Contemporary Medicine and Confucian Thought" (2024). Additionally, he has served as the editor or co-editor of 15 volumes (8 in English and 7 in Chinese), including recent publications such as "Sex Robots: Social Impact and the Future of Human Relations" (2021), "Incentives and Disincentives in Organ Donation: A Multicultural Study among Beijing, Chicago, Tehran, and Hong Kong" (2023), and "An East-West Dialogue on Good Governance: Learning from Each Other" (2024).
