The Perplexing Self: Human Willfulness and Artificial Intelligence - Softcover

Reisch, Heiko

Softcover

ISBN 10: 366271731X ISBN 13: 9783662717318

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2025

Synopsis

People attribute a self to themselves. The sciences struggle to define what it is and how it comes about. However, they are certain that we have it and need it. For researchers, it is scarcely tangible and thus a tricky problem. The development of strong AI will fail because of this; humans remain something else

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Heiko Reisch is a philosopher and works as a communication consultant and journalist. He is the author of „Kleine Geschichte der Philosophie“ (A Short History of Philosophy) published by Springer VS.

From the Back Cover

People assign themselves an identity. The sciences struggle to define what this is and how it comes about. However, they are certain that we have it and need it. For researchers, it is hardly tangible and therefore a tricky problem. This is where the development of strong AI will fail; humans remain something else.

The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence. A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content.

This book is a translation of an original German edition. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation.

Edition details

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 366271731X
• ISBN 13: 9783662717318
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 197