About the Book

This book explores the multifaceted applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) across various domains and its potential long-term societal implications. Over the past 50 years, spanning from the industrial era to the automation era, industries have undergone significant transformations. While such transitions have introduced benefits like increased efficiency, they have also raised concerns over unemployment, breach of privacy, shifts in human interactions,  proliferation of high-tech weaponry, auto pilot vehicles, and more.

Not only industrial sectors but domains including finance, security, healthcare, justice, entertainment, and education have also witnessed the integration of automated procedures, profoundly impacting human lives and catalyzing drastic societal transformations. Consequently, a virtual society is beginning to emerge alongside the real one, reshaping economies, politics, and cultures at both national and global levels.

The foresight of Gandhian humanism anticipated these changes, foreseeing their potential harm to society. Gandhi’s was not against machinery, but rather against its usage in manners that undermine human dignity and freedom. Gandhi’s apprehensions regarding unemployment, the erosion of interpersonal connections, and the integrity of democracy resonate deeply in the context of our current era. His advocacy urged society to ready itself for the challenges of the present age and embrace community life.

Contents

1              The Worldview on Automation

2              State of Problem

3              Gandhian Humanism

4             Automation and Humanism

5              The Way Ahead

About the Author / Editor

Neepa Shah is Associate Professor at Department of Computer Science, Gujarat Vidyapith, Ahmedabad. She has served this organization for more than 25 years. She has been dealing with Artificial Intelligence from the year 1996. She is also working in the field of Natural Language Processing (NLP) which is the sub branch of AI and has also published few papers in the field of Gujarati NLP. Her other area of interest is data science. She has also written a book for computer science students in mother tongue, aiming to facilitate better comprehension and learning.