Machine Decision Is Not Final : China and the History and Future of Artificial Intelligence

Visions of the contested future of AI veer between common planetary goals and a new Cold War as culturally-specific models of intelligence, speculative traditions, and thought experiments come up against the emergence of novel forms of cognition that cannot be reduced to any historical cultural tradition. This uniquely-positioned volume provides expert insight into this tension, using China as a touchstone for rethinking artificiality' and intelligence' as sites of difference in a way that is already present in the difficulty of precisely translating the Chinese term . Spanning borders between different worlds, histories, futures, and foundational models, Machine Decision is Not Final is not only a timely reappraisal of the stakes of AI development, but a toolbox for constructing more global imaginaries for the future of AI. Moving beyond the clichs that still dominate the contemporary debate, this interdisciplinary, cross-cultural collection decenters familiar narratives to provide a fresh perspective on what artificial intelligence is today, and what it might become.