The Humanist Review of AI #1

Funded by Microsoft AI, The Humanist Review of AI looks beyond the technology itself to examine the human questions emerging from its development. Its debut issue, themed ‘People and Technology’, brings together philosophers, psychologists, artists, investors, musicians and technologists to consider how AI could reshape everything from creativity and employment to relationships, identity and our sense of purpose. 

Issue #1

Organised into three sections, Systems, Stakes and Soul, Issue 01 presents a broad collection of essays and perspectives. Contributors include psychologist Alison Gopnik, who considers what childhood development can tell us about the limitations of AI; philosopher Elizabeth Anderson, who questions visions of an AI-enabled future without work; and Alain de Botton, who explores whether artificial intelligence could have an unexpected role to play in our romantic lives. Elsewhere, musician Nick Cave shares correspondence from The Red Hand Files, including his thoughts on AI-generated songwriting. With copy editing from the team behind Delayed Gratification, this thought-provoking first issue approaches one of today's biggest technological conversations through a distinctly human lens.