July 24, 2026
Shaping AI: Ethics, Society, and the Future of Technology (forthcoming)
Edited by Christo El Morr, Anoop George, and Vijay Mago
What kind of world is Artificial Intelligence building—and for whom?
As AI technologies rapidly reshape our societies, economies, and bodies, Shaping AI: Ethics, Society, and the Future of Technology brings together a diverse array of scholars to interrogate the promises, politics, and perils of AI from critical, inclusive, and interdisciplinary perspectives.
Spanning three major sections--Foundations and Applications, Philosophical and Critical Perspectives, and Ethics, Governance, and Social Impact—this volume explores the deep entanglements of AI with disability, gender, race, capitalism, coloniality, and the environment. Chapters examine real-world applications from health systems and biometric surveillance to transport and platform economies, while others engage with philosophical frameworks and decolonial theories to rethink what responsible AI means today.
Contributors from across disciplines and geographies interrogate the very foundations of AI, highlight its ethical blind spots, and offer bold visions for technology that centers justice, equity, and human dignity. Whether you are a scholar, policymaker, student, or technologist, this book offers the critical tools to rethink AI not just as innovation—but as a site of struggle for a more just future.
Edited by Christo El Morr, Anoop George, and Vijay Mago
What kind of world is Artificial Intelligence building—and for whom?
As AI technologies rapidly reshape our societies, economies, and bodies, Shaping AI: Ethics, Society, and the Future of Technology brings together a diverse array of scholars to interrogate the promises, politics, and perils of AI from critical, inclusive, and interdisciplinary perspectives.
Spanning three major sections--Foundations and Applications, Philosophical and Critical Perspectives, and Ethics, Governance, and Social Impact—this volume explores the deep entanglements of AI with disability, gender, race, capitalism, coloniality, and the environment. Chapters examine real-world applications from health systems and biometric surveillance to transport and platform economies, while others engage with philosophical frameworks and decolonial theories to rethink what responsible AI means today.
Contributors from across disciplines and geographies interrogate the very foundations of AI, highlight its ethical blind spots, and offer bold visions for technology that centers justice, equity, and human dignity. Whether you are a scholar, policymaker, student, or technologist, this book offers the critical tools to rethink AI not just as innovation—but as a site of struggle for a more just future.