Mirko Farina is a Full Professor of Philosophy of Technology and AI in the School of Philosophy and Social Development at Huaqiao University, a Talent C of the Fujian Province, and the Head of the Human-Machine Interaction Lab at the Institute for Digital Economy and Artificial Systems [Xiamen University and Lomonosov Moscow State University]. Personal Website: https://mirkofarina.weebly.com/

Paolo Ciancarini is a Tenured Professor at the Department of Computer Science
and Engineering of the University of Bologna – Alma Mater Studiorum. He lectures
on software engineering and software architecture.

Xiao Yu is the Founder & Executive Secretary-General of the Institute for Digital Economy & Artificial Systems. He is also the Founder & Director of the Sichuan Key Laboratory for Digital Administration & Organizational Synergy, (DAOS Lab, 2023–), a government-affiliated research institute jointly built by the Sichuan Provincial Big Data Bureau and the Sichuan Administration Institute.

Jin Chen is a Full Professor at the Department of Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and
Strategy, Tsinghua University. He is also the Director of the Research Center for
Technological Innovation, Tsinghua University.
Table of contents
PART A Engineering and politics

1. The digital transformation of the public sector: The roles of the product owner – Irene Burri and Paolo Ciancarini

2. Exploring new formulations for distributive fairness in intelligent decision-making – Bapi Dutta and Luis Martınez

3. The coevolution dilemma and the artificial intelligence paradox – Nazli Choucri

4. Navigating digital sovereignty within regional integration: A conceptual framework – Andrey Baykov and Maxim Kharkevich

5. The reality of digital states – Tom Stoneham

6. Navigating the nexus of international order and artificial intelligence regulation: Divergent approaches and global governance implications – E. Zinovieva and S. Shitkov

PART B – Economy and philosophy

7. Key factors for successful digital transformation in business organizations – Carlos Henrique Cabral Duarte

8. Unilateral sanctions in the cyber age: The impact on state sovereignty and human rights – Alena F. Douhan

9. Digital transformation as a tool for integration in the Eurasian Economic Union – Tatsiana Mikhaliova

10. From innovation to inaction: Why digital energy fails to empower citizens – Jessica Balest, Sonia Gantioler, Nives Della Valle and Siddharth Sareen

11. Balancing the scales: Understanding and addressing algorithmic gender discrimination – Xiaojun Ding, Min Cao, Caifeng Xie and Feng Yu

12. Digital transformation and identity – Donatella Ciarmoli, Andrea Lavazza and Stefano Triberti

13. The critique of human-centered artificial intelligence: Why it is questionable and why it calls for a radical transformation of the human—artificial intelligence relation – Vincent Blok

PART C – New frontiers

14. The digitalization of the humanities: Recent trends and future prospects – James E. Dobson

15. Digital transformation and propaganda in the large language models era – Mirko Farina, Xiao Yu, and Omid Kathin Zadeh

16. Digital transformation in education: Higher education for everyone – Eileen Scanlon

17. Criminal justice and artificial intelligence: A defense of the restricted application model for algorithmic sentencing support – Jesper Ryberg