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The AI Ideal: AIdealism and the Governance of AI
Author(s): Niklas Lidströmer Ph.D. M.D. (Author)
- Publisher finelybook 出版社: Morgan Kaufmann
- Publication Date 出版日期: April 10, 2026
- Edition 版本: 1st
- Language 语言: English
- Print length 页数: 222 pages
- ISBN-10: 0443449724
- ISBN-13: 9780443449727
Book Description
Instead of a warning of the catastrophe of AI, Dr. Lidströmer offers an actionable vision for ensuring AI strengthens democracy, ethics, and human dignity. The book explicitly gives a manifesto for practical action, including a plan for how to harness and use AI for the common good so that it benefits everyone, not just the few. It elaborates on the daily conundrums of the human species; our nature, origins, goodness and cruelty, memes, hierarchies, political structures, and how to build a fairer, more just, peaceful, and benevolent society. As the risks are real and the threats are mounting, sections cover how AI could empower autocrats, disrupt economies, and undermine human agency while also highlighting how AI could also be our greatest tool for wisdom, fairness, and progress―if governed with foresight and courage.
- Covers the critical issue of values in AI use, which is important given the proliferation of generative AI
- Provides robust and broad education on what AI is and how it relates to history, science, philosophy, and politics, including challenges and how to mitigate tangible threats
- Explains how AI, guided wisely, can make humanity nobler, wiser, better
- Includes concrete prompts on precisely how to guide and build AI in an optimal, i.e., ideal way
- Presents an ‘AI Ideal’ and frameworks for the cause of the positivistic and practical term ‘AIdealism.’
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About the Author
Dr Niklas Lidströmeris a physician, scientist, and thought leader at the intersection of medicine, artificial intelligence, and societal transformation. As a specialist doctor and senior researcher in AI in medicine and health informatics, he has dedicated his career to advancing healthcare, ethics, and technological innovation. He pioneered AI-powered, patient-controlled health data models over a decade before the AI-boom and the global debate on data ownership began. He edited Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (Springer Nature), the largest and most comprehensive reference work on AI in healthcare and has advised leading institutions and companies on AI, medicine, and global health. He is a specialist physician, senior researcher, and advisor with extensive experience in AI-driven medical innovation and investments. Over the past two decades, Dr. Lidströmer has worked clinically in eight countries, gaining a broad global perspective on healthcare and technology.
His international experience, fluency in multiple languages, and practical engagement with AI in medicine have fostered his strong passion for the translational and educational aspects of artificial intelligence in healthcare. He pioneered GlobeDoc, an AI-powered patient co-owned medical platform, over a decade before the AI boom.
