Abstract
Two views of AI in leisure and the work-place and two views of society are discussed. There is a conceptualisation of AI systems enhancing people in their work and leisure and another of AI automata which tends to degrade and replace human activity. Researchers tend to resolve into “Optimists” who work within a micro-sociological view and see AI systems as inevitable and beneficent. Others are “Pessimists” who adopt a macro-sociological view and see AI in its automata role and deliterious social consequences. These polarised perspectives must be integrated as only “enhancing AI” is socially acceptable.
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Churcher, P.R. The impact of artificial intelligence on leisure. AI & Soc 5, 147–155 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01891720
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