Guardrails: Guiding Human Decisions in the Age of AI

Guardrails: Guiding Human Decisions in the Age of AI - Paperback

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Guardrails: Guiding Human Decisions in the Age of AI - Paperback

Guardrails: Guiding Human Decisions in the Age of AI - Paperback

by Urs Gasser , Viktor Mayer-Schönberger
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Book Overview

How society can shape individual actions in times of uncertainty

When we make decisions, our thinking is informed by societal norms, "guardrails" that guide our decisions, like the laws and rules that govern us. But what are good guardrails in today's world of overwhelming information flows and increasingly powerful technologies, such as artificial intelligence? Based on the latest insights from the cognitive sciences, economics, and public policy, Guardrails offers a novel approach to shaping decisions by embracing human agency in its social context.

In this visionary book, Urs Gasser and Viktor Mayer-Schönberger show how the quick embrace of technological solutions can lead to results we don't always want, and they explain how society itself can provide guardrails more suited to the digital age, ones that empower individual choice while accounting for the social good, encourage flexibility in the face of changing circumstances, and ultimately help us to make better decisions as we tackle the most daunting problems of our times, such as global injustice and climate change.

Whether we change jobs, buy a house, or quit smoking, thousands of decisions large and small shape our daily lives. Decisions drive our economies, seal the fate of democracies, create war or peace, and affect the well-being of our planet. Guardrails challenges the notion that technology should step in where our own decision making fails, laying out a surprisingly human-centered set of principles that can create new spaces for better decisions and a more innovative and prosperous society.
ISBN9780691257747
Author Urs Gasser , Viktor Mayer-Schönberger
PublisherPrinceton University Press
GenreEducation and Technology
FormatPaperback
PublishedAugust 2025
LanguageENG- English
Pages240
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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Guardrails: Guiding Human Decisions in the Age of AI

Guardrails: Guiding Human Decisions in the Age of AI - Paperback

Guardrails: Guiding Human Decisions in the Age of AI - Paperback

By Urs Gasser and Viktor Mayer-Schönberger
About Urs Gasser
Urs Gasser is professor of public policy, governance, and innovative technology and dean of the School of Social Sciences and Technology at the Technical University of Munich. His books include (with John Palfrey) Born Digital: How Children Grow Up in a Digital Age. Viktor Mayer-Schönberger is professor of internet governance and regulation at the University of Oxford. His books include Delete: The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age (Princeton).
About Viktor Mayer-Schönberger
VIKTOR MAYER-SCHÖNBERGER is a professor of Internet governance and regulation at Oxford University. He is the author of Delete: The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age.

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