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Record Nr.

UNINA9910484248703321

Autore

Rust Roland T.

Titolo

The Feeling Economy : How Artificial Intelligence Is Creating the Era of Empathy / / by Roland T. Rust, Ming-Hui Huang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2021

ISBN

9783030529772

3030529770

Edizione

[1st ed. 2021.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XV, 179 p. 11 illus., 4 illus. in color.)

Disciplina

331.25

Soggetti

Business

Management science

Personnel management

Business information services

Marketing

Business and Management

Human Resource Management

IT in Business

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. The Physical Economy -- 3. The Thinking Economy -- 4. The Feeling Economy -- 5. The Age of Emoji -- 6. Jobs That Feel -- 7. The Era of Women -- 8. Politics that Feel -- 9. How Education Must Change -- 10. AI for Consumers -- 11. Management in the Feeling Economy -- 12 Moral, Ethical and Governance Implications -- 13. Artificial Creativity -- 14. AI for Feeling -- 15. Beyond the Feeling Economy -- 16. Conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

As machines are trained to “think,” many tasks that previously required human intelligence are becoming automated through artificial intelligence. However, it is more difficult to automate emotional intelligence, and this is where the human worker’s competitive advantage over machines currently lies. This book explores the impact of AI on everyday life, looking into workers’ adaptation to these changes, the ways in which managers can change the nature of jobs in



light of AI developments, and the potential for humans and AI to continue working together. The book argues that AI is rapidly assuming a larger share of thinking tasks, leaving human intelligence to focus on feeling. The result is the “Feeling Economy,” in which both employees and consumers emphasize feeling to an unprecedented extent, with thinking tasks largely delegated to AI. The book shows both theoretical and empirical evidence that this shift is well underway. Further, it explores the effect of the Feeling Economy on our everyday lives in the areas such as shopping, politics, and education. Specifically, it argues that in this new economy, through empathy and people skills, women may gain an unprecedented degree of power and influence. This book will appeal to readers across disciplines interested in understanding the impact of AI on business and our daily lives. It represents a bold, potentially controversial attempt to gauge the direction in which society is heading.