Introduction: East-West Engagement with AI Concerns, Levi Checketts and Benedict Chan -- Part I: Chinese Philosophical Approaches to AI -- 1 “Confucian ‘Trustworthy AI’: Diversifying a Keyword in the Ethics of AI and Governance,” Pak-Hang Wong -- 2 “Xerox and Jixin: On Metonymy and Large Language Models,” Levi Checketts -- 3 “Exploring Confucianism’s Contribution to Privacy Debates in A.I. and Technology Ethics,” Benedict S. B. Chan -- Part II: Christian Dialogues with Culture -- 4 “Comparative AI Ethics between Silicon Valley and the Vatican: Divergent Foundations, Convergent Initiatives, and -- “How-to” Ideas for Discussing and Developing Technology Ethics,” Brian Patrick Green -- 5 “Rome Call for AI Ethics: Considerations for a Philippine Response,” Robert James Boyles -- 6 “Artificial Intelligence and Human Flourishing in the Everyday World: Reflections from Christian Public Theology,” Stephen Garner -- 7 “Artificial Intelligence and Human Person: A Chinese Christian Perspective,” Pan-chiu Lai -- Part III: Comparative Theoretical Ethical Approaches -- 8 “AI and World-Making Ethics,” Tianen Wang -- 9 “Artificial Intelligence Liberalism: Questions Small and Big,” Carl Mitcham -- 10 “Resetting Machine Ethics: Rationalism, Hypocrisy, Disagreement, and the Skilful-Expert Model,” Felix Yeung and Fei Song -- 11 “Universal Values in AI Ethics,” Soraj Hongladarom -- Part IV: Social and Ethical Impacts of AI -- 12 “An Interview with Karen Hao, Technology Journalist,” Karen Hao and Levi Checketts -- 13 “Artistic Creativity in the Image AI Generator and Language as a Tool,” Takeshi Kimura -- 14 “A Critical Evaluation of David Levy’s Sex Robot Utopianism,” Kai-man Kwan.

This book is a global reflection on disparate religious and philosophical approaches to questions of AI and the particular ways these questions affect East Asian societies. These chapters originate from a conference held at Hong Kong Baptist University in April 2023 on “Ethical and Social Issues in AI: East Asia and Beyond.” Sections cover Confucianist, Daoist, and Christian reflections on AI ethics. Chapters on broad theoretical questions that AI poses are included as well as those addressing issues in applied AI ethics. This volume appeals to students and researchers working across cultures and traditions on the philosophy of AI technology.