Symbolic Interaction and AI

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(33 37 41 1)>Artificial Intelligence (AI) an umbrella term that includes any device capable of emulating or even exceeding human capabilities emerged as computer technologies became more sophisticated and complex. Recent rapid developments in AI have utilized the pattern-matching capacity to create words images and sounds often referred to as Generative AI. In 2022 Open-AI unveiled ChatGPT a computer program designed to simulate conversation with users. After receiving input from users ChatGPT displayed the capacity to provide lifelike answers that appeared filled with human insight.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(33 37 41 1)>Given the rapid advancement of AI in transforming social life authors in this volume explore the implications of the emergent interaction between humans and AI technologies. They each provide a fine-grain view of the social forms associated with the use of AI technologies using symbolic interactionist concepts such as identity reflexivity the self the generalized other time place and more as pivots of analysis.</span></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(33 37 41 1)>Symbolic Interaction and AI </em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(33 37 41 1)>demonstrates the utilities of symbolic interactionist theorizing in understanding the consequences of AI use in social life as well as how the research of AI technologies could enhance the development of symbolic interactionist theories.</span></p>