Guardrails, 9780691257747
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Better decisions for a better future: Guide, don’t control, our choices.
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Guardrails

guiding human decisions in the age of ai

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  • Paperback

    240 pages

  • Release Date

    25 November 2025

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Summary

Guardrails: Navigating Choice in the Age of AI

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 shapi…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780691257747
ISBN-10:0691257744
Author:Urs Gasser, Viktor Mayer-Schönberger
Publisher:Princeton University Press
Imprint:Princeton University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:240
Release Date:25 November 2025
Weight:0g
Dimensions:235mm x 165mm
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Critics Review

“An impressively detailed and useful book that is also short, fascinating, and readable… . I have never before encountered so much clarity about the full context of governance and how all its components relate to AI.”—Joanna Bryson, Science“Guardrails is meticulously researched, insightful and cleanly argued.”—Jeffrey Mazo, Survival: Global Politics and Strategy

About The Author

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-Schnberger 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).

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