The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Human Activity
Influencing Human Thinking and Human Action
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The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Human Activity offers a groundbreaking, interdisciplinary exploration of how AI, especially large language models and generative technologies, is transforming human cognition, decision-making, and social practices across all aspects of modern life.
Bridging computer science, cognitive science, ethics, and the social sciences, this book examines the profound implications of AI for learning, creativity, professional workflows, and societal norms. With a human-centric perspective, chapters investigate how AI tools are not just enhancing efficiency but also redefining what it means to be human, and in turn, raising urgent questions about agency, fairness, and accountability.
Through real-world case studies, practical guidelines, and ethical frameworks, The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Human Activity provides actionable insights for developers, educators, policymakers, and practitioners. Whether you are an academic, a professional, or simply curious about the future of human/AI collaboration, this volume will help you to navigate the opportunities and challenges of an AI-augmented world.
Chapter 1. Setting the Scene: Understanding the Impact of Artificial Intelligence Across Domains of Human Action; David Ernesto Salinas-Navarro and Eliseo Vilalta-Perdomo
- Chapter 2. Artificial Intelligence's Possibilities, Challenges, and Opportunities; Hiram Ponce, Lourdes Martínez-Villaseñor, Edgar Ávalos-Gauna, and León Palafox
- Chapter 3. A Sympoietic Artifact to Create New Knowledge; Alfonso Reyes A.
- Chapter 4. Typologies of AI Tools and their Integration into Human Activity; Antonieta Martínez-Velasco
- Chapter 5. Transforming Workflows and Activities in Healthcare: A Patient-Journey Perspective on Human–AI Collaboration; Luis Montesinos and Alejandro Santos-Díaz
- Chapter 6. Transform Without Erasing: Cultural and Social Dimensions of AI in Small-Scale Pisciculture in Bolivia; Agatha Clarice da Silva-Ovando, Andrea Sonia Miranda Palacios, Pablo Marcelo Luna Arratia, Wanda Noelia Sanchez Huallpa, Ivette Echeverria Rojas, and Mario Chong
- Chapter 7. Artificial Intelligence as a Cognitive Agent: Rethinking Complex Work System Design from a Human Factors Engineering Perspective; Claudia Yohana Arias-Portela
- Chapter 8. Human-Centered AI in Supply Chain Decision-Making: Predicting, Optimizing, and Innovating; David Hidalgo-Carvajal, Edgar Gutiérrez-Franco, and Christopher Mejía-Argueta
- Chapter 9. Human Practices of Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education Institutions: Transforming Workflows and Activities; Claudia Fabiola Ortega Barba
- Chapter 10. AI in Children’s Learning Ecologies: Educational Affordance from Embodied Perspectives; Ximena A. González Grandón
- Chapter 11. Food Quality Analysis based on White-Box Artificial Intelligence Techniques; Claudia N. Sánchez and Julieta Domínguez Soberanes
- Chapter 12. The Quest for Creative Autonomy: Integrating Music Composition and AI; Mauricio Garcia-De la Torre
- Chapter 13. AI in the Hospitality Industry: The Relevance of the Human-Machine Interaction for Technology Adoption; Ana Gabriela Ramírez-Gutiérrez, Oswaldo Morales Matamoros, and Pavel Solano García
- Chapter 14. Exploring the Impact of Generative AI and Human Activity Integration on Sustainability; Jacqueline Brodie and Miles Weaver
- Chapter 15. AI as a Cognitive Partner in Operations Research and Operations Management: Reshaping Decision-Making in the Era of Generative Intelligence; Jaime Alberto Palma-Mendoza and Martin Flegl
- Chapter 16. Ethical Considerations in the Age of Cognitive AI; Karen González Fernández and José Ángel Lombo
- Chapter 17. Generative Artificial Intelligence and Decision Making; Eliseo Vilalta-Perdomo and David Ernesto Salinas-Navarro
- Chapter 18. Insights on the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Human Activity; David Ernesto Salinas-Navarro and Eliseo Vilalta-Perdomo
David Ernesto Salinas-Navarro is Senior Lecturer in Operations Management, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Panamericana, Mexico City, Mexico.
Eliseo Vilalta-Perdomo is Senior Teaching Fellow and co-director of the Community Resilience and Sustainability Education Lab (CoRSEL) at Aston Business School, Aston University, UK.
Hiram Ponce is Full Research Professor in the School of Engineering, as well as Director of the Centre for Innovation and Technological Development (CINOV) at Universidad Panamericana, Mexico.