This special collection, edited by Yulia Belinskaya and Simon Ganahl, explores how artificial intelligence (AI) reshapes the ethical, cultural, and political relations of contemporary life. Drawing from media studies, philosophy, law, and cultural analysis, the contributions examine AI not only as a technological system but as a novel mode of conduct. The articles explore moral dilemmas in popular AI representations, the relevance of the capability approach for AI ethics, the selective embedding of values in the European Union's AI regulations, the shifting dynamics of creativity and cultural production in AI environments, and the future of academic labor in the age of generative content tools. The special collection thus maps emerging forms through which artificial intelligence governs us—and could be governed by us.
Research
"I won't bite": Generative AI, Robotics, and the Ethics of Loss in Black Mirror 201 "Be Right Back"
- Jaimey Fisher
Volume 10 • Issue 1 • 2024 • 1–15
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Ethics in Regulating Artificial Intelligence: An Overview of the Recent Legislation in the European Union
- Krisztina Rozgonyi
- Rodrigo Conde Jiménez
- Mari-Liisa Parder
Volume 12 • Issue 1 • 2026 • 1–36
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Pleasure, Happiness, and Diversion: Doing a PhD in Times of Artificial Intelligence
- Joan Ramon Rodriguez-Amat
Volume 12 • Issue 1 • 2026 • 1–25
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Review
AI Ethics and the Capability Approach
- Michael Litschka
Volume 11 • Issue 1 • 2025 • 1–16
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