Will AI Murder Us All? is a bold, thought-provoking guide to the ethical and existential challenges of artificial intelligence and the human choices that will shape whether it liberates or dominates us. As technology blurs the line between human and machine, Aakash Singh Rathore confronts a question we can't ignore: What happens when intelligence outpaces wisdom?
At its core is moral psychology-the study of how moral decisions are actually made and acted on, both by humans and by the machines that humans build. Rathore reveals that the greatest dangers aren't rogue AIs but systems embedded in institutions driven by competition, profit and power where 'safe' goals spiral into harm.
Drawing on social psychology-from obedience and conformity to diluted responsibility-the book shows how these forces warp human behaviour and get encoded into AI, normalizing damage at scale, whether through automated surveillance, biased algorithms or unchecked optimization.
Yet Rathore offers a clear path forward: we need an artificial ethics tailored to artificial intelligence, with the best paradigm being an artificial ethics of care. This shifts from rigid rules to designing AI around care, responsibility, relationships and protecting the vulnerable.
Provocative, accessible and urgent, Will AI Murder Us All? is both a cautionary tale and a blueprint for responsible innovation-calling us to build a future of dignity, accountability and human flourishing.
About the Author
Aakash Singh Rathore is a philosopher, author, and public intellectual of international repute. His 10 authored books span ethics, politics, law, literature, biography, and wine, with translations into multiple languages; he has also edited 15 more, including B.R. Ambedkar: The Quest for Justice (5 vols., Oxford) and Hegel's India (Oxford, shortlisted for Tata Literature Live Non-Fiction Book of the Year, 2017). Notable titles include the bestsellers Becoming Babasaheb (HarperCollins, currently being adapted into a film) and Ambedkar's Preamble (Penguin).
Rathore has been a professor of philosophy, politics, and law at premier institutions, including Jawaharlal Nehru University, Ashoka University and Jindal Global University (where he taught courses on AI/AE), as well as at UPenn, Rutgers, the University of Toronto, Humboldt University of Berlin, and LUISS University, Rome. Through the Book Series "Rethinking India" (Penguin), "Religion and Democracy" (Oxford), and "Ethics, Human Rights and Global Political Thought" (Routledge), Rathore endeavors to leverage his role as Series Editor to champion diverse voices.
He pens the monthly column "Poorva Paksha" for Deccan Herald and contributes to The Indian Express, Outlook, The Times of India, and more. A top Ironman triathlete with nine finishes (and earlier ranked as India's #3 Ironman triathlete), Rathore appears on podcasts like The Seen and the Unseen, at litfests worldwide, and engages millions via YouTube and social media (Quora, X, Instagram). More at ww
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