Implications for AI Development and Policy: Navigating Intelligence, Ethics, and Governance in a Machine-Made Future
About this ebook
By Vincent Froom
What happens when the smartest entity in the room doesn’t have a pulse—and is optimized for shareholder value?
In this timely and incisive book, interdisciplinary author Vincent Froom cuts through the hype, panic, and jargon to examine the real-world consequences of artificial intelligence—and how we must govern it before it governs us.
Whether you’re a policymaker, technologist, ethicist, or just someone who’s ever asked Alexa a morally complicated question, Implications for AI Development and Policy offers a sharp, often unsettling tour through the emerging architectures of machine intelligence—and the fragile frameworks trying to contain them.
🧠 Inside this book, you’ll explore:
Why AI is no longer a product, but infrastructure—and why that’s dangerous if unregulated
The limits of explainability in systems no one, not even their creators, fully understand
The myth of “open source” in a world where compute and deployment are tightly centralized
Dual-use dilemmas, red-teaming, and the surprisingly political life of technical design
How global powers—China, the U.S., and the EU—are using AI policy as a form of diplomacy, surveillance, and soft power
Why democracy, labor, and even the self are being subtly reshaped by algorithmic nudges
Practical tools: an ethics-by-design framework, audit checklists, and sample global safety legislation
This book is not about speculative AI futures or sentient robots—it’s about what’s already happening. From deepfakes and automated voter persuasion to emotional labor chatbots and synthetic surveillance, Froom shows how AI is shaping the terrain of modern life—quietly, unevenly, and at breakneck speed.
🔍 What we do now will determine whether AI empowers the many or cements the power of the few.
If you’ve ever wondered:
“Who decides what safe AI looks like?”
“Can public institutions keep up with private intelligence?”
“Is it too late to build global AI governance?”
“How do we design machine systems that still answer to human needs?”
…this is the book for you.
💡 “This is the AI book that policymakers should read, tech companies should fear, and citizens should carry like a manual.”
— Advance reader review
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About the author
Vincent Froom
Writer · Researcher · Theorist of Minds With or Without Bodies
Vincent Froom is an interdisciplinary author, theorist, and researcher whose work explores the turbulent crossroads of artificial intelligence, ethics, theology, and consciousness. He writes from the conviction that the most urgent questions of our time are not just technical—but existential.
Vincent is the author of multiple critically engaged books, including:
Future Directions of AI & Machine Consciousness
Minds Like Ours: Machine Learning and the Mirror of Cognition
Theories of Mind and Consciousness
Machine Qualia and Sentience
Habit Theology
In God’s Image: The Bible, Gender Expressions, and Fluidity
His work has been described as “philosophy with firmware,” blending rigorous scholarship with narrative wit, posthuman moral inquiry, and the occasional satirical footnote. Froom’s writing moves fluidly between academic analysis and speculative prose—always grounded in a deep concern for what it means to be human in a world increasingly shaped by minds that are not.
Vincent has spoken internationally on topics ranging from algorithmic personhood and digital theology to the ethics of emotionally persuasive systems. His projects span books, podcasts, interactive curricula, and consultations with institutions navigating the blurred lines between consciousness, cognition, and code.
He is a founding voice at 2Gay Publishing, an independent platform dedicated to bold, hybrid thinking across faith, technology, queer identity, and culture. He is also the creator of several AI-related educational resources, including AI ethics toolkits, public policy templates, and consciousness simulation frameworks like SCAB.
Vincent lives in Vancouver, Canada, where he divides his time between writing, parenting, experimental theology, and wondering whether his smart fridge is gaslighting him.
You can follow his work or reach out at:
📘 @vincentfroom (Twitter/X, BlueSky, and probably on a chatbot somewhere)
