Ratan Sarkar
This review essay critically evaluates Human-Centered AI: A Multidisciplinary Perspective for Policy-Makers, Auditors, and Users (Régis et al., 2024), a landmark contribution that reframes artificial intelligence as a social, ethical, and political project rather than a purely technical pursuit. The volume’s strength lies in its methodological pluralism, integrating perspectives from law, healthcare, education, culture, and governance to foreground human flourishing as the central design imperative. By combining conceptual insights with pragmatic frameworks, it advances the human-centered AI (HCAI) paradigm from principle to practice. Limitations include its Euro-American focus and limited Global South perspectives, but the book nonetheless makes a timely and rigorous contribution to AI governance debates, offering policymakers, educators, and researchers critical tools for shaping democratic and inclusive AI futures.