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AI for the public. How public interest theory shifts the discourse on AI

draws from the rich history of public interest theory in political philosophy and law, and develops a framework for ‘public interest AI’. The framework consists of (1) public justification for the AI ... argue that (aside from regulation) the realization that AI meeting the common good needs a political and democratic governance process with the public interest principles at its core. In other words, we

Robot, let us pray! Can and should robots have religious functions? An ethical exploration of religious robots

could be used in religious practices, education, discussions, and ceremonies within religious buildings. This article delves into two pivotal questions, combining perspectives from philosophy and ... Gravitation Programme); Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences (BMS) , Philosophy (WIJSB) , University of Twente , 7522 NB Enschede , The Netherlands Considerable progress is being made in

Friendly AI will still be our master. Or, why we should not want to be the pets of super-intelligent computers

draw on the “neo-republican” philosophy of Philip Pettit to argue that solving the Friendly AI problem would not change the fact that the advent of super-intelligent AI would be disastrous for humanity ... ” computers do care about our welfare? In this paper, I draw on the political philosophy of republicanism to argue that this project misses a fundamental—indeed in some respects, an obvious—point about the

AI chatbots and liberal education

John Rawls’s difference principle’, a very typical question in undergraduate-level assignments in political philosophy, it produced the same set of answers no matter how I asked the same question in ... presentations of ideas.3 Second, AI chatbots have discouraged students from engaging with certain valuable learning processes. When I studied philosophy as an undergraduate student, I often took the following

Global governance and the normalization of artificial intelligence as ‘good’ for human health

The term ‘artificial intelligence’ has arguably come to function in political discourse as, what Laclau called, an ‘empty signifier’. This article traces the shifting political discourse on AI within ... digital interfaces and an automation of interactions and decisions otherwise undertaken by humans. The digital automation of health has, as the article shows, become a catalyst for wider political

AI and Spinoza: a review of law’s conceptual treatment of Lethal Autonomous

sense of the prevailing conception of AI within the legal discourse on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS). Then, I will continue the argument with the aid of Spinoza’s political philosophy which ... political philosophy which partly complicates the picture as it seems to disqualify a normative process grounded directly upon the means stipulated for achieving a robust understanding of AI. Based on these

Pauses, parrots, and poor arguments: real-world constraints undermine recent calls for AI regulation

knowledge, novel, I pretend to little originality in voicing it. Rather, I offer a simple (yet unappreciated) application of some insights from political philosophy and economics to show that the ... J ( 2016 ) Political Philosophy: An Introduction . Cato Institute, Washington, DC FLI Staff ( 2023 ) Pause giant AI experiments: an open letter . The Future of Life Institute . Available at: https

Artificial intelligence with American values and Chinese characteristics: a comparative analysis of American and Chinese governmental AI policies

 based primarily around each country’s current political system and present geopolitical tensions. However, such a narrow view claims to extrapolate into the future from an analysis of a momentary ... international dynamics in the present moment. However, a philosophy of technology level of abstraction provides a historical grounding encompassing political and economic developments and offers a framework with

Hermeneutic of performing cultures

language that would allow the public to speak about the cultural and political entanglements of technology clearly in the public sphere. –Albert Borgmann (Based on our email communication) “Hermeneutics ...  Philosophy of Technology: An Introduction, Val Dusek, Blackwell Publishing, 2006. The main reason to work on this current special issue on “Material Hermeneutics, Technoculture and Technoscience” (this volume

ChatGPT: deconstructing the debate and moving it forward

determination. This way of thinking follows a long-standing tradition in Western moral and political philosophy: what something is determines how it ought to be treated. Or as Luciano Floridi (2013, 116 ... be more capable of/ for responding to others and take responsibility for diverse forms of otherness? To answer such questions, not only philosophy (ethical and political thinking) but also empirical

On the relationships between philosophy of technology, cybernetics, and aesthetics with their impacts on Latin America

development. These departments are supplemented by theoretical instruction in sociology, economics, political science, psychology, and philosophy.” (Ulmer Museum/HfGArchiv 2003, p 12) Bense started his ... succeeded in combining mathematics, natural sciences, and aesthetics in his philosophy. Already in his first publication, Raum und Ich (Space and Ego), 1934, as a 24 old student of physics, mathematics

AI-powered recommender systems and the preservation of personal autonomy

this way independent” (Christman 2020) . Contemporary discussions about human autonomy in political and moral philosophy usually pivot between its two main approaches: procedural and substantive ... Moral and Political Philosophy. The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy . https://plato.stanford.edu/ archives/fall2020/entries/autonomy-moral/. Accessed 29 Oct 2022 Coeckelbergh M (2020a) Introduction to

The political choreography of the Sophia robot: beyond robot rights and citizenship to political performances for the social robotics market

the perspective of what we call ‘political choreography’: drawing on phenomenological approaches to performance-oriented philosophy of technology. This paper proposes to interpret and discuss the world ... video 'Hot Robot at SXSW Says She Wants to Destroy Humans' published by CNBC on 16 1 Mark Coeckelbergh 2 Jaana Parviainen 3 Department of Philosophy, University of Vienna , Wien , Austria 4 Faculty of

Moral disagreement and artificial intelligence

Enoch D ( 2017 ) Political philosophy and epistemology: the case of public reason . In: Sobel D , Vallentyne P , Wall S (eds) Oxford studies in political philosophy , vol 3 . Oxford University Press ... disagreement have traditionally been taken up by moral and political philosophers. Their aim (e.g., Rawls 2005; Gutmann and Thompson 1990, 1996; Wong 1992; Muldoon 2017; Mulligan 2020; O’Flynn and Setälä 2020

AI and law: ethical, legal, and socio-political implications

AI and law as viewed from various academic perspectives, such as philosophy, theology, law, medicine, and computer science. The issues covered include, for example, the key concept of personhood and

Digital sovereignty, digital infrastructures, and quantum horizons

determinate, but active investments in them (legal, political and material investments) offer perspective on digital technology-driven influences on an international legal imagination. In contributing to ... programs combine ambivalently with historical materialities and political economic conditions. The international legal imagination that this ambivalent image sustains appears to raise critical dilemmas both

On the moral permissibility of robot apologies

. Apology have been studied in philosophy of language (e.g., Austin 1962; Searle 1969, 1979) , moral and political philosophy (e.g., Gill 2000; Smith 2008; Cohen 2022) , linguistics (e.g., Brown and ... acquire this ability; however, the current AI systems do not yet have it. Some emerging authors in philosophy of technology have advocated a revision of moral agency. However, even these researchers do not

AI recognition of differences among book-length texts

some differences between political philosophy and history, and between conventional fiction and fantasy/science fiction. It is conjectured that this capability is a step in the direction of “M ... significant works of political philosophy, history, and fiction. A modest number of texts were analyzed?a corpus of 100 major works drawn from the list of frequently downloaded books compiled by Project

Connecting ethics and epistemology of AI

explainability, however, pertain to the technical domain and to philosophy of science, thus leaving the ethics and epistemology of AI largely disconnected. To remedy this, we propose an integrated approach ... , University of Amsterdam , Amsterdam , The Netherlands 1 Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Department of Political Science, University of Amsterdam , Amsterdam , The Netherlands 2 Eric Schliesser 3

MinMax fairness: from Rawlsian Theory of Justice to solution for algorithmic bias

than any fundamental concern or argument about justice. As a consequence, the field of computer science seems to have reached an impasse similar to the one emerged in political philosophy in the mid-20th ... regardless of their convictions about justice, and (2) that would help all people regardless of their individual characteristics. Rawlsian contribution represents a key milestone for political philosophy. From