Debate and presentation on the occasion of the publication of the book by Adela Cortina. Centre Cultural La Nau
Escola Europea de Pensament Lluís Vives
Debate on the occasion of the publication of the book ¿ÉTICA O IDEOLOGÍA DE LA INTELIGENCIA ARTIFICIAL? El eclipse de la razón comunicativa en una sociedad tecnologizada (ETHICS OR IDEOLOGY OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE? The eclipse of communicative reason in a technological society). Adela Cortina, Ed. Paidós, 2024.
They intervene
Adela Cortina
Professor of Ethics and Political Philosophy, University of Valencia
Vicente Botti
Professor of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, Polytechnic University of Valencia
Pablo Blazquez
Director and Editor of Ethic magazine
Domingo García-Marzá
Professor of Ethics and Political Philosophy, Universitat Jaume I of Castellón
Moderate
Jose Felix Lozano
Professor of Moral Philosophy, Polytechnic University of Valencia
Adela Cortina, National Essay Prize 2015 and author of Aporophobia, reflects in her new book on the ethical challenges surrounding AI and alerts us to its dangers for democracy. The Artificial Intelligence was born full of promises and threats, arousing enthusiasm and suspicion. Both enthusiasts and fearful ask for it to be given ethics to defend and empower humanity and nature; some even assure that we will be able to end sickness, death and create a superior species to welcome a peaceful and happy world. Before this optimistic perspective, some questions arise. Are we talking about ethics or ideology? Are they pulling the wool over our eyes, making seem science something that is not to attract investments or win in the race for global power? And all this while strategic reason triumphs in the public space and communicative reason is eclipsed. This is terrible news if we want to strengthen democracy, which is in danger globally. And, of course, in Spain, Europe and Latin America. With her usual clarity for stating ideas and points, Adela Cortina, with her book, addresses key aspects of the debate surrounding AI: the ethical duty of the techno sciences, the geostrategy of power, the challenges of robotics, the freedom of the digital era and the control of the public space that the algorithms and technologies exert.
Free entry, limited capacity
