SAFEGUARDING THE HUMAN: THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL IMPACT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Benedetta Giovanola, Professor of moral philosophy, Università di Macerata, former holder of the Jean Monnet Chair Ethics for Inclusive Digital Europe, co-holder of the UNESCO Chair “Ethics of AI and Practical Wisdom”; Javier María Prades López, professor of Dogmatic Theology, San Damaso Ecclesiastical University, Madrid and member of the International Theological Commission. Moderated by Luca Botturi, Professor of Media in Education, Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana

Artificial intelligence absorbs data, predicts, and sometimes persuades. But can it really think, or only simulate thought while lacking it? This is above all an anthropological question: what in the person remains irreducible to the machine? A discussion between ethics and theology so as not to lose, in the digital age, the measure of what we are.