A Classical Philosophical Approach to Artificial Intelligence: Merging Technology and Humanity

This book sheds philosophical light on the current and future scope of artificall inteligence.Artifical intelligence (AI) I is becoming increasingly relevant in today’s world.However, ‘AI’ is a very generic label that encompasses a multitude of realities and fuels very dissimilar reactions.Some share a positive view on it, stressing the important services provided by its applications to everyday life and in specific fields.Others grimly focus on possible biases of AI utilization outcomes and damaging consequence, and there are even apocalyptic visions of the terrible future impact of AI developments (Artificial General Intelligence - AGI) on humanity.Ricardo Crespo uses a classical philosophical approach to look at the nature of technology and of AI, including the ontology of AI and its potential abilities to think and act freely.This analysis reveals some of the current and upcoming perils of AI, calling for an appraisal of its actual pros and cons to determine the position and action