The Main Historical Influences on the Development of Artificial Intelligence
When we think about artificial intelligence (AI), it is easy to imagine recent advancements, such as virtual assistants and autonomous vehicles. However, the roots of AI are deeply connected to philosophical questions and scientific advancements spanning centuries. AI is the result of a rich intersection of ideas from multiple fields, each contributing to the formation […]
What is Artificial Intelligence? (Part 3)
I started this series of posts here, discussing the creation of the term “artificial intelligence” at the Dartmouth conference, focusing on the words and the scientific context. Subsequently, I moved from the historical context to the broader history here, showing that artificial intelligence has been in people’s imaginations for much longer, not just in the […]
What is Artificial Intelligence? (Part 2)
In November 2022, I started this series of posts about what artificial intelligence (AI) is. In the first part, I proposed that readers identify the AI around them or that comes into their heads. I argued that the difficulty in understanding this technology may come from the lack of consensus on what it is. If deciphering intelligence […]
The Virtues in J.R.R. Tolkien
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (better known as J. R. R. Tolkien) is one of my favorite authors. I share with this author his birthday, January 3rd, and this coincidence is a great honor for me, considering my admiration for his life and work. To close the month of our anniversary (!), I decided to write […]
What is Artificial Intelligence? (Part 1)
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming one of those terms that everyone knows, talks about, but when thinking about its definition, difficulties arise. So, I start this text by suggesting a reflection: first, think about what AI is and then look around you and try to identify where it is acting. Don’t worry if it wasn’t […]
XAI and the right to explanation
You may not even know how an algorithm works, but you must have heard this word. So does artificial intelligence (AI): is it a robot, a machine, a system? Many people have daily contact with modern technologies, which are immersed in different spheres of life and influence practically the entire social fabric. Still, few understand […]
Why we should think about ethics for Artificial Intelligence
Martin (2018) tells the story of Rodríguez, convicted of second-degree murder for his part in an armed robbery at a car dealership that left an employee dead. He was only sixteen years old when he went to prison. Twenty-six years later, he was considered a model of rehabilitation. He spent four years in a maximum […]
Do you want to be happy?
We live on a quest even if we don’t think about it. It can be small things like achieving a goal for the day or longer purposes like life plans. For some, reflections on the meaning of life are more constant and profound; for others, it is implicit in everyday life and living, one day […]
The data privacy debate should be improved
The impact that technology has on everyday life, its most diverse aspects, of course is inevitable. It is almost a rarity to find someone who is not registered on some kind of platform, in which, from an electronic device, one has access to some type of service. and there is no way to escape technological […]
New technology, old dilemmas: how artificial intelligence is bringing up classic philosophical arguments
In 1956, at the Dartmouth Workshop, John MacCarthy coined the term artificial intelligence (AI) along with other prominent authors: Marvin Minsky, Herbert Simon, and Allen Newell. The origin of AI benefited from the intersection of two significant intellectual developments of the time, the cognitive revolution and the theory of computability, and brought from the imagination […]