10 ethical issues involving artificial intelligence (part 1)
In early 2021, renowned software developer Serokell, based in Tallinn, Estonia, asked some Artificial Intelligence experts what kept them up at night in relation to the product of their work, and what were their fears about the fruit of their research. The answers could be summarized in 10 main points. In this short text, I […]
The disidentity of post-pandemic public administration course students
The present reflection that I make of this brief article comes to the detriment of a dialogue made with one of my greatest intellectual references and who by the way is also co-founder of the Public Administration course at ESAG/UDESC, Prof. Dr Francisco G. Heidemann. Among the various topics discussed with Professor Heidemann, what most […]
Technological Determinism and the Social Construction of Technology
Debates around technology have become prominent in academia as artifacts acquire more and more refinement. Following the logic, studies on Artificial Intelligence are taking spaces that transcend the areas of engineering and computer science. Due to its ethical, moral, philosophical and anthropological implications, scholars are looking to understand how this technology is affecting and will […]
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 […]
What defines a moral act?
Although there is no universal consensus regarding what is moral and what is not, one that is valid for all cultures at all times, there seems to be a common interpretation of what it is to act morally. This reflection on what this act is was motivated by a brief conversation at halftime of a […]
Selective ethics
What is emerging (or re-emerging) in our time is the legitimization of a selective ethic according to the categorical attributes into which each individual fits. For this ideology, if someone has the misfortune of falling into a given category, it is enough to be accused of being an oppressor, a potential criminal, and to have […]
So, are you going to attend any event this year?
Contact with other professionals and students, updated content, exciting conversations. There are countless reasons to attend academic events! If you’re an undergraduate student, you’ve probably seen a poster advertised by the University or even listened to one. However, have you ever thought about submitting any work? A few months before registration, the organizing institutions publish […]
The Fake News Phenomenon and Its Impacts on Contemporary Society
What happened to Fake News from a simple fake news that circulates on the networks to a concept with the first and last name? How has this become a pandemic like the one we live in today? Any individual knows what Fake News is – those news stories with eye-grabbing headlines in bottle letters, which […]
The elder as a Symbol of Moral Authority on the African Continent. Part. 1
I begin with the African phrase/saying according to which “In Africa, when an “eldest” dies, it is a library that burns down” Talking about morals, morality, ethics and wisdom on the African continent is most often synonymous with talking about an older person, an adult or an elderly person. It happens naturally and the younger […]