Public transparency and governmental trust: contextualization and possible relationships of these themes.
Public transparency constitutes a relevant and notoriously necessary issue in the accounts of public entities and their component bodies in public administration. In addition to ensuring compliance with legal norms, transparency initiatives constitute a responsible management policy that favors the exercise of citizenship by the population (PLATT NETO et al., 2007). Likewise, when we focus on […]
Tolkien and Technology
J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973) was a British writer and university professor known primarily for his work “The Lord of the Rings.” Tolkien is considered one of the most influential authors of the 20th century. His literary work created an imaginary and elaborate world with its own languages, cultures, and stories. In addition to his literary career, […]
Trust: as a state or affirmation of something?
The following question arises from the dialogue and research of the Working Group (WG) on “Trust Research” in AdmEthics/Udesc. The WG proposes to research how and in what way the term “Trust” is being adopted and or used in the field of study on Artificial Intelligence (AI). In this sense, we will present the origin […]
Chapter 3 – Virtues
What is an Intellectual Virtue? Roberts and Wood (2007), in the book Intellectual virtues: an essay in regulative epistemology[1], seek to outline this question thoughtfully and insightfully throughout its pages. Starting from the idea that Virtues make a person excellent as a human being, this text aims to summarize the main ideas contained in chapter […]
The AI-generated art Debate
Recently a discussion has become quite flashy among so many others on the Internet, reaching not only people inserted in the middle but also the “mainstream” media. This is the case of the “art against AI” debate, which took a war tone between the parties. This theme gained popularity with the direct advance of technologies […]
Old and New Oracles
ChatGPT is one of the most advanced and powerful natural language models available today and continues to improve progressively. It was created by OpenAI, a technology company founded in 2015 to develop artificial intelligence safely and beneficially for humanity¹. ChatGPT uses artificial intelligence to process and interpret texts in natural language. This model has been […]
Ph.D. course ending. Post series beginning
Motivated by the inquiry about what we can learn in nature and how do we apply it in our daily lives, I recently defended the thesis “Between two natures: contributions of outdoor adventure education in managers formation” at Santa Catarina State University (Udesc). I enter the world of Outdoor Adventure Education with field research tools, […]
2001 (+22): A (virtual) Space Odyssey
In 1968, the hit “2001: A Space Odyssey” premiered in theaters, which became a science fiction classic directed by Stanley Kubrick. The story begins with the discovery of a mysterious black monolith by a tribe of chimpanzees. It evolves into the journey of the crew of the spacecraft Discovery One on a mission to the […]
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 […]
Reflections on the use of AI
With the changes in the global socioeconomic paradigm generated by the development of AI over time, we face the Digital Age and the rapid growth of intelligent algorithmic systems. Because it is a current topic of high complexity, there are several concerns and considerations about these technologies. According to Floridi et al. (2018), it is […]