Abstract
Study shows that some disembodied AI personal assistant users eventually prefer interacting socially with AI than human. They turned to AI rather than human for social interaction, including releasing emotions and chatting over personal matter. This paper asks, when human interaction is not available to the AI users on those occasion, are there any ethical differences between turning to AI for those purposes and passing those moments all by themselves? The paper contends that the answer is affirmative in that the users' chance for solitude will be removed and make a case for cultivating the virtue of solitude in the age of disembodied AI.
| Original language | English |
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| Publication status | Published - 7 Sept 2024 |
| Event | International Workshop on Philosophy and Ethics of AI - National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan, China Duration: 6 Sept 2024 → 7 Sept 2024 https://phil.nycu.edu.tw/en/international-workshop-on-the-philosophy-ethics-of-ai-2/#:~:text=Held%20in%20hybrid%20mode%2C%20this%20workshop%20will%20bring,sensory%20engineering%20and%20the%20notion%20of%20artificial%20intuition. (Conference website) |
Workshop
| Workshop | International Workshop on Philosophy and Ethics of AI |
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| Country/Territory | Taiwan, China |
| City | Taipei |
| Period | 6/09/24 → 7/09/24 |
| Other | Research in AI is progressing by leaps and bounds, as evidenced by many recent developments, including the heated debate that has been elicited by the rise of Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT, and by what is seen as their disruptive impact on a number of sectors, including higher education. A rigorous reflection on how these new tools can be ethically designed, as well as responsibly incorporated into various sectors within contemporary society, is needed right now. Of course, LLMs are only one current example of an application of AI raising ethical dilemmas, alongside many others such as deepfakes, facial recognition systems, self-driving cars, etc. Held in hybrid mode, this workshop will bring together an international group of experts, based both in Taiwan and abroad, to foster a cross-cultural dialogue on timely ethical and other philosophical (e.g. epistemological) issues, from the problem of AI bias and the impact of LLMs on academic writing to sensory engineering and the notion of artificial intuition. It will also kickstart a new research collaboration between the Institute of Philosophy of Mind & Cognition (IPMC) at NYCU, and the Centre for Philosophy & AI Research (PAIR) at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg in Germany. |
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User-Defined Keywords
- Disembodied AI
- Solitude
- virtue ethics
