Abstract
To imagine futures in which AI augments human knowledge rather than automating it away, one may argue for a human centered technology that is a collaborative partner in meaning-making, teaching, learning, and knowledge-sharing. But this requires that one KNOW how AI might challenge or undermine our human values, ethics, and thinking as we seek to bridge the gap between this rapidly evolving technology and our enduring humanity. Yet, to know that you are NOT knowledgeable in certain areas was seen by Plato as being a marker of an extremely advanced aspect of our humanity. But this very inquiry plunges us into a self-defeating epistemology based on CIRCULAR REASONING—where intelligence examines intelligence (or reasoning questions reasoning). Specifically, the problem is that what makes us human has to do with human intelligence, but human intelligence has shaped artificial intelligence (this is akin to a dog chasing its own tail). So, humans involved in the development and deployment of AI must shift the conversation away from the technology of “stochastic parroting”—in which machine learning algorithms of AI modeling rely on predictive analytics to predict people’s behavior or views—to focus attention on (the PHILOSOPHICAL question) WHAT IS IT THAT MAKES HUMAN BEINGS UNIQUE? (What exactly is “human” intelligence and what is it that AI cannot do?). For critical thinking (asking HOW (an analysis) and WHY (an evaluation)) is an aspect of human intelligence that is missed by artificial intelligence.
Presenters
Isidoro TalaveraPhilosophy Professor and Lead Faculty, College of Arts and Sciences, Franklin University, Ohio, United States
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Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
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KEYWORDS
HUMAN KNOWLEDGE, HUMAN CENTERED, AI TECHNOLOGY, CRITICAL THINKING, STOCHASTIC PARROTING, CIRCULAR REASONING, SELF-DEFEATING EPISTEMOLOGY, PHILOSOPHY, HUMAN VALUES, ETHICS, AND THINKING
