The topic of »Artificial Intelligence« is mostly discussed with a view to the performance of the machine. The question then is which human performance an »AI« can replace. In more dramatic form, threat scenarios are occasionally drawn, ranging from mass unemployment to the dystopian self-empowerment of machines.
The talk will take a different perspective: Perhaps systems like ChatGPT merely reflect the degree of automation that the human working world has reached – instead of a supposed humanity of the machine, the »dehumanization« of human activities comes into focus.
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Ralf Becker (Rhineland-Palatinate Technical University Kaiserslautern-Landau RPTU, Institute of »Philosophy«)
Prof. Dr. Ralf Becker studied philosophy, psychology and German language and literature at the University of Trier, where he received his doctorate in philosophy in 2002. In 2010 he habilitated at the Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel. After substitute and visiting professorships in Kiel, Jena, and Ulm, he accepted the call to the professorship of philosophy at the University of Koblenz-Landau, Landau Campus, since January 1, 2023 RPTU in Landau, in 2016. His research focuses on philosophical anthropology, philosophy of culture and philosophy of science.