#809 Luciano Floridi: The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence for the Sustainable Development Goals
RECORDED ON JULY 3rd 2023.
Dr. Luciano Floridi is the Founding Director of the Digital Ethics Center and Professor of Cognitive Science at Yale University. His research concerns primarily Digital Ethics, the Philosophy of Information, and the Philosophy of Technology. He is editor of The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence for the Sustainable Development Goals, and author of the forthcoming The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence: Principles, Challenges, and Opportunities (OUP), and The Green and the Blue: Naïve Ideas to Improve Politics in the Digital Age (Wiley).
In this episode, we focus on The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence for the Sustainable Development Goals. We talk about the ethics of AI and the main issues it addresses. We discuss the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and how AI can contribute to them. We talk about the potential misuse of AI technology. We discuss if AI is an existential threat. We talk about how AI can help tackle climate change. Finally, we discuss how we should be wary of techno-solutionist claims.
Time Links:
Intro
The ethics of AI
The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
How AI can contribute to the SDGs
The potential misuse of AI technology
Is AI an existential threat?
Tackling climate change
Being wary of techno-solutionist approaches
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