FLORIANA FERRO EXTENDED MIND AND GENERATIVE AI

A conclusione del convegno del 23 novembre 2024 L’intelligenza artificiale tra tecnologia ed etica. L’impatto sulle nuove generazioni, a cura del Liceo Le Filandiere e della Sezione FVG, pubblichiamo una sintesi dell’intervento di Floriana Ferro, scritta in inglese dalla relatrice.

FLORIANA FERRO

EXTENDED MIND AND GENERATIVE AI

Introduction Recent advancements in generative Artificial Intelligence (AI), such as Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT and image generators like DALL-E or Midjourney have sparked debates on their role in human creativity. These tools do not require sophisticated computer skills and are capable of producing seemingly original content through complex statistical analysis. This technological innovation challenges traditional notions of creativity and raises some questions, such as the following: What is the relationship between human and AI creativity? Can these tools stimulate and expand our generative capacity, or do they risk replacing or atrophying it? This issue is discussed from a phenomenological perspective, with the aim of understanding the intertwining between our generative capacities, both at the transcendental and at the empirical level, and generative AI, and the implications of this intertwining for education and creativity continua a leggere