Life-on-life: Humanism facing the challenges of Artificial Intelligence

Mario Cosenza; Luca Lo Sapio

doi:10.6093/978-88-6887-355-4

Life-on-life: Humanism facing the challenges of Artificial Intelligence

Authors

Mario Cosenza

University of Naples Federico II

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2462-7970

Luca Lo Sapio

University of Torino

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1606-9355

DOI: https://doi.org/10.6093/978-88-6887-355-4

Keywords:

Artificial Intelligence, Digital Humanism, Digital Transition, Life-on-life, Anthropological Transformation

Synopsis

Publisher: FedOA - Federico II University Press

Series: Human & Future

Pages: 267

Language: Italian

Abstract: Life-on-life inaugurates an editorial path conceived to accompany, enhance and integrate the activities of the Human&Future Task Force of the University of Naples Federico II. This first volume takes the form of a transdisciplinary work dedicated to one of the most topical issues in the philosophical and scientific debate: artificial intelligence. The topic is explored from multiple perspectives - from ethics to law, from the historical dimension to pedagogy, up to the vision of computer engineering - with the aim of capturing the complexity and profound impact that AI exerts on our society. For the first time in its history, human beings are able to design machines with broad functional autonomy, capable of performing tasks that were once the exclusive prerogative of human intelligence. This is not just one technological innovation among many: it is a true anthropological turning point, destined to radically transform Sapiens' social ecosystem, intertwined with the digital technologies that are now its permanent backdrop. Reading the book therefore offers a multifaceted, yet also profoundly unified look at AI: a technology that represents Sapiens' first concrete operation aimed at creating entities capable of acting, competing and generating meaning within digital ecosystems. No sphere of human experience remains immune to this transformation, which brings with it.

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Author Biographies

Mario Cosenza, University of Naples Federico II

Mario Cosenza insegna Filosofia Morale presso l'Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, ateneo presso il quale è coordinatore della segreteria scientifico-organizzativa della Task Force Human&Future; è autore di All'ombra dei Lumi. Jacques-André Naigeon philosophe (2020, a breve tradotto in francese), della traduzione e della curatela de Il Militare filosofo (2023), nonché di numerose pubblicazioni su questioni etico-politiche della filosofia moderna e contemporanea.

Luca Lo Sapio, University of Torino

Luca Lo Sapio insegna Filosofia morale e Bioetica presso l’Università degli Studi di Torino. È coordinatore scientifico dei Gruppi di ricerca Future Eating e BIOETHIKA-TO. Si occupa di Etica applicata, Bioetica e dell’impatto delle nuove tecnologie sul futuro di Sapiens. È autore di diverse monografie tra cui Carne Coltivata. Etica dell’agricoltura cellulare (2024) e Cambia la tua vita o affronta l’estinzione. Introduzione a un’etica per la fine del mondo (2022) e numerosi articoli su temi di etica delle nuove tecnologie, etica dell’astrobiologia ed etica dell’estinzione.