Manual d'apocalíptica contemporània: Epistemologia, ontologia i ètica per a temps de tribulació
Year: 2024
Type: dissertation
Abstract: The most recent technological advances, especially in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), have generated a new eschatological framework; now, however, of a secular nature. Philosophers, politicians, engineers, journalists, and podcasters propose moratoriums on research and call for caution, foreseeing that if research and development of new systems continue at the current pace, existential catastrophe is guaranteed. But how accurate are these predictions? An epistemological analysis of the presuppositions that lie at the foundation of contemporary apocalypticism shows us the contingent nature of its prognosis. In the same vein, machine rebellion presupposes, in turn, a certain ontology of consciousness, which we submit to critical analysis. The confrontation of two schools — which we call “mysterianist” and “clairvoyant”— that propose, respectively, a dualistic 8 and a materialistic vision of consciousness, is being resolved, we propose, in favor of the latter. Thirdly, finally, the formulas for preventing catastrophe and facilitate redemption emerge, in all cases, from a rigid and, in general, essentialist moral position. We point out the shortcomings of the moral models proposed to support the arguments of containment and preservation typical of the apocalyptic discourse, and we suggest, alternatively, an ethics of minimums and the recovery of a radically philosophical touristic gaze —the view from awe— to navigate and understand contemporary times of tribulation.
Author: Calvera Cabeza, Ignasi
Language: Catalan
Subfield: Artificial Intelligence
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7110535714