Ethos, Public Ethics Observatory, periodically organizes days of discussion on the most pressing issues of the moment. The first edition of the Public Ethics Festival, held from May 6 to 8, 2022, at the Ennio Morricone Auditorium Parco della Musica, was entitled: “Digital Lives”: The Social, Political and Moral Consequences of Artificial Intelligence.
Director Sebastiano Maffettone and CEO of the Musica per Roma Foundation Daniele Pittèri opened the event. The keynote speakers included Casper Klynge, Microsoft Vice President for European Government Affairs, Mario Rasetti, Professor Emeritus of Theoretical Physics at the Polytechnic University of Turin, and Giuliano Amato, President of the Constitutional Court.
The relationship between Ethics and Artificial Intelligence, explored in relation to issues such as social innovation, sustainability, religion and spirituality, war and weapons, robotics, healthcare, economic development, new educational models, human enhancement, and artistic creation, was among the topics discussed by a broad range of guests, including Paolo Benanti, Derrik de Kherckhove, Marta Bertolaso, Bruno Siciliano, Paola Severino, Vincenzo Paglia, Pietro Labriola, Luigi Nicolais, Giorgio Ventre, Jeffrey Schnapp, Andrea Prencipe, Guglielmo Tamburrini, and Stefano Songini.
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