The joint panel discussion titled “Humanity Revisited: Navigating a World Shaped by AI” at the World Congress of Philosophy (University of Rome), focused on ethical issues arising from human-AI interactions. Koji Tachibana (Group 2: Ancient Greek Philosophy) presented the unique characteristics of humans in comparison with AI, Yu Izumi (Group 3: Linguistic Philosophy) analyzed the concept of “dehumanization” through discriminatory language directed AI, and discussed the potentially harmful aspects of human–AI interactions.
Yoichi Iwasaki (Group 2: Indian Philosophy) raised questions about how AI presents itself as an intelligent entity from the perspective of Buddhist semantics. Mario Verdicchio (University of Bergamo: Philosophy of Technology) examined the risks of using AI and interpreted it as a co-product of technology and society. Sonia Zhang (The New School), who has a background in STS (Science, Technology, and Society), offered insights from a case study of robot development, urging a reevaluation of the relationship between philosophy and technology.