Some (Wittgensteinian) Remarks on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence

Authors

  • Borut Cerkovnik University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Keywords:

Wittgenstein, artificial intelligence, applied ethics, understanding, human, robot, machine

Abstract

I argue in favor of a distinction between human understanding and machine “understanding”. Based on Wittgenstein’s view on machines and his considerations on understanding, I aim to demonstrate that no machine with artificial intelligence can reach functional equality with human beings. In particular, this also holds for ethical praxis because it consists of an extremely blurred net of language– games, guided by ethical rules. Therefore, a machine can never have the human ability (disposition) to act ethically and cannot be a moral agent.

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Published

2025-01-21

Issue

Vol. 80 No. 1 (2025): Obnovljeni Život, 2025, 80(1), 1-144

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Original Scholarly Paper

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