Round Table: Human & AI

The involvement of algorithms in an increasing number of areas of human activity is connected to a wide range of fundamental rights. Emerging issues related to the ethical and deontological dimensions of this new technology, which substitutes human judgment and intuition, even in ethically sensitive areas such as personal relationships and trust. What is digital humanities? How are potential risks to human dignity and justice addressed, and how are common principles shaped to guide new developments for the benefit of society?

Moderator:Vicky Flessa, Journalist – Philologist of Classics

Theofanis Tasis: Professor of Contemporary Practical Philosophy at Alpen-Adria-Universität in Austria and is a visiting professor at the Universität St. Gallen in Switzerland. His book Digital Humanism: The Iconistic Subject and Artificial Intelligence (Armos, 2019) was shortlisted for the National Essay Award in 2020.

Kostas Karpouzis: Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication, Media, and Culture at Panteion University, member of the National Bioethics and Technoethics Committee and President of the Greek Association of Informatics and Communications Engineers.

Epaminondas Christofilopoulos: Chairholder of the UNESCO Chair on Futures Research, hosted at FORTH, and the executive President of the Metropolitan Organization of Museums of Visual Arts of Thessaloniki (MOMus), President of the Greek node of the Millennium Project and member of ESIR group.