Interdependence, Ethics, and Social Networks - Mind & Life Conversation - Day 2

The second day of the two day Mind & Life Conversation with His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Interdependence, Ethics, and Social Networks at his residence in Dharamsala, HP, India on October 13, 2022, organized by Mind & LIfe Institute

PRESENTERS

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama

Opening Welcome: Amy Cohen Varela, Board Chair, Mind & Life Europe
Moderator: Martijn van Beek, Aarhus University
Interpreter: Thupten Jinpa, Compassion Institute and Board Chair, Mind & Life Institute
Presenter: Hanne De Jaegher, University of Basque Country
Presenter: Abeba Birhane, University College Dublin

SESSION TOPICS

Hanne De Jaegher, a philosopher who works in the Enactive tradition of Francisco Varela, speaks about how human cognition is based, at the most fundamental level, on loving and is eminently social in nature. Focusing on intersubjectivity, or the space in-between, in human interactions, she explores the tension of how we are at once the same, as His Holiness aptly reminds us, while also being very different. It is her contention that this difference—which contains the ambiguity and complexity of human experience—can in fact be generative, provided that we take an ethical approach to human relationship.

Abeba Birhane, a specialist in the ethics of artificial intelligence, walks us through some of her latest research on the ethical and social considerations behind artificial intelligence (AI) as it is used the world over. Because human experience is fundamentally complex, ambiguous, and indeterminable, AI very often fails to accurately capture and predict human behavior. What is more, because of its attempts to generalize, we are learning that AI negatively affects marginalized people and communities to a disproportionate degree. Her talk illustrates this with a myriad of recent examples and challenge us to develop a healthy skepticism with regard to the widespread use of AI, all in hopes of creating a more just foundation for its future use.

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