What is artificial intelligence? To what extent can it catch up with, surpass or replace human intelligence and in what forms?
To find answers to these questions, we need to focus on what we mean by intelligence: is it only knowledge (knowing what), or is it also wisdom (knowing for what)?
According to Aristotle, wisdom is “a true disposition, accompanied by reasoning, that directs action and discerns the things that are good and bad for man.”
Besides, is wisdom only a prerogative of humans? What can happen if Artificial Intelligence, in one of its possible forms, influences human behavior and our decisions?
While it is not yet possible to give definite answers, it is certainly urgent and topical to ask many questions. Not superficial ones.
Precisely on these issues, the Vatican’s note “Antiqua et Nova” states, “Since such technology is designed to learn and adopt certain choices autonomously, adapting to new situations and providing solutions not foreseen by its programmers, substantial problems of ethical responsibility and security ensue, with broader repercussions on society as a whole.”
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