The Price of Freedom - springerin

The philosopher Mark Coeckelbergh has long been dealing with the development of intelligent machines and their effects on concepts of humanity, societal transformation and the ideology of the trans- and posthuman. His recent book AI Ethics (MIT Press, 2020) provides a survey of the most pressing moral questions opened up by these developments. Should we simply enjoy the new liberties generated by AI as future offers without any alternative? Where does selflessness end with respect to the machinic "other," and where should deliberations about a "trustworthy" AI start? Questions like these are tackled by Coeckelbergh in the following interview.