Ontological, epistemological, and ethical dilemmas related to artificial intelligence

Naloga se ukvarja z ontološko-epistemološkimi in etičnimi zagatami, povezanimi z umetno inteligenco. Začne se s predstavitvijo in poskusom definicije umetne inteligence kot institucionalizirane raziskovalne discipline, ki se je začela razvijati na sredini 20. stoletja. Hkrati predstavi nekatere veliko starejše filozofske razmisleke o tem, ali bi človeku podobno inteligenco lahko našli še kje drugje - ti so nastali veliko pred uradnim rojstvom umetne inteligence kot znanstvene discipline. Razmislek možnosti obstoja umetne inteligence je v nalogi uporabljen kot odskočna deska, za refleksijo nekaterih najtežjih ontoloških in epistemoloških vprašanj. Nadaljevanje naloge na primeru sistemov, ki jih poganja šibka umetna inteligenca, raziskuje etične dileme, ki izhajajo iz šibkosti in omejitev teh sistemov na eni ter možnosti njihovih zlorab na drugi strani.The thesis addresses ontological, epistemological, and ethical questions related to artificial intelligence. It begins by introducing and attempting to define artificial intelligence as an institutionalized research discipline that began to develop in the mid-20th century. Simultaneously, it presents some much older philosophical reflections on whether intelligence similar to that of humans could exist elsewhere, which significantly predates the official birth of artificial intelligence as a scientific discipline. The exploration of the possibility of artificial intelligence\u27s existence is employed in the thesis to serve as a basis for reflecting on some of the most challenging ontological and epistemological questions. The subsequent part of the thesis, using the example of systems powered by so called weak artificial intelligence, investigates ethical dilemmas arising from the weaknesses and limitations of these systems on one hand and the potential for their abuse on the other