Artificial Intelligence and Discourse Ethics

The problem of mock argumentation

Authors

  • Andrés Crelier Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Mar del Plata, Argentina https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3845-7669

Keywords:

Discourse Ethics - Argumentation - Artificial intelligence - Sentience

Abstract

The article addresses the problem that the imitation of argumentation by artificial systems represents for Discurse Ethics. Firstly, it points out that the latter has considered that the usual manifestation of the ability to argue represents a sufficient condition to grant rational and moral status. According to this, one should include those language models that imitate the products of an argument within the sphere of rationality and morality. Secondly, it develops a way of dealing with this problem based on an analogy with the problem of how to verify the capacity for sentience in non-human creatures and in artificial systems. Thirdly, it proposes a theoretical solution to the problem, which takes into account not only the discursive manifestations of argumentation but also the mental, social and agential capacities that this capacity involves.

Author Biography

  • Andrés Crelier, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Mar del Plata, Argentina

    Andrés Crelier es Profesor en la Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata e Investigador en Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET, Argentina). Ha escrito libros y artículos en diversas áreas de la filosofía contemporánea, como la hermenéutica, la filosofía trascendental y la ética discursiva. Actualmente, su interés se centra en la relación entre pensamiento y lenguaje, enfocados desde la filosofía analítica y, en especial, desde la relación con la etología cognitiva.

     

     

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2024-05-07

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How to Cite

Artificial Intelligence and Discourse Ethics: The problem of mock argumentation. (2024). Revista Ética Y Discurso, 9. https://qellqasqa.com.ar/ojs/index.php/eyd/article/view/737