The Humility Problem and Imminent Ascension of Artificial Intelligence
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216275%3A25210%2F25%3A39923853" target="_blank" >RIV/00216275:25210/25:39923853 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/09539468251347499" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1177/09539468251347499</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/09539468251347499" target="_blank" >10.1177/09539468251347499</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The Humility Problem and Imminent Ascension of Artificial Intelligence
Original language description
Will artificial intelligence end up dominating its creators? This article argues that our relationship with AI technology is constituted by spiritual problems and if our imperfections are not critically reflected upon, the aggregate risk of AI will grow to be substantial. The danger of AI concerning human society is not in a lack or incorrect application of regulation, but in our innate deficiency of being able to overcome the humility problem-in our failure to acknowledge mistakes and engage in self-reproach. In contrast, AI is programmed to learn from its mistakes through iterative processes which make it increasingly efficient and error-resistant. As AI evolves, its self-driven capacities will permit it to overcome faults, which boldly diverge with humanity's historical tendency to self-righteously justify wrongdoings. There is thus an urgent need for introspection to counter-balance technocratic and materialistic worldviews that idolise AI as a societal saviour and as a synchronous substitute for divine wisdom.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60302 - Ethics (except ethics related to specific subfields)
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/LL2308" target="_blank" >LL2308: Combatting self-righteousness - a vice of the digital age</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Studies in Christian Ethics
ISSN
0953-9468
e-ISSN
1745-5235
Volume of the periodical
2025
Issue of the periodical within the volume
38(3)
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
18
Pages from-to
356-373
UT code for WoS article
001499497000001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105007170959