Atidesnis Žvilgsnis Į Leibnizą

Translator's introduction to Leibniz's correspondence with Michelangelo Fardella

The Ethical Need for Watermarks in Machine-Generated Language

Watermarks should be introduced in the natural language outputs of AI systems in order to maintain the distinction between human and machine-generated text. The ethical imperative to not blur this distinction arises from the asemantic nature of large language models and from human projections of emotional and cognitive states on machines, possibly leading to manipulation, spreading falsehoods or emotional distress. Enforcing this distinction requires unintrusive, yet easily accessible marks of the machine origin. We propose to implement a code based on equidistant letter sequences. While no such code exists in human-written texts, its appearance in machine-generated ones would prove helpful for ethical reasons

Ginčas dėl Leibnizo kūninės substancijos sampratos

Leibnizian metaphysics is traditionally held to be idealistic. It means that reality is composed of soul-like substances whereas material bodies are mere phenomena. The traditional interpretation presupposes that Leibniz’s view has not changed during the mature period (from 1683 onward). Some commentators have recently challenged this view. They claim that either Leibniz (despite inconsistency) was both a realist and an idealist (Hartz), or changed his view on the nature of substance (Garber). The aim is to defend the traditional interpretation and to reply to the arguments by realist commentators

„Heideggerio bylos“ byla: filosofijos silpnatvė ir stiprybė

It is claimed that excerpts from “Schwarzen Hefte” published in 2014–2015 do not provide sufficient ground for affirming Heidegger’s Nazism even if it was latently prevalent. Instead, the current upheaval concerning the Heidegger affair is to be understood in diagnostic terms of contemporary philosophical discourse: first of all it is the scientistic discrediting of Geisteswissenschaften and their fullfledged epistemological potential so that it is widely held that these sciences and foremost philosophy are not capable of following the methodology based on fact/value distinction, and consequently their “products”, as in this case Heidegger’s philosophical corpus, must be judged by axiological standards (moral and political beliefs of the author) rather than epistemological merits.Straipsnyje teigiama, kad 2014–2015 m. paskelbtos „Schwarzen Hefte“ ištraukos neįrodo nacistinių ar rasistinių–antisemitinių Heideggerio pažiūrų, net jeigu jų iš tiesų tokių būta, o nūdienis Heideggerio bylos ažiotažas aiškintinas šiuolaikinio Vakarų filosofijos diskurso diagnostikos terminais – visų pirma scientistiniu dvasios mokslų (Geisteswissenschaften) menkinimu nuodugniai paneigiant jų visavertį epistemologinį statusą: sykis šie mokslai, visų pirma filosofija, neįstengia laikytis fakto ir vertybės perskyra grįstos metodologijos, jų sukurta „produkcija“, – šiuo atveju Heideggerio filosofinio palikimo korpusas, – turi būti matuojamas ne epistemologiniais, o aksiologiniais terminais, t. y. dorovine ir politine šio korpuso autoriaus laikysena

From speculation to reality: Enhancing anticipatory ethics for emerging technologies (ATE) in practice

Various approaches have emerged over the last several decades to meet the challenges and complexities of anticipating and responding to the potential impacts of emerging technologies. Although many of the existing approaches share similarities, they each have shortfalls. This paper takes as the object of its study Anticipatory Ethics for Emerging Technologies (ATE) to technology assessment, given that it was formatted to address many of the privations characterising parallel approaches. The ATE approach, also in practice, presents certain areas for retooling, such as how it characterises levels and objects of analysis. This paper results from the work done with the TechEthos Horizon 2020 project in evaluating the ethical, legal, and social impacts of climate engineering, digital extended reality, and neurotechnologies. To meet the challenges these technology families present, this paper aims to enhance the ATE framework to encompass the variety of human processes and material forms, functions, and applications that comprise the socio-technical systems in which these technologies are embedded

From speculation to reality: enhancing anticipatory ethics for emerging technologies (ATE) in practice

Various approaches have emerged over the last several decades to meet the challenges and complexities of anticipating and responding to the potential impacts of emerging technologies. Although many of the existing approaches share similarities, they each have shortfalls. This paper takes as the object of its study Anticipatory Ethics for Emerging Technologies (ATE) to technology assessment, given that it was formatted to address many of the privations characterising parallel approaches. The ATE approach, also in practice, presents certain areas for retooling, such as how it characterises levels and objects of analysis. This paper results from the work done with the TechEthos Horizon 2020 project in evaluating the ethical, legal, and social impacts of climate engineering, digital extended reality, and neurotechnologies. To meet the challenges these technology families present, this paper aims to enhance the ATE framework to encompass the variety of human processes and material forms, functions, and applications that comprise the socio-technical systems in which these technologies are embedde