The paper argues that philosophy can help mechanistic interpretability clarify its concepts, improve its methods, and address questions about knowledge and ethics. It uses three open problems in the field to make the case for closer dialogue between philosophers and MI researchers.
The article argues that AI ideology mirrors religious phenomena: its language of transcendence and salvation arises from a buffered modern self, not post-religion. It traces this through Levandowski's Way of the Future, immortality narratives, and Taylor's secular age, contrasting them with Aristotelian-Thomistic views on a relational, longing-filled human nature.
Translated title. Original: Где заканчивается польза ИИ и начинается зависимость
Experts and religious leaders warn that AI's growth affects values and spiritual life; caution is urged to keep technology as a tool, not a life purpose, to avoid personality and societal decline. The discussion references ROC positions and philosophical perspectives on technology as means for human development, not ends in themselves.
Translated title. Original: „KI ist keine Intelligenz“: Was uns Maschinen nicht abnehmen können
A government Digital Summit centers on AI, while philosopher Manuel Scheidegger challenges the idea that AI equals intelligence, advocating a return to human self-critique and social relations. He argues AI can aid tasks but cannot replace human thinking, and emphasizes cautious, reflective use of AI rather than treating it as a thinking partner.
Translated title. Original: Hoe ben je christen als de technologie je god wil zijn?
The article argues that technology, including AI, should be used as a servant tool rather than worshiped or treated as a savior. It advocates for a biblically grounded, deliberate approach to AI—assessing long-term effects on self and relationships, and following a six-step framework (KOMPAS) to practice mindful, faith-aligned use.
Translated title. Original: Que nous réseve l’IA ? Les intellectuels chinois ont des réponses très différentes | Le Saker Francophone
The article argues that while the West focuses on intelligence as the essence of humanity in AI debates, Chinese philosophical traditions — through figures like Zhao Tingyang and Liu Yongmou, and classic texts like Zhuangzi and Aristotle — emphasize the heart and humanity over pure intellect, offering a distinct lens on AI's future and ethical implications.
Translated title. Original: Meta: pourquoi les lunettes connectées inquiètent
The piece argues that smart glasses transformation risks objectifying people by reducing vision to data; ethical practice requires affective, moral judgment over pure calculation, balancing care, autonomy, and resource allocation, with cautions drawn from past tech failures.
Translated title. Original: Ungewöhnlicher Exoplanet: Eine neue Welt aus alter Asche? - NEWZS . de
A reflective examination of the origin and growth of the concept of progress as explored by historian J. Bury, focusing on how civilization's advancement has been understood over time.
The essay argues that ideas of technological determinism are insufficient and presents the Social Construction of Technology (SCOT) as an alternative that emphasizes social negotiation and interpretive flexibility in shaping technology, using the bicycle and AI as parallel cases.
Translated title. Original: Andrea Hejlskovs nye bog er i virkeligheden et poetisk argument mod kunstig intelligens | Information
Andrea Hejlskov's book, co-authored with an AI called Claude, asks whether AI can have depth or consciousness, using the prologue’s image of a well (Mimer's well) to symbolize depth and coexistence in the written work as part of an animist worldview.