Joseph Sifakis, the only Greek to have received the Turing Award, speaks to ATHENS VOICE and Alkis Gounaris about the philosophy and ethics of Artificial Intelligence. In this interview, he discusses the limits of machines, AGI, human intelligence, and Europe’s future role in AI research and development. [ATHENS VOICE, 2026]

Henry Shevlin’s appointment at Google DeepMind may mark the beginning of a new era, one in which philosophy is no longer confined to the ethics of AI but potentially enters the very heart of research into machine cognition and consciousness. [ATHENS VOICE, 2026]

Professor Yannis Kontos, a pioneer in Artificial Intelligence research in Greece, talks to Alkis Gounaris for ATHENS VOICE about the historical development of AI, its research challenges, and its future. [ATHENS VOICE, 2026]

What does the new US regulatory framework for artificial intelligence provide for, and why is it creating tensions between the Pentagon and AI companies? What does the Donald Trump administration propose regarding the protection of children, creative production, and businesses? Reading between the lines of official statements, against the backdrop of US military operations in Iran. [ATHENS VOICE, 2026]

What new dilemmas are arising from the use of AI in the war in Iran? Why does the possibility that computational speed might be inversely related to human responsibility and practical wisdom introduce a new crucial factor for evaluating hybrid decision-making systems? [ATHENS VOICE, 2026]

2025 was the year we stopped asking «what’s going on with artificial intelligence?» and started learning how to live with it. This is a look back at a pivotal year, one in which AI captured the spotlight across politics, education, and industry, and, above all, made its first, still experimental, move into the workplace. [ATHENS VOICE, 2025]

The fourth industrial revolution redefines the relationship between the natural and the technological, shedding new light on Kubrick’s «monolith», which seems to be rooted in the very essence of human nature. This emerging condition raises important questions about human action, moral responsibility, and the nature of cognition itself. [ATHENS VOICE, 2025]

Artificial Intelligence is transforming Healthcare, from significant shifts in medical practice to a revolution in the design and manufacture of new medicines. However, while we are moving closer to a world where diseases are treated with greater precision, speed, and effectiveness than ever before, new and urgent ethical and social dilemmas are emerging. [ATHENS VOICE, 2025]

Everything the future holds for education is set to radically transform both the classroom and the knowledge environment more broadly, reshaping teaching practices and the students’ cognitive system. The optimistic view foresees saving teachers’ time, eliminating rote learning, and emphasising interpretation and critical thinking. Yet methodical steps and a clearly defined initial vision are essential. [ATHENS VOICE, 2025]

The shift into the AI age presents both significant risks and genuine opportunities. Which roles are most vulnerable to being lost, and which are likely to survive? How can Keynes help us maintain our composure and adopt a clear-sighted perspective on the evidence? To what extent is technophobia justified when confronted with a departure from the past? And, above all, what are the ethical and social implications of this transformation?  [ATHENS VOICE, 2025]

Why might a degree in philosophy be worth more in the future than a degree in computer science? As artificial intelligence advances towards the «automation of automation», the capacity to write and refine its own code, the distinctly human advantage will lie in the ability to pose the right questions, to define the appropriate parameters, and to assess the meaning and purpose of any given process. [ATHENS VOICE, 2025]

On July 23, 2025, when the White House released its Action Plan for Artificial Intelligence (AI), aimed at enabling its rapid and unhindered development free from legislative constraints, many wondered whether this marked yet another dangerous step for the future of AI or a political initiative capable of «making America great again.» The concise, twenty-three-page plan proposes, among other things, the formulation of policies that would favour rather than inhibit the advancement of AI, reversing the overregulatory stance of the Biden administration by removing what it characterises as «unnecessary» regulatory and bureaucratic obstacles.  [ATHENS VOICE, 2025]

This paper explores the application of Aristotelian virtue, as a quality of excellence and as a key notion in ethics, to AI systems as classified in the EU AI Act. It suggests that the Aristotelian concept of virtue can be effectively applied to the design, training, operation, and use of AI systems, and proposes an ‘AI Seal of Excellence’ certification process for “Virtuous Agents” [CONATUS, 2025]

Lecture by Dr. Alkis Gounaris as part of the educational program titled: "Artificial Intelligence & Philosophy: From Human Thought to Machine Learning", organised on Wednesday, February 12, 2025, by the National Documentation and Digital Content Center (EKT), a member of the European Digital Innovation Hub Smart Attica EDIH.

One of the most intriguing and challenging issues in AI Ethics that we will soon be called upon to address concerns the design, development and use of computational systems for regulatory purposes—specifically, AI systems that will engage in decision-making of moral or legal nature, playing a decisive role in the administration of Justice. [ETHICS, 2024]