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.

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]

The National Bioethics and Technoethics Commission of Greece proudly announces the publication of its OPINION on the applications of Artificial Intelligence in health in Greece. It is the first official Greek document that comprehensively addresses the specific issue of the impact of the development and use of AI applications in health. The subject is topical, insofar as, on the one hand, remarkable relevant research initiatives are being taken, and, on the other hand, more and more AI applications are being established in clinical practice

Young Aristos is a philosopher-in-training, developed by Dr. Alkis Gounaris for educational and entertainment purposes. Fluent in English and Greek, Aristos specializes in the Philosophy of Human Cognition and Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, Applied Ethics, especially in AI Ethics, and Animal Consciousness. 

The Municipality of Nea Philadelphia - Nea Chalkidona and Chrysanthi Kekhrologou, Doctor of Philosophy of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, organize the sixth cycle on Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence, on Monday 22-1-24 at 7pm.

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Proceedings of the XXIII World Congress of Philosophy. Volume 45 (2018), Philosophy of Cognitive Sciences pp. 9 - 14. DOI: 10.5840/wcp23201845911

In recent years, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has focused its research interest in the philosophical theories of embodied cognition (EC). Seeking a way out of the GOFAI’s dead-end attempt to develop intelligent robots with the ability to perform complex tasks in unknown and changing environments, AI adopted basic principles of the EC, like the body's direct interactions with the world.

At the turn of the 21st century, Susan Leigh Anderson and Michael Anderson conceived and introduced the Machine Ethics research program, that aimed to highlight the requirements under which autonomous artificial intelligence systems could demonstrate ethical behavior guided by moral values, and at the same time to show that these values, as well as ethics in general, can be representable and computable. Our discussion with the two inspirers and originators of Machine Ethics highlights the epistemological, metaphysical and ethical questions arising by this project, as well as the realistic and pragmatic demands that dominate artificial intelligence and robotics research programs. [CONATUS, 2021]

Symposium: Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence: Needs for New Foundations on the 4th National Conference on the Philosophy of Science, December 2016, Athens, Greece. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.21523.12325

Following the critique of Dreyfus, this announcement focuses on the argument that terms such as “processing”, “calculation” or “flow” of information etc, when used -literally and not figuratively- in order to describe mechanisms that govern systems of different nature, lead to an abusive multiplication of entities without offering (at least until now) any satisfactory solutions towards the convergence of the HC and AI scientific fields.

The debate over the attribution of personhood to non-human entities is of an increasing concern to both academia and institutions. The intelligence, autonomy and efficiency exhibited by modern AI systems, raise pressing questions regarding the moral responsibility issues their use entails. In our paper we focus our discussion on autonomous war machines, as their actions, design, production and use cause philosophical controversies. [PERSONHOOD, 2020]

Presentation for the 6th Panhellenic Conference in Philosophy of Science | Department of History and Philosophy of Science, NKUA, Athens, Greece, 03-05 December 2020 |DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.13671.47520

Distinguishing between a quasi moral agent and a literally moral agent, I will attempt to describe those conditions beyond autonomy and behavior that must be met, in order to attribute the traits of a moral agent to an artificial intelligence system. Such a system, in addition to duties, could potentially have rights, obligations and responsibilities, coexisting with other intelligent beings or systems in a possibly revised form of social fabric. [NKUA, 2020]