Being Human in a Technological Age

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Technology affects almost everything we do in our daily lives and it influences most of our plans for the future. Artificial intelligence, smartphones, crypto currencies, 3D printing, robotic surgery – it all entered our world recently but it impacts our personal and societal lives in rapid speed. Technologies take on more and more attributes that we used to think of as uniquely human: learning, action, reaction, reason, adaptation. In the light of the rapidly developing technology, the ancient question ‘What does it mean to be human?’ gains urgency. In this course we will explore questions like: How do we understand the role of technology in our lives? How can technology be of service to life in the 21st century? How do we protect our own and other’s freedom in the face of technological development? What does it mean to be human in a technological age? 

Nicanor Perlas will be offering an online contribution for the first two days of the week bringing his expertise on AI, and Michaela Glöckler will follow with her knowledge on the effects of technology on our individual and collective freedom.