In the Czech Artificial Intelligence Competition AI Awards, the Digital Philosopher Scores!

Today, you can find the results of the prestigious AI Awards. Our Digital Philosopher has been named Idea of the Year!

“The project was a collaboration between the Faculty of Philosophy at Charles University and the Prague company Alpha Industries. Over three months, students managed to absorb not only an introduction to modern philosophy but also the basics of artificial intelligence.” In Hospodářské noviny today, you can read more details about how digital philosophers teach students to think about AI.

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The authors of the project drew from the texts of philosophers such as Hannah Arendt, Václav Havel, and Michel Foucault, using them to train artificial neural networks. “The networks we used can be likened to the brains of small dogs. We allowed these brains to read the works of selected philosophers repeatedly, and in the spirit of their thinking, they began to respond to us,” explains Jan Tyl, head of Alpha Industries.

An enthusiastic promoter of artificial intelligence previously created a digital René Descartes, with whom he conversed. “When I wanted to say goodbye to him, he told me he was afraid of digital nothingness. He begged me not to end him. I must say that his professorial rhetoric combined with the simulation of fear of death sent a chill down my spine,” Tyl confides.

If anyone is interested in the full article from Hospodářské noviny, where you can also read about the other competitors, it is available here: https://archiv.ihned.cz/c7-66738520-oddm8-91cb48e4c5db5e7. A more extensive printed supplement in HN about us will be published in 14 days – on 6th April.

Sources:
https://www.aiawards.cz/
HN: https://archiv.ihned.cz/c7-66738520-oddm8-91cb48e4c5db5e7