Ethics and AI: where are the humanities?

Mara Pometti
2 min readJul 18, 2021

The word ethics –coming from the ancient Greek word ἦθος, meaning habits, character — was first used by Aristotle, in the effort of creating a new philosophical branch from the arguments originated by his predecessors, Socrate and Plato. Aristotle’s attempt with the study of ethics was to offer a rational answer to the question of how human beings should best live pursuing virtue and happiness. Today, I feel this inevitably ties back to AI, which is part of our lives.

This article from the The New York Times. especially this quote “I don’t know enough theology

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Mara Pometti

AI Strategy at IBM. “The most valuable commodity in business today, if people would only recognize it, is enthusiasm” –R.J.