Confindustria Caserta invited Father Paolo Benanti to discuss the relationship between ethics, artificial intelligence and the future, according to Il Mattino.
Benanti described digital power as potentially “unappealable,” drawing a parallel with the case of Nicolas Guillou and the excommunication of Spinoza. Personal information, automated systems and digital platforms, he argued, can become instruments of power, surveillance and anticipation of behaviour.
His answer is what he calls “algoretica,” or algorethics: a set of limits and principles to guide digital development with respect for the person and democracy.
The consequences for business were central to the meeting. Artificial intelligence could affect multinationals and small and medium-sized firms differently, widening gaps tied to research, capital and market access, according to Il Mattino.
Benanti said technology is neither simply good nor bad, but neither is it neutral. Ethics, he argued, must ask who will gain and who will lose, and involve the different stakeholders in that choice.
