A new generation is raised with AI, and, possibly, by AI. This new reality makes it imperative to recognise significant new opportunities but also address crucial challenges.
In the age of digital transformation, it is essential to adopt age appropriate approaches and designs. Children must be equipped with the abilities and tools that will allow them to flourish within the digital world and that will enable them to become functioning democratic citizens. Parents, caregivers and educators must be educated to consider the effects on children’s life, reputation, and future when using AI.
The inaugural edition of The Lyceum Project in 2024 set out an Aristotelian ethical framework for addressing the key challenges and opportunities created by the rapid development of AI technologies, as presented by Oxford’s Institute for Ethics in AI Director John Tasioulas and Stanford Professor Josiah Ober’s new white paper: “Lyceum Project: AI Ethics with Aristotle”.
Central themes of the paper included the following:
Building on the central themes of the Aristotelian ethical framework, on the 20th of June, this year’s edition of The Lyceum Project focuses on the high-priority issue of enabling children, tomorrow’s citizens, to flourish in the age of AI:
Topics of discussion will include: