On 26 May, the prestigious annual event CTO SUMMIT 2023 took place in Valencia, at La Rambleta, organized by GEEKSHUBS and this year strongly focused on Artificial Intelligence, Tech Talent and Humanism, among other themes. Once again, Pedro Mujica took part with an innovative talk titled: «Generative Artificial Intelligence from the Technohumanist Approach: Addressing the New Educational Challenges in the Current Digital Ecosystem«.
The CTO Summit is the only congress aimed at CTOs and IT teams in Spain that brings together tech leaders who are tackling the sector’s great technological challenges. The congress features talks on innovative technology and technology for social good, management of talent in IT teams and a business approach for CTOs. The CTO Summit is an initiative of the Comunidad Geek, which called for an advanced technology forum in Spain. GeeksHubs, founders of the Comunidad Geek, is a company that drives tech talent through training and recruitment.
In the current era of generative artificial intelligence, the world is experiencing an unprecedented change. This technological revolution is transforming our lives and the way work evolves. Large companies announce that many tasks can be automated and that it is appropriate to restructure their workforces. It is in this context that we must generate a debate around the ethical and educational concerns that arise, and whether we are on the right path for work to be readapted at the right pace that this new generation of advanced tools requires.
Technohumanism, as a movement, recognizes the power and potential of digital technology and artificial intelligence to improve our lives and create a better world. At the same time, however, it is aware of the need for a normative ethics to guide the development and implementation of these technologies so that they serve people and not the other way around. This talk seeks to explore how Technohumanism can provide a useful framework for facing educational challenges in a constantly evolving and accelerating digital ecosystem, and to ensure that our societies can make the most of the opportunities offered by generative artificial intelligence, while minimizing the risks and preserving fundamental human values.
- Pedro Mujica introduced the concept of generative artificial intelligence, highlighting the need to unite technology with the humanities.
- He discussed the importance of integrating sociologists, anthropologists and philosophers into technology teams to create a multidisciplinary approach.
- Mujica described generative artificial intelligence as the creation of completely new content, without copying existing material.
- He emphasized the responsibility of technologists to explain concepts, offer hope and act socially to guarantee a positive future. He also highlighted the need for regulation and ethical considerations.
- And above all he highlighted the accelerated pace of technological advances and the overwhelming number of generative artificial intelligence applications, which generates fear and confusion in society.
The talk was fully recorded and uploaded to YouTube. In a relaxed, approachable tone, Pedro Mujica made the assembled community of CTOs reflect on the importance of re-educating people, who are the main asset of our current society, so that they adopt these tools as soon as possible and see them for what they are, powerful tools that should empower us.
Originally published in Spanish on IANética (2023). English version prepared for TecnoHumanismo.
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