Technology and flourishing
AI and human capacities
What do we owe each other in terms of flourishing? Does the social, institutional and cultural environment matter for flourishing, and should it be equal for all? read about how technology affordances shape our good.
On Technology affordances and human flourishing which opened up a very interesting debate on integrating ethics into action theory
Should we be wary of social bots? if we're interested in virtue-friendships, social bots might stand in the way of our developing the capacities necessary for meaningful relationships with other humans.
Empathetic Large Language Models, the social capacities and human flourishing with Leora Sung.
Political philosophy of technology
Disruptive technologies present an urgent challenge not only our individual well-being and autonomy but also our political and collective self-constitution.
I'm interested in how technology might deskill capacities we need for democratic deliberation, published in Minds and Machines.
More generally, we're building a community of political philosophers of technology, launched in the SPT symposium A political (re-)turn in the philosophy of engineering and technology. If you're interested in hearing more, please get in touch avigailf@technion.ac.il