Artificial ‘Intelligence’ and the Grandeur of Human Intelligence

Vasilios Petruleas, former Research Director, N.C.S.R. “Demokritos”

A1. What is AI?
From ELIZA to ChatGPT

A2. Our life with AI
Everyday life
When AI makes decisions for us, without us
Fake news
Our manipulation

A3. High ambitions
The robot Sophia
Dialogue with AI: friendship, education?
AI in the ecclesiastical sphere?

A5. Demystification
Knowledge is lived experience!
Machines that know everything and understand nothing!

B1. Our brain
The most complex creation
Models of the brain (does it function like a computer?)

B2. Are we our brain?
Where does consciousness reside, along with emotions and feelings?

B3. The magnificent realm of the human soul
We are unique persons; we possess self-awareness, free will, moral conscience, imagination, creativity, and a sense of beauty.

Artificial intelligence is a remarkable achievement; however, praise belongs not to machines but to human intelligence. Technology will continue its impressive progress, yet absolute dependence on it threatens to lead us into subjugation.

Vasilios Petruleas is a PhD physicist and former Research Director at the National Centre for Scientific Research “Demokritos.” His work has focused on physics and biophysics, with particular emphasis on the study of solar energy capture and water splitting during photosynthesis. He participated in international research programs and served as a regular reviewer for American and European scientific journals.

He has published a significant number of papers in international scientific journals and has presented research at numerous international conferences. He is a regular contributor to the journals “Our Action”, “Syndesmos”, and others, and is the author of two popular science books: