The Philosophy and Ethics of AI Research Group examines the fundamental questions surrounding the integration of artificial intelligence into human society—its implications for autonomy, agency, responsibility, and justice. As AI systems increasingly shape decision-making processes in governance, medicine, warfare, employment, and personal life, urgent ethical and philosophical challenges arise: What does it mean for AI to act ethically? Who bears responsibility for decisions made by autonomous systems? Can AI reflect human values, or does it inevitably reshape them? How does AI interact with values across diverse cultures and societies? And at a more fundamental level, does AI challenge our very understanding of intelligence, reasoning, and moral agency?

This initiative takes a multidisciplinary approach, bridging philosophy, law, political theory, and technology studies to critically assess the moral foundations and societal impact of AI. The research focuses on key ethical tensions, including fairness and bias, explainability and transparency, algorithmic accountability, and the moral status of AI itself. It also considers the broader philosophical implications of AI’s role in shaping knowledge, power structures, and human identity.

Rather than treating AI ethics as a set of static principles, this research group views it as a dynamic and evolving field—one that must continuously adapt to new technological realities, global governance frameworks, and shifting societal values. As AI systems integrate into our societies and everyday lives, and become more sophisticated and autonomous, the challenge is not just to set ethical guidelines but to critically engage with the philosophical foundations of intelligence, decision-making, and moral reasoning, reassessing what these concepts mean in the context of AI.