Seminar (AID4So): Ethical and Legal Challenges and AI Policy

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Summary

Artificial intelligence is quickly becoming a central force shaping every dimension of human life, from global systems to everyday decisions. This makes it urgent to engage in an ethical debate about what uses of AI should be considered permissible, responsible, or fair. A coherent European and even international regulatory framework is needed—one that safeguards fundamental rights and democratic freedoms while remaining flexible enough to foster responsible and sustainable technological innovation. Such a framework must ensure that we do not delegate moral or political responsibility to machines, corporations, or institutions that might misuse AI technology. At the core lies the idea of social justice: technology should serve human dignity and collective, planetary well-being. Ultimately, this is a political question—what kind of AI, and therefore what kind of world, do we want to build together?

Xavier de Donato Rodríguez

Professor of Logic and Philosophy of Science at the Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC), and since February 2023 he serves as Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy. He earned his PhD in Logic and Philosophy of Science at the Ludwig‑Maximilians‑Universität München (Munich, Germany) and completed post-doctoral research at the Instituto de Investigaciones Filosóficas, UNAM (Mexico). His research focuses on logic, argumentation theory, epistemology and philosophy of science. He has published high-impact work in international journals and publishing houses such as Springer. He is currently the president of the Spanish Network for the Philosophy of AI. As dean, he aims to strengthen the faculty’s external projection, boost mobility and postgraduate programmes, support research groups, and promote gender-equity policies.