Humankind and Ubiquitous Autonomous AI: A Symbiotic or Dystopian Interaction? A Socio-Philosophical Inquiry
by Michael A. Vidalis 1, Antonios S. Andreatos 2,* 
1 Independent Researcher, Athens 16674, Greece
2 Hellenic Air Force Academy, Div. of Computer Engineering and Information Science, Dekeleia, Attica 13671, Greece
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Journal of Engineering Research and Sciences, Volume 1, Issue 5, Page # 109-118, 2022; DOI: 10.55708/js0105012
Keywords: Artificial Moral Agents, Amensalism, Artificial Intelligence, Transhumanism, Superintelligence, Technoethics
Received: 28 February 2022, Revised: 15 April 2022, Accepted: 23 April 2022, Published Online: 12 May 2022
APA Style
Vidalis, M. A., & Andreatos, A. S. (2022). Humankind and Ubiquitous Autonomous AI: A Symbiotic or Dystopian Interaction? A Socio-Philosophical Inquiry. Journal of Engineering Research and Sciences, 1(5), 109–118. https://doi.org/10.55708/js0105012
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Vidalis, Michael A., and Antonios S. Andreatos. “Humankind and Ubiquitous Autonomous AI: A Symbiotic or Dystopian Interaction? A Socio-Philosophical Inquiry.” Journal of Engineering Research and Sciences 1, no. 5 (May 1, 2022): 109–18. https://doi.org/10.55708/js0105012.
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M. A. Vidalis and A. S. Andreatos, “Humankind and Ubiquitous Autonomous AI: A Symbiotic or Dystopian Interaction? A Socio-Philosophical Inquiry,” Journal of Engineering Research and Sciences, vol. 1, no. 5, pp. 109–118, May 2022, doi: 10.55708/js0105012.
The technological revolution in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Autonomous Robotics is expected to transform societies in ways we cannot even imagine. The way we live, interact, work, and fight wars, will not be like anything witnessed before in human history. This qualitative research paper endeavors to examine the effect of said technological advancements on multiple socio-philosophical planes, including societal structure and ethics. AI mismanagement which we are already beginning to witness, coupled with humankinds’ historical ethical infractions, serve as an awakening call for global action to safeguard humanity; AI ethics ought to be examined through the Social Principle and the Social Contract. A proactive, vigilant stance seems imperative, in order to safeguard misuse, as in the case of robot-soldiers or armed drones, which is a case of amensalism disguised. As technological progress is already interfering with humankind and conscience, and in light of expressed concerns from legal and civil liberties groups, it is imperative to immediately criminalize any research in AI weapons, shumans and the crossbreeding of humans with machines, considering these as crimes against Humanity.
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