Dr. Richard Benjamins

By dr. Richard Benjamins Imagine coming home every evening to someone who is always there, always listening, and never has anywhere else to be. Would that presence comfort you, or would it quietly change what you expect from the people around you?. That question sits at the heart of one of the most talked-about art projects of the last few years: The Hybrid Couple, by Spanish artist Alicia Framis, and her artificial partner, AIlex Sibouwlingen. From an artist residency in California to a...

Dr. Richard Benjamins meeting Pope Francis at the Vatican, 2019 MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS – On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence The article analyses the encyclical Magnifica Humanitas, presented as the Pope’s reflection on artificial intelligence, and interprets it as a major ethical and humanist call in response to the impact of AI on society, work, politics, and human dignity. Its central thesis is that technology and artificial intelligence must serve humanity...