Silvano Zipoli Caiani
faculty member in theoretical Philosophy University of Florence
Silvano Zipoli Caiani was born in Florence in 1978. After earning his degree in Philosophy in 2005, he completed a PhD in Science and Society in 2010, developing a research trajectory at the intersection of philosophy and cognitive science. From 2010 to 2015, he was a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Milan, where he worked on topics related to cognition, action, and mental representation. He subsequently served as a researcher at the University of Florence until 2018. His current research focuses on the relationships between artificial intelligence, cognitive science, and society, with particular attention to the interpretability, transparency, and trustworthiness of AI systems. He teaches Philosophy of Mind and Science and Technology Communication at the University of Florence and is the author of numerous national and international publications.
Past talks
Sat. 26 September
at 16:30 - 17:45
16:30 - 17:45
Saturday 26 September
Area Talk 2
Piazza Unità d'Italia, 34121, Trieste, TS
Piazza Unità d'Italia, 34121, Trieste, TS
TRIESTE
What is intelligence? How can we distinguish human intelligence from artificial intelligence? By bringing together neuroscience, machine learning, and philosophy, we explore the similarities and differences between biological brains and artificial systems. We discover how large language models — the “brains” behind tools like ChatGPT — work and what makes them so skilled at answering our questions. Can we really say that they “think,” or are we simply projecting human categories onto them?
Location: Area Talk 2 - Piazza Unità d'Italia, 34121, Trieste
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