In today’s episode, we’re interviewing Muriel Leuenberger who is a postdoctoral researcher in philosophy at the Digital Society Initiative at the University of Zurich.

She works on ethics of technology with a focus on generative AI and neuroethics. In those fields, she analyses the impact of different technologies on identity, authenticity and meaning in life.

We dive into her latest research paper ‘Should you let AI tell you who you are and what you should do?”. We discuss to what extent AI actually can impact who you are and your process of self-creation. 

Some questions we address: 

• How do humans form their identify? 
• How could lack of randomness, and bad choices, prevent you from finding out who you are? 
• What could be the implications if we let AI provide recommendations in most aspects of our lives? 
• Where do we draw the line between harmless suggestions and deeper influence over our identity or life choices? 
• What does a future where we get AI right look like? 

Tune in to listen to the interview!