From the art of persuasion to deep-fake, words rule the education of the citizen. The advice of Aristotle and Umberto Eco
Abstract
The digitalization process exposes society to false communications,
in the face of which one feels powerless.
The increasingly intrusive evolution of information technology must stimulate scholars in all fields to understand these changes without indulging in apocalyptic attitudes.
Intellectuals and educators must be aware that the use of technology is a further evolution of the art of persuasion that politics has always used to build consensus.
In every age, the commitment of intellectuals has been to expose lies and teach how to live in honesty and commitment to all.
Contemporary reality, made more complex as it is speeded up by technological tools, is the explicit manifestation of the irrepressible conjugation of the sciences.
Keywords: Umberto Eco; rhetoric; truth; power, mass.
Riferimenti bibliografici
Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics.
Aristotle, Politics.
Aristotle, Rhetoric.
Eco U. (1964), Apocalittici e integrati, Bompiani.
Eco U. (2011), Apocalittici e integrati, Bompiani.
Eco U. (1985), Sugli specchi e altri saggi, Bompiani.
Eco U. (1993), Can Television Teach? in M. Alvarado et al. (eds.), The Screen Education Reader, Macmillan Publishers Limited.
Eco U. (2007), Dire quasi la stessa cosa, Bompiani, 2007.
Galland P. (documentary directed by) (2023), Steve Bannon: Brexit and Beyond, IMDbPro.
Guardelli E. (2024), Intelligenza Artificiale e Il Futuro dell’Educazione, MedTechBiz.
Heaven W.D (2023)., Geoffrey Hinton tells us why he’s now scared of the tech he helped buid, MIT Technology Review, May 2.
Heikkilä M. (2024), AI “godfather” Yoshua Bengio has joined a UK project to prevent AI catastrophes, MIT Tecnology Review, august 7.
Hinton G., Bengio J. et al. (2023), Statement on AI Risk, AI experts and public figures express their concern about AI risk, Center for AI Safety. https://www.safe.ai/work/statement-on-ai-risk
Le Cun Y. (2019), Quand la machine apprend. La révolution des neurones artificiels et de l’apprentissage profond, Odile Jacob.
Marchetti J. (2024), Il potere della menzogna. Comunicazione e politica nella società digitale, Il Mulino.
Pause Giant AI Experiments: An Open Letter, Future of Life Institute, March 22, 2023. https://futureoflife.org/open-letter/pause-giant-ai-experiments/
Plato, Fedro
Robichaud A. (2013), Interview to Noam Chomsky, Chomsky Official Site, March 26. http://chomsky.info/20130326/
Spengler O. (1978), Il Tramonto Dell’occidente Lineamenti di una morfologia della Storia mondiale, Calabrese Conte R., Cottone M., Jesi F., Guanda Editore.
Tech Accord to Combat against Deceptive Use of AI in 2024 Elections, MSC, February 16, 2024. https://securityconference.org/en/aielectionsaccord/
##submission.downloads##
Pubblicato
Come citare
Fascicolo
Sezione
Licenza
Copyright (c) 2025 Nicola Tenerelli, Antonio Ascione
Questo lavoro è fornito con la licenza Creative Commons Attribuzione - Non commerciale - Non opere derivate 4.0 Internazionale.
