［Event Information］
☉ Title: Democracy at the Crossroads: AI’s Impact on Human Dignity and Social Cohesion
☉ Date: April 1st, 2025 (Tue) 10:10-12:10
☉ Venu: The 2nd Conference Room, 4F, Yun-Ping Building West Block
☉ Speaker: Michal Valčo / Professor, Comenius University Bratislava
☉ Moderator: Cheng-Ta Yang / Director, CHASS NCKU
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［Abstract］
In our rapidly evolving technological landscape, artificial intelligence is reshaping social, political, and ethical structures—often in ways we struggle to fully understand. Drawing on insights from Jonathan Haidt’s social psychology and Yuval Noah Harari’s (among others') exploration of AI’s transformative power, my presentation will examine how AI-generated content, micro-targeting, and data-driven surveillance can profoundly impact democratic institutions and the narratives that sustain them. By focusing on the central concepts of human dignity and mutual trust, we will explore how the erosion of shared public discourse and the proliferation of echo chambers threaten key democratic pillars of trust, accountability, and community. Beyond diagnosing the challenges, the talk will propose relationally grounded strategies—rooted in ethics, theology, and cultural anthropology—to ensure AI development aligns with democratic values and nurtures rather than undermines our social fabric. Ultimately, my reflection will highlight the responsibility shared by scholars, policymakers, and technologists to forge collaborative, ethically sound responses so that AI remains a means of strengthening human collaboration and safeguarding the common good.

「民主的岔路：AI 對人類尊嚴與社會凝聚力的影響」

在科技迅速演進的時代，人工智慧（AI）正以我們難以全面理解的方式，不斷重塑社會、政治與倫理結構。這場演講結合強納森・海特（Jonathan Haidt）的社會心理學觀點以及尤瓦爾・赫拉利（Yuval Noah Harari）等學者對人工智慧變革力量的探討，深入解析 AI 生成內容、精準投放與數據驅動監控如何深刻影響民主機制以及維持其運作的敘事。演講將聚焦人類尊嚴與相互信任這兩大核心概念，探討公眾輿論的侵蝕與回音室效應的擴散如何威脅且動搖民主的重要支柱——信任、政治課責與社群意識。除了剖析當前面臨的挑戰，講者亦將提出以關係為基礎的策略，從倫理學、神學與文化人類學出發，確保人工智慧的發展能夠符合民主價值，強化而非削弱社會結構。最後，講者將反思並強調學者、決策者與科技專家所應共同承擔的責任，打造合作型且合乎倫理的應對措施，以確保 AI 始終做為鞏固人類合作與維護公眾福祉之用。