A relevância contemporânea da filosofia de Peirce em relação à inteligência artificial

José Luiz Zanette

doi:10.23925/2316-5278.2025v26i1:e69459

Authors

José Luiz Zanette Centro de Estudos de Pragmatismo da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de são Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/2316-5278.2025v26i1:e69459

Keywords:

Artificial intelligence, Hypothetical nature, Inferences, Peirce

Abstract

The proliferation of Artificial Intelligences, now an umbrella term for a broad array of interrelated technologies, has fostered a climate of insecurity. Beyond the predictive nature of several technologies, which generate hypotheses for human decisions, the generative aspect of using LLMs has been added, thriving immature, questionable, and prone to ethical concerns. Socially, there is great enthusiasm about the potential progress these advancements might bring, alongside significant apprehension regarding the potential misuse of this technological turning. Both perspectives are legitimate. Consequently, a great deal of misinformation clouds the reasonable assessment of just “how big” AI is. In this article, we take a step back to question how the tool aligns with emotions and, more importantly, with the semiotic relationships and inferences that can arise from its outcomes. In the introduction, by establishing new boundaries for ethics, we reflect on its contemporary position as a branch of philosophy. In the second section, as concisely as possible, we attempt to clarify how artificial intelligence operates, and then we explore the risks and potential dysfunctions of the tool. Finally, in the conclusion, we present elements that highlight the contemporaneity of Peirce's philosophy in reference to generative artificial intelligence.

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