Roberto Simanowski „Sprachmaschinen: eine Philosophie der künstlichen Intelligenz“

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We currently encounter artificial intelligence primarily in the form of language machines, computer programs that offer to do our thinking for us. And we are only too willing to accept this offer.

The media philosopher Roberto Simanowski shows with expertise, wit and philosophical depth what consequences this seduction could have. He reflects on the strengths and weaknesses of digital cleverness in an easy-to-understand way and describes the momentum of a technology that seemed desirable in science fiction, but whose prerequisites and effects we have never really thought about. He makes it clear that artificial intelligence is not only changing the world, it is also a philosophical project that encourages us to think again about ourselves. (From the jury statement for the German Non-Fiction Prize 2026)