What AI Can Do

The philosopher Spinoza once asserted that no one knows what a body can do. Similarly, we can ask ourselves about Artificial Intelligence (AI): to what extent is the development of intelligence limited by its technical and material substrate? In other words, what can AI do? The answer is analogous to Spinoza’s: nobody knows the limit of AI.

Manuel Cebral-Loureda is a full-time professor and researcher at the Tecnológico de Monterrey, School of Humanities and Education, Campus Monterrey. He holds a PhD in Philosophy (University of Santiago de Compostela), with the thesis ＂The cybernetic revolution from the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze: a critical review of data mining and Big Data tools＂, and has a master’s degree in Statistical Learning and Data Mining (UNED), as well as another in Art, Philosophy and Creativity (University of Valencia). His current interests focus on Digital Humanities (applying computational tools and methods to humanistic studies), the critical reflection on technology, and Posthumanism. Some of his most recent articles include ＂The beginnings of the COVID19 pandemic on Twitter. Computational analysis of public conversation in the Spanish language＂ (2021) or ＂Will and desire in modern philosophy: a computational approach＂ (2020). Since 2021, he is a member of the Mexican National System of Researchers (SNI).