{"id":222029,"date":"2026-05-28T16:20:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T20:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/28\/philosophy-ethics-testing-ai-and-training-ethical-thinkers\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T17:35:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T21:35:18","slug":"philosophy-ethics-testing-ai-and-training-ethical-thinkers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/28\/philosophy-ethics-testing-ai-and-training-ethical-thinkers\/","title":{"rendered":"Philosophy &#038; Ethics: Testing AI and training ethical thinkers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smcvt.edu\/about-smc\/news\/2026\/may\/philosophy-ethics-testing-ai-and-training-ethical-thinkers\/\">Philosophy &#038; Ethics: Testing AI and training ethical thinkers<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smcvt.edu\/about-smc\/news\/2026\/may\/philosophy-ethics-testing-ai-and-training-ethical-thinkers\/\">https:\/\/www.smcvt.edu\/about-smc\/news\/2026\/may\/philosophy-ethics-testing-ai-and-training-ethical-thinkers\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-28 16:20:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.smcvt.edu\">www.smcvt.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Crystal L\u2019Hote, Director of Philosophy and Ethics at St. Mike\u2019s, advocates for a balanced approach to artificial intelligence between &#8220;AI boosters&#8221; and &#8220;AI pessimists.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>The school&#8217;s ethics course forms the intellectual basis for all other academic disciplines, with advanced philosophy and ethics classes, including L\u2019Hote\u2019s AI Ethics and Policy course.<\/li>\n<li>In her courses, L\u2019Hote discusses the ethical implications of AI, such as chatbots, deepfakes, AI agent use, and AI\u2019s impact on the nature of work.<\/li>\n<li>The AI Ethics and Policy course contrasts policy approaches on AI from the U.S. and Europe, like analyzing the EU\u2019s Artificial Intelligence Act.<\/li>\n<li>Students conduct AI audits through a hands-on &#8220;red teaming&#8221; experiment to reveal biases in AI systems, engaging in collaborative interdisciplinary projects.<\/li>\n<li>L\u2019Hote\u2019s course aims to equip students with critical analytical tools for navigating the ethical dimensions of AI.<\/li>\n<li>The course integrates Catholic textual analysis alongside varied ethical traditions for a comprehensive understanding of AI\u2019s implications.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Philosophy &#038; Ethics: Testing AI and training ethical thinkers https:\/\/www.smcvt.edu\/about-smc\/news\/2026\/may\/philosophy-ethics-testing-ai-and-training-ethical-thinkers\/ Publish Date: 2026-05-28 16:20:00 Source&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":222030,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.smcvt.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20170927_vtstmichaels-49.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-222029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222029"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222029"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222029\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":222031,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222029\/revisions\/222031"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}