Andrea Lavazza
Biographic Data
| ID | 459845 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andrea Lavazza |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andrea |
| FAMILY NAME | Lavazza |
| SIGNATURE | LAVAZZA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Centro Universitario Internazionale |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2608-2609 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 36 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 35 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Neuromorphic Computing and Extended Memory
A Stalemate in Naturalizing Ethics
This essay critically examines whether ethical naturalization – understood as the grounding of moral inquiry in empirical sciences – can resolve enduring normative disputes. Focusing specifically on the conflict between retributivist and consequentialist justifications of punishment, we investigate whether naturalistic approaches (drawing on evolutionary psychology, neuroscience, and behavioral economics), in addition to explaining the origins an…
Informed consent under coercion
Automated Warfare and Civilian Harm
Minds of their own? Decoding free will in large language models
Generative AI as a Knowledge Distribution System
The Rise of Quantum Computing
In Section “Introduction” we introduce the concept of quantum computing [QC]; in essence, the attempt to solve very complex computational problems characterized by numerous variables interacting simultaneously by using quantum mechanical effects (such as superposition and quantum interference). In Section “Applications of QC”, we summarise some applications of QC developed to date and discuss some of the benefits that this technology may bring ab…
AI, Authenticity, and the Chatbot between Us
Neuralink’s brain-computer interfaces
Neuralink’s advancements in brain-computer interface (BCI) technology have positioned the company as a leader in this emerging field. The first human implant in 2024, followed by subsequent developments such as the Blindsight implant for vision restoration, marks a significant milestone in neurotechnology. Neuralink’s innovations, including miniaturized devices and robotic implantation techniques, promise transformative applications for individua…
Expertise
Theoretical Neurobiology of Consciousness Applied to Human Cerebral Organoids
Organoids and specifically human cerebral organoids (HCOs) are one of the most relevant novelties in the field of biomedical research. Grown either from embryonic or induced pluripotent stem cells, HCOs can be used as in vitro three-dimensional models, mimicking the developmental process and organization of the developing human brain. Based on that, and despite their current limitations, it cannot be assumed that they will never at any stage of d…
AI and society
Machine learning in human creativity
The Costs and Perils of Weaponizing Consumer Technologies (The 2024 Pager and Walkie-Talkie Explosions in Lebanon and Syria)
On 17 September 2024, thousands of pagers and walkie-talkies used by civilians, an unspecified portion of which belonged to militants of the political party and paramilitary group Hezbollah in Syria and Lebanon exploded simultaneously, killing dozens of users (including innocent children), maiming thousands, and creating chaos and panic in the streets.1 The attack was repeated across Lebanon the day after, on 18 September 2024, and allegedly invo…
Philosophy, Expertise, and the Myth of Neutrality
The pandemic has offered to many the jarring experience that one’s epistemic peers, whom we had previously perceived as very similar, may come to wholly different views about numerous aspects of the pandemic – from its severity to the efficacy of lockdowns or the safety of vaccines. This chapter considers how and why conditions of radical uncertainty, which characterised much of our experience during the pandemic, afford such divergence. It is ar…
Human Extinction and AI
Human extinction is something generally deemed as undesirable, although some scholars view it as a potential solution to the problems of the Earth since it would reduce the moral evil and the suffering that are brought about by humans. We contend that humans collectively have absolute intrinsic value as sentient, conscious and rational entities, and we should preserve them from extinction. However, severe threats, such as climate change and incur…
That’s Why is Worth Continuing to Think About Our Successors – A Reply to Erler
Ways of Addressing Human Extinction – a Reply to Glannon
The ‘NeuroGate’
Towards a mixed human-machine creativity
Minding Rights
The rise of neurotechnologies, especially in combination with artificial intelligence (AI)-based methods for brain data analytics, has given rise to concerns around the protection of mental privacy, mental integrity and cognitive liberty – often framed as “neurorights” in ethical, legal, and policy discussions. Several states are now looking at including neurorights into their constitutional legal frameworks, and international institutions and or…
A Balance of Rights
The U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs ruling triggered a global debate about access to abortion and the legislative models governing it. In the United States, there was a sudden reversal of federal guidance about pregnancy termination that is unprecedented in Western and high-income countries. The strong polarization on the issue of abortion and the difficulty of finding a point of compromise lead one to consider the experiences of countries that have h…
Human Brain Organoids
Human brain organoids (HBOs) are three-dimensional biological entities grown in the laboratory in order to recapitulate the structure and functions of the adult human brain. They can be taken to be novel living entities for their specific features and uses. As a contribution to the ongoing discussion on the use of HBOs, the authors identify three sets of reasons for moral concern. The first set of reasons regards the potential emergence of sentie…
Leveraging autonomous weapon systems
Not Too Risky. How to Take a Reasonable Stance on Human Enhancement
Following a trend in bioethical/applied ethics approaches, one of the frustrating features of studies on technological human enhancement is their dichotomous tendency. Often, benefits and risks of technological human enhancement are stated in theoretically and empirically vague, polarized, unweighted ways. This has blocked the debate in the problematic ‘pros vs. cons’ stage, leading to the adoption of extremist positions. In this paper, we will a…
Mind embedded or extended
Leveraging autonomous weapon systems
Experts, naturalism, and democracy
Experts often play a fundamental role in decision‐making processes. They are the bearers of an epistemic authority, which is primarily grounded on what we may call scientific naturalism. The main tenets of this view can clash though with other values characterising our pluralist societies. This may lead to conflicts but also to a devaluation or to a rejection of the sort of knowledge and advise offered by experts. In this paper we propose a new a…
An externalist approach to creativity
An externalist approach to creativity
Contemporary Dualism
The Role of Experts in the Covid-19 Pandemic and the Limits of Their Epistemic Authority in Democracy
In the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic, medical experts (virologists, epidemiologists, public health scholars, and statisticians alike) have become instrumental in suggesting policies to counteract the spread of coronavirus. Given the dangerousness and the extent of the contagion, almost no one has questioned the suggestions that these experts have advised policymakers to implement. Quite often the latter explicitly sought experts' advice and justified un…
Lessons From Italy's and Sweden's Policies in Fighting Covid-19
We start (section The COVID-19 Pandemic and Italy's Response to It) by focusing on Italy's "tough" response to COVID-19 pandemic, which included total lockdown with very limited possibility of movement for over 60 million individuals. We analyse (section Sweden's Softer Approach) Sweden's softer approach, which is based on relatively lax measures and tends to safeguard fundamental constitutional rights. We problematise (section General Disagreeme…
Vampires 2.0? The ethical quandaries of young blood infusion in the quest for eternal life
The meaning of Freedom after Covid-19
Experts, naturalism, and democracy
Experts often play a fundamental role in decision‐making processes. They are the bearers of an epistemic authority, which is primarily grounded on what we may call scientific naturalism. The main tenets of this view can clash though with other values characterising our pluralist societies. This may lead to conflicts but also to a devaluation or to a rejection of the sort of knowledge and advise offered by experts. In this paper we propose a new a…
Not Too Risky. How to Take a Reasonable Stance on Human Enhancement
Following a trend in bioethical/applied ethics approaches, one of the frustrating features of studies on technological human enhancement is their dichotomous tendency. Often, benefits and risks of technological human enhancement are stated in theoretically and empirically vague, polarized, unweighted ways. This has blocked the debate in the problematic ‘pros vs. cons’ stage, leading to the adoption of extremist positions. In this paper, we will a…
Epistemic Responsibility, Rights and Duties During the Covid-19 Pandemic
We start by introducing the idea of echo chambers. Echo chambers are social and epistemic structures in which opinions, leanings, or beliefs about certain topics are amplified and reinforced due to repeated interactions within a closed system; that is, within a system that has a rather homogeneous sample of sources or people, which all share the same attitudes towards the topics in question. Echo chambers are a particularly dangerous phenomena be…
Why There Are Still Moral Reasons to Prefer Extended over Embedded
Incorporation, Transparency and Cognitive Extension
Mind embedded or extended
Minding Rights
The rise of neurotechnologies, especially in combination with artificial intelligence (AI)-based methods for brain data analytics, has given rise to concerns around the protection of mental privacy, mental integrity and cognitive liberty – often framed as “neurorights” in ethical, legal, and policy discussions. Several states are now looking at including neurorights into their constitutional legal frameworks, and international institutions and or…
A Balance of Rights
The U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs ruling triggered a global debate about access to abortion and the legislative models governing it. In the United States, there was a sudden reversal of federal guidance about pregnancy termination that is unprecedented in Western and high-income countries. The strong polarization on the issue of abortion and the difficulty of finding a point of compromise lead one to consider the experiences of countries that have h…
Human Brain Organoids
Human brain organoids (HBOs) are three-dimensional biological entities grown in the laboratory in order to recapitulate the structure and functions of the adult human brain. They can be taken to be novel living entities for their specific features and uses. As a contribution to the ongoing discussion on the use of HBOs, the authors identify three sets of reasons for moral concern. The first set of reasons regards the potential emergence of sentie…
Leveraging autonomous weapon systems
Expertise
Theoretical Neurobiology of Consciousness Applied to Human Cerebral Organoids
Organoids and specifically human cerebral organoids (HCOs) are one of the most relevant novelties in the field of biomedical research. Grown either from embryonic or induced pluripotent stem cells, HCOs can be used as in vitro three-dimensional models, mimicking the developmental process and organization of the developing human brain. Based on that, and despite their current limitations, it cannot be assumed that they will never at any stage of d…
AI and society
Machine learning in human creativity
The Costs and Perils of Weaponizing Consumer Technologies (The 2024 Pager and Walkie-Talkie Explosions in Lebanon and Syria)
On 17 September 2024, thousands of pagers and walkie-talkies used by civilians, an unspecified portion of which belonged to militants of the political party and paramilitary group Hezbollah in Syria and Lebanon exploded simultaneously, killing dozens of users (including innocent children), maiming thousands, and creating chaos and panic in the streets.1 The attack was repeated across Lebanon the day after, on 18 September 2024, and allegedly invo…
Philosophy, Expertise, and the Myth of Neutrality
The pandemic has offered to many the jarring experience that one’s epistemic peers, whom we had previously perceived as very similar, may come to wholly different views about numerous aspects of the pandemic – from its severity to the efficacy of lockdowns or the safety of vaccines. This chapter considers how and why conditions of radical uncertainty, which characterised much of our experience during the pandemic, afford such divergence. It is ar…
Human Extinction and AI
Human extinction is something generally deemed as undesirable, although some scholars view it as a potential solution to the problems of the Earth since it would reduce the moral evil and the suffering that are brought about by humans. We contend that humans collectively have absolute intrinsic value as sentient, conscious and rational entities, and we should preserve them from extinction. However, severe threats, such as climate change and incur…
That’s Why is Worth Continuing to Think About Our Successors – A Reply to Erler
Ways of Addressing Human Extinction – a Reply to Glannon
Epistemology (18 works) · Computer Science (16 works) · Philosophy (16 works) · Sociology (16 works) · Political science (15 works) · Psychology (15 works) · Law (13 works) · Philosophy of science (10 works) · Law and economics (8 works) · Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations (8 works)