What happens when technology begins to interfere with our thoughts?
At the invitation of the ISH Faculty of Alma Mater Europaea University, we will host an outstanding international expert, Professor Dr. Marcello Ienca from the Technical University of Munich , whose work opens up some of the most important questions of our time.
We invite you to explore the answers to these questions together with us at the guest online lecture entitled Artificial Intelligence, Neurotechnology, and Human Experience: The Phenomenology of Spirit Mediated by Artificial Intelligence , which will take place on Friday, September 11, 2026, at 6:00 PM via Zoom.
Prof. Dr. Marcello Ienca is a professor of the ethics of artificial intelligence and neuroscience at the Technical University of Munich and an internationally recognized researcher of the relationship between humans and technology. His research focuses on the ethical and social implications of artificial intelligence and neurotechnology, especially issues of human autonomy, identity, privacy of thought, and the responsible development of new technologies. As an expert and rapporteur, he has collaborated with leading international institutions, including the United Nations, UNESCO, OECD, the Council of Europe, and the European Parliament, and he is president of the International Neuroethics Society.
Lecture content
Artificial intelligence and neurotechnology are increasingly changing the way we perceive the world, understand it, and act within it – while at the same time raising a much more personal question: are they also changing the way we understand ourselves? The lecture will explore, through Hegel’s idea of the “phenomenology of spirit,” what happens to human experience when our thinking, decision-making, and action become ever more closely intertwined with intelligent technologies – from generative artificial intelligence to brain-computer interfaces.
What does such development mean for our autonomy, identity, privacy of thought, and freedom to act? And what role can the humanities play in shaping a technological future in which the human being still remains at the center? The lecture opens questions that may seem like questions of the future, but with the exceptionally rapid development of artificial intelligence and neurotechnology, they are becoming questions of the present.
