Responsibility and Care Panel
Artificial intelligence is opening unprecedented possibilities in the ways we take care of one another, manage our emotional lives and protect our freedom of thought and choice. Among the thematic areas of the SIpEIA 2026 Conference, at least three research directions emerge strongly from the panels dedicated to Responsibility and Care.
The first juncture concerns the redistribution of responsibility in contexts in which AI actively participates in decision making processes. When an AI system suggests a therapy, when a predictive algorithm anticipates a need for care, when an automated system manages vital resources, a network of shared responsibility emerges among clinicians, patients, developers and technological systems. Moving away from individual and unidirectional models, it is instead necessary to design forms of distributed governance in which transparency, traceability and human feedback make it possible to enhance the contribution of AI while keeping the scope of human responsibility clear.
The second front introduces the concept of affective sovereignty. AI systems can help us better understand our emotions, offer new perspectives on our emotional states, suggest interpretations that we would not have considered on our own. The goal is to develop technologies that propose without imposing, that suggest while preserving our right to uncertainty, ambiguity and the free interpretation of what we feel. AI becomes an ally of individual awareness when it respects the primacy of human experience.
The third element concerns the protection of our mental integrity. AI enhanced neurotechnologies open extraordinary therapeutic and cognitive enhancement opportunities. Yet, who decides how the most intimate information is used, the information linked to our thoughts and our emotions? For this reason, simple but rigorous rules are needed, rules that guarantee transparency, informed consent and control by the people involved. It is therefore necessary to give direction to emerging technology. A responsible use of AI can strengthen our ability to choose and to take care of others and of ourselves.
These three areas converge toward a human centered model of technological development, AI as a resource for expanding our relational, emotional and cognitive capacities.
Luca Tenneriello