The thesis addresses ontological, epistemological, and ethical questions related to artificial intelligence. It begins by introducing and attempting to define artificial intelligence as an institutionalized research discipline that began to develop in the mid-20th century. Simultaneously, it presents some much older philosophical reflections on whether intelligence similar to that of humans could exist elsewhere, which significantly predates the official birth of artificial intelligence as a scientific discipline. The exploration of the possibility of artificial intelligence's existence is employed in the thesis to serve as a basis for reflecting on some of the most challenging ontological and epistemological questions. The subsequent part of the thesis, using the example of systems powered by so called weak artificial intelligence, investigates ethical dilemmas arising from the weaknesses and limitations of these systems on one hand and the potential for their abuse on the other.
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