Guido Cassinadri

Bio

Guido Cassinadri got a bachelor degree in Philosophy and a master degree in Philosophical Sciences at the University of Bologna. During his master degree, Cassinadri has been an Erasmus student at Utrecht University. Moreover, he completed his master thesis thanks to a research fellow scholarship at the department of Cognitive Sciences at Vassar College, NY, (USA). Cassinadri worked as a consultant for Appears, is a member of the organizing commettee of the seasonal school "Ethos + Tekhné: A New Generation of AI Researchers (2nd Edition)" of the EELISA network of Eruopean Univerisities. He also developed a dissemination project thanks to his YouTube channel "La Filosofia Tiene Svegli". He is now a PhD visiting student and guest scientist at the Technical University of Munich at the Institute of History and Ethics of Medicine. In conclusion, he is also a researcher member of the GENAI Project: "Ensuring Human Cognitive Flourishing against the background of GENerative AI: sustaining deep minds within our new cognitive ecology."

Ricerca

His research topics span through the philosophy of cognitive science, the philosophy of technology and neuroethics. In particolar, his research in neuroethics bridges the gap between the extended mind theory and neurorights. He is now a PhD visiting student and guest scientist at the Technical University of Munich at the Institute of History and Ethics of Medicine.

Pubblicazioni

Cassinadri G, Ienca M. (2024). Non-voluntary BCI explantation: assessing possible neurorights violations in light of contrasting mental ontologies. Journal of Medical Ethics https://doi.org/10.1136/jme-2023-109830

Cassinadri G. and Fasoli, M. (2024) The extended mind thesis and the cognitive artifacts approach: a comparison. In Ienca, M. and Starke, G. (eds.) Developments in Neuroethics and Bioethics. Brains and Machines: Towards a unified Ethics of AI and Neuroscience. Elsevier. ISBN 2589-2959 https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.dnb.2024.02.004

Cassinadri, G. (2024). ChatGPT and the Technology-Education Tension: Applying Contextual Virtue Epistemology to a Cognitive Artifact. Philosophy and Technology. 37, 14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13347-024-00701-7

Cassinadri, G., Fasoli, M. (2023). Rejecting the extended cognition moral narrative: a critique of two normative arguments for extended cognition. Synthese 202, 155. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-023-04397-8

Cassinadri, G. (2022): Moral Reasons Not to posit Extended Cognitive Systems: A reply to Farina and Lavazza. Philosophy and Technology. 35, 64. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13347-022-00560-0

Cassinadri, G. (2022b). Review of ‘Just Deserts. Debating Free Will’, by Daniel C. Dennett and Gregg D. Caruso. Polity Press Ltd, Cambridge, UK, 2021, Lessico di Etica Pubblica. numero 1 (2022) – ISSN 2039-2206.

Corsi

CONFERENCES

17/12/2024 Cassinadri, G. Invited lesson “AI Educational Experiences Around the World: A Philosophical Perspective” (in Italian). Within the program “INTELLIGENZA ARTIFICIALE A SCUOLA: ASPETTI EDUCATIVI, ETICI, GIURIDICI E TECNICI” Istituto Onnicomprensivo annesso al Convitto “C. Colombo”, Genova, Italy

5/12/2024 Cassinadri, G. Invited speaker “The right to mental integrity: vulnerabilities and harms” Conference on AI and Vulnerability, University of Chieti.

16/10/2024 Cassinadri, G. (selected speaker) Ethical Reasons and Legal Tools for Avoiding Unwanted BCI Explantations, Hybrid Mind conference, EPFL, Geneva, Switzerland.

21/11/2024: Cassinadri, G. Invited speaker at the conference “Mind and Materiality” University of Sussex: “Bridging the gap between Neurorights and the Extended Mind Thesis”

19/09/2024 Cassinadri, G. “AI substituting/complementing humans: a cognitive and affective analysis” within the Symposium “On the attribution of cognitive and emotional states to autonomous and intelligent systems”. 20th Annual Conference of the Italian Association for Cognitive Sciences, Rome.

12/09/2024 Cassinadri, G. (selected speaker) Non-voluntary BCI Explantation: Assessing Possible Neurorights Violations in Light of Embedded and Extended Cognition. EACME Conference 2024.

3/08/2024 Cassinadri, G: “Owning one’s own Hybrid Mind: Some ethical challenges of BCIs”, within the roundtable “Human Values and Digital Transition”. World Congress of Philosophy, Rome.

5/08/2024 Cassinadri, G. (selected speaker) Non-voluntary BCI Explantation: Assessing Possible Neurorights Violations in Light of Embedded and Extended Cognition. Bioethics Session. World Congress of Philosophy, Rome.

26/6/2024: Cassinadri, G. Invited speaker at IUSS Pavia Mind Seminar: “Extending the mind and self with a Brain-Computer Interface: Some ethical implications”.

24/6/2024: Cassinadri, G. AI substituting/complementing humans: a cognitive and affective analysis. workshop in Politecnico di Milano “The epistemology and ethics of the attribution of mental states to autonomous and intelligent systems”

5-7/6/2024: Cassinadri, G. and Ienca, M. (selected speaker) Non-voluntary BCI Explantation: Assessing Possible Neurorights Violations in Light of Embedded and Extended Cognition. SINE neuroethics conference “Mind Matters: Navigating Neuroethics in the 21st Century”

21/3/2024: Fiorinelli, G. and Cassinadri, G. Bridging the gap between neurorights and cyberights: building a consistent framework. Introductory talk for the International conference “Bridging the gap between neurorights and cyberights: introducing new ethical and legal safeguards for protecting humans in the digital era”. Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa.

15/3/2924: Cassinadri, G. “IA e IO: implicaioni filosofiche dell’ibridazione mente-artefatti”. lecture in Master in History and Philosophy of Science and Technology. University of Venice Ca’ Foscari.

6/3/2024: Cassinadri, G. ChatGPT in education: Extended Cognition, Cognitive Artifacts and Cognitive Abilities. TU Eindhoven. AI in Education: Ethical and Epistemic Perspectives

15/12/2023: Cassinadri, G. and Fasoli, M. A critique of the Argument From Assessment of Capacities: Extended Cognition, Cognitive Disability and Marginalization. 19th Annual Conference of the Italian Association for Cognitive Sciences Genoa, Italy.

15/12/2023: Cassinadri, G. ChatGPT Does not Extend Students’ Cognition: Applying Virtue Epistemology to a Cognitive Artifact in Educational Settings. 19th Annual Conference of the Italian Association for Cognitive Sciences Genoa, Italy.

2/12/2023: Cassinadri, G. and Bianchini, F. On Defining AI as Extension of Cognition. 1st Annual Web Conference of the International Society for the Philosophy of the Sciences of the Mind 2023.

9/11/2023: Cassinadri, G. ChatGPT in education: Mind Extender or Supercognitive Artifact? Paper presentation at the Conference “Cognitive Ecologies, Values, and Disruptive Technologies”, Organized by the Lisbon Mind, Cognition and Knowledge Group, hosted by NOVA University of Lisbon, in the context of the GENAI Project.

5/10/2023: Navas-Loro, M., Cassinadri, G., Hayoun Mya, O., Parginos, K., Tramacere, S., Vrizzi, S., AI in University and Research: challenges, opportunities and Ethos+Tekhne. 1st EELISA International Conference 2023.

25/08/2023: Cassinadri, G. and Fasoli, M. Rejecting the Extended Narrative: A Critique of Two Normative Arguments for Extended Cognition. Conference TXM@25 – “The Extended Mind” at 25 University of Colorado, Boulder (USA)

30/6/2023: Cassinadri, G. and Fasoli, M. The Assessment of Capacities of Cognitive Tool-Users: From Extended to Integrated Cognitive Systems, Paper Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Society for Applied Philosophy, University of Antwerp, 30 June – 02 July 2023.

11/5/2023: Cassinadri, G. and Fasoli, M. The assessment of capacities of cognitive tool-users: From extended to integrated cognitive systems. Mapping New Challenges in the Neuroethical Landscape - Meetings on Neuroscience and Society, XIV Edition. Pisa-Lucca:

11/5/2023: Cassinadri, G. and Pirni, A. From an extended to a relational interpretation of the right to mental integrity. Mapping New Challenges in the Neuroethical Landscape - Meetings on Neuroscience and Society, XIV Edition. Pisa-Lucca:

13/04/2023: Cassinadri, G. Rejecting the Extended Narrative: A Critique of Two Normative Arguments for Extended Cognition, paper presentation at the workshop on Human Agency, Self-Regulation and 21st Century Technology with Mark Coeckelbergh. Lisbon Mind, Cognition & Knowledge Group– Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal.

16/03/2023: Cassinadri, G. A Critique of the ‘Extended Cognition Narrative’, Online seminar. Lisbon Mind, Cognition & Knowledge Group Seminar – Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7742754

10/12/2021: Cassinadri, G. Limits and Possibilities of the Extension of Mind and Cognition, PoPRocks Cognitive Science Talk seminar series, CUNY University of New York.