Digital Humanism" as a Way to Overcome the Existential Risks of Using Artificial Intelligence

Introduction. The object of the study is the philosophical problems of the development of artificial intelligence. The article analyzes the impact of AI technologies on society and science. Some problems of AI ethics are considered, including from a philosophical and axiological perspective. It is assumed that the answer to the existential risks of using artificial intelligence should be the search for new philosophical approaches to the ethical aspects related to high technologies, including the concept of digital humanism. Content. The author analyzes in detail such aspects of the topic as the classification of existential risks according to N. Bostrom, the consequences of the development of superintelligence, the phenomenon of technological singularity, the problems of AI control according to S. Russell. The article substantiates the need for new approaches to understanding the philosophy and ethics of AI as a foundation for building a digital future in the interests of humans. A future where homo sapiens as a subject of the digital revolution turns into homo digital, but remains more important than the program code. Particular attention is paid to the issue of axiological training of AI technologies as a guarantee of global security. The hypothesis is considered that the ethics of artificial intelligence, which cannot be limited only to ethical rules in the development of AI systems, but must take into account the semblance of “free will” in the machine, can be based on the principles of the philosophical concept of digital humanism. Conclusions. The novelty of the study lies in the consideration of a set of concepts related to the existential risks of artificial intelligence (AI) development. Based on the conducted philosophical analysis, a justification is given for digital humanism as a theoretical foundation for building safe AI models and a powerful intellectual force for socio-technological changes. The author acknowledges that this concept requires extensive discussion and addition, as well as a more critical look at the problem of the relationship between man and technology, but considers it as promising and significant for philosophical discourse. The author is convinced that the mission of modern philosophy of technology is to maintain faith that humans will be able to keep AI technologies under control and that they will become the basis for a more human-centered and safer future on our planet.