On the morning of November 21, 2025, the 3rd China Science and Technology Ethics Forum opened in the Wu Wenzheng Lecture Hall of Fudan University. This forum, with the theme of "Technology Ethics in the Era of Artificial Intelligence", is hosted by the China Society for Ethics of Science and Technology (in preparation) and hosted by the China Association for Science and Technology-Fudan University Institute of Science and Technology Ethics and the Future of Humanity, the School of Philosophy of Fudan University, and the China Association for Science and Technology Innovation Strategy Research Institute.

Wang Jincheng, member of the Party Leadership Group and Secretary of the Secretariat of the China Association for Science and Technology, Jin Li, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and President of Fudan University, attended the opening ceremony and delivered speeches. Zheng Qinghua, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and secretary of the Party Committee of Tongji University, gave a special report. The forum attracted active responses and participation from more than 100 experts and scholars from various fields across the country, as well as nearly 300 graduate students. Jin Haiyan, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the China Association for Science and Technology-Fudan University Institute of Science and Technology Ethics and the Future of Humanity, presided over the opening ceremony.

At the opening ceremony, Jin Li first delivered a welcome speech on behalf of Fudan University to the more than 400 participating scholars attending the forum, and thanked the China Association for Science and Technology and the Shanghai Association for Science and Technology for their guidance and support. He pointed out that the rapid development of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and brain-computer interfaces has placed high demands on the development of scientific and technological ethics, which is the cornerstone of civilization that balances innovation and value. Fudan University has taken the lead in establishing the Institute of Science and Technology Ethics, establishing a professional master's degree in applied ethics, and launching the world's first AI intelligent system "Yijian" specifically designed for science and technology ethics review. Fudan University has never stopped striving to build China's science and technology ethics discourse system. Facing the future, Jin Li expressed his message to this forum, hoping to gather more consensus through the forum, deepen the construction of the theoretical system of science and technology for good, and promote all sectors of society to pay broader and more in-depth attention to scientific and technological ethics issues.

Wang Jincheng expressed warm congratulations on the convening of the forum. He pointed out that the current iteration of emerging technologies represented by artificial intelligence is accelerating, and the complexity and global nature of scientific and technological ethical challenges have become increasingly prominent. In this regard, he made three suggestions: first, grasp the basic principle of people-centered science and technology for good, and strengthen the construction of ethical standards for artificial intelligence; second, accelerate the construction of the China Science and Technology Ethics Society and strengthen the supporting role of the academic community; third, systematically build an independent knowledge system of science and technology ethics and enhance international discourse power. I believe that with joint efforts, our country will build a complete science and technology ethics governance system to safeguard the realization of high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-reliance.

After the opening ceremony, the keynote report session was hosted by Zhang Shuangli, Dean of the School of Philosophy at Fudan University. Three scholars, Yang Min from Fudan University, Wang Shuqin from Capital Normal University, and Gong Qun from Renmin University of China, respectively delivered reports on core topics such as artificial intelligence safety, artificial intelligence for good, and artificial intelligence moral risks.

Yang Min pointed out that global artificial intelligence security governance seriously lags behind technological development. In order to monitor the risk level of artificial intelligence, it is first necessary to conduct a security evaluation on the basic large model. Yang Min introduced the Fudan Baize large model dynamic safety compliance evaluation platform. This work can not only efficiently complete the basic large model evaluation, but also use it as a starting point to provide forward-looking decision-making support for national security governance. Secondly, in terms of artificial intelligence risk warning, Yang Min said that during the test of 32 open source large models, the team found that 11 large models have the ability to replicate independently, revealing the potential risk of out-of-control large models. Based on this, he called for the establishment of an interdisciplinary governance mechanism to ensure that artificial intelligence develops on a controllable track.

Wang Shuqin emphasized that modern science and technology represented by artificial intelligence technology has become the "fourth force" that affects human destiny after politics, land, and capital, and its instrumental value must always be guided by the value of human purpose. She pointed out that intelligent agents are essentially carriers of human intentions and purposes, and the responsibility for value alignment ultimately falls on humans. Scientific and technological workers should make algorithms reflect the universal value principles of human consensus. Faced with the inherent lag in legal regulations, virtue ethics plays an indispensable supplementary role. Science and technology workers need to use moral consciousness to resist all kinds of temptations in the gray area that lacks clear regulatory constraints. At the same time, technical reviewers should also uphold the virtue of fairness and impartiality, ensure that the review mechanism is not eroded by collusion of interests, and build a governance system in which law and virtue complement each other.

Gong Qun believes that the ethical risks of generative artificial intelligence are rooted in the modern conflict between instrumental rationality and value rationality. He believes that there are currently three core risks in generative artificial intelligence: the existence of black boxes brings regulatory dilemmas and ethical risks; machine hallucinations cause errors in fact and perception judgments; and the collection of personal information by platforms brings privacy risks. Faced with these challenges, Gong Qun advocates confirming a governance system with human responsibility as the core, strengthening the institutional construction of algorithm auditing, paying attention to the protection of personal data rights, and achieving the harmony and unity of technological progress and humanistic values.

After the keynote report, Wang Guoyu, a professor at the School of Philosophy at Fudan University, and Yuan Zhenguo, a tenured professor at East China Normal University, started a themed dialogue. The two scholars focused on the topic of "Reshaping Education and Ethical Boundaries in the Artificial Intelligence Era" and took the "East China Normal University's first AI 'lead author' paper collection" experiment, which has recently sparked heated discussions in the academic world, as a starting point to deeply analyze the problem of responsibility attribution and the essential connotation of creativity in human-machine collaboration. Yuan Zhenguo clarified that this initiative is actually an extreme exploration of AI creativity. It aims to explore the new role of humans in the artificial intelligence era by recording the entire process of how humans lead artificial intelligence collaborative creation through prompt projects. Talking about the transformation of education paradigm, Yuan Zhenguo proposed the "teacher-student-agent" three-subject interaction theory, pointing out that future education will break through physical walls and form a personalized all-time and space learning field. At the end of the conversation, Yuan Zhenguo concluded: "The essence of education in the era of artificial intelligence is to teach teachers and students to be the masters of machines in the symbiosis of man and machine."

Finally, Academician Zheng Qinghua gave a special report entitled "Understanding and Thinking of Human-Machine Value Alignment". Currently, the value alignment issue of artificial intelligence has become one of the core challenges facing society. Zheng Qinghua believes that the rapid development of artificial intelligence technology is accompanied by many risks such as algorithmic bias, artificial intelligence illusion, and intellectual property ambiguity. The fundamental crux behind this lies in the conflict between the complexity and ambiguity of human values ​​​​and the accuracy of the goals pursued by artificial intelligence. Regarding how to break the situation, Zheng Qinghua proposed that humans and artificial intelligence should be aligned in both directions: artificial intelligence needs to achieve value calibration through reinforcement learning through human feedback, while humans need to adapt to the new paradigm of human-machine collaboration. The ultimate realization of human-machine value alignment requires the construction of a multi-dimensional, continuously evolving system to promote technology, governance and culture to work together.

In the afternoon, the forum set up a number of special forums, focusing on human autonomy and human identity in the era of human-machine symbiosis, opportunities and challenges of artificial intelligence-enabled medical and neuroscience, exploration of the possibility of artificial intelligence moral enhancement and AI-enabled ethics, ethical governance of artificial intelligence and the construction of a global discourse system, methodological research on science and technology ethics, and artificial intelligence ethics in art and narrative. In addition, this forum also brought together new forces in science and technology ethics research from major universities across the country, established eight graduate student sub-forums and conducted a selection of outstanding papers. The final selection results will be officially announced at the closing ceremony on the afternoon of the 22nd.

This forum closely follows the theme of "Technology Ethics in the Artificial Intelligence Era" and provides a profound analysis of the opportunities and challenges that coexist under the current wave of artificial intelligence development. The forum aims to provide more forward-looking and constructive ideas for artificial intelligence governance through in-depth exchanges and discussions, and to contribute academic strength to promoting science and technology for good.