The third China Science and Technology Ethics Forum opened yesterday at 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.

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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.

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.

Academician Zheng Qinghua gave a special report titled "Understanding and Reflection on Human-Machine Value Alignment". 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.

Thematic forums focused 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.