This study investigates the evolving attitudes of philosophy scholars towards the participation of generative AI based Intelligent User Interfaces (IUIs) in philosophical discourse. We conducted a three year (2023--2025) mixed methods longitudinal study with 16 philosophy scholars and students. Qualitative data from annual interviews reveal a three stage evolution in attitude: from initial resistance and unfamiliarity, to instrumental acceptance of the IUI as a tool, and finally to a deep principled questioning of the IUI's fundamental capacity for genuine philosophical thought. Quantitative data from blind assessments, where participants rated anonymized philosophical answers from both humans and an IUI, complement these findings. While participants acknowledged the IUI's proficiency in tasks requiring formal logic and knowledge reproduction, they consistently identified significant shortcomings in areas demanding dialectical reasoning, originality and embodied understanding. The study concludes that participants do not see the IUI as a peer but rather as a sophisticated mirror whose capabilities and limitations provoke a deeper reflection on the unique and irreplaceable human dimensions of philosophical inquiry, such as intuition, value laden commitment and the courage to question fundamental premises.
翻译:本研究探讨了哲学学者对基于生成式人工智能的智能用户界面参与哲学讨论的态度演变。我们采用混合方法,对16位哲学学者与学生进行了为期三年(2023-2025)的纵向研究。年度访谈的定性数据显示,其态度经历了三阶段演变:从最初的抵触与陌生,到将智能用户界面作为工具的工具性接受,最终深入质疑智能用户界面进行真正哲学思考的根本能力。来自盲审评估的定量数据(参与者对人类和智能用户界面提供的匿名哲学回答进行评分)补充了这些发现。尽管参与者承认智能用户界面在需要形式逻辑和知识复现的任务上表现熟练,但他们一致指出其在需要辩证推理、原创性及具身理解的领域存在显著不足。研究结论表明,参与者并未将智能用户界面视为同行,而是视作一面精密的镜子——其能力与局限促使人们更深入地反思哲学探究中独特且不可替代的人类维度,例如直觉、负载价值的承诺以及质疑根本前提的勇气。