Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis focused on three key issues during his speech at the conference "The Lyceum Project: AI Ethics with Aristotle,"  held at the Athens Conservatory.

Specifically, Mitsotakis referred to the relationship between humans and machines, who is the mastermind behind an evolution, and the third one related to the philosophical heritage and how it helps us understand the complex tasks and the complex choices we have to make.

"It is now a market-driven process. The development of these technologies is driven by some very large companies, with almost unlimited resources, that have the ability to hire any brilliant mind from any university. They do this because they are profit-driven businesses. So we need to think hard about the motivation behind these developments that affect all our lives," he said.

Additionally, Mr. Mitsotakis mentioned the implications of artificial intelligence for human rights, as the AP noted. "Do we have the right as individuals to know if a decision that affects our lives has been made by a machine? Do you have a right to know if an AI algorithm is reviewing your CV, for the young people in the audience? And if so, what are the consequences of that? I'm not saying it's a good or bad practice. I'm just raising the question of something that's happening today and what the implications are as we open up this realm of possibilities. What are the implications for the relationships of trust that are so important in human communities? We can trust individuals. We trust each other because we develop networks of relationships. Can't we trust machines? What does trust mean when you interact with a machine?"

"But there is no thriving community, starting from ancient Athens and city-states to the modern success of liberal democracy, that does not thrive on the concept of trust. But trust requires networks of interaction, which I'm not sure we can necessarily develop with machines," he added.

The Prime Minister concluded his intervention by stressing that Greece has a role to play in these discussions in terms of linking ancestral intelligence and artificial intelligence. "Is there a physical link? I believe there is. That's why I think these dialogues are of great value. I would love to see this event become an annual global gathering of thinkers from many disciplines who are thinking deeply about these questions. Hopefully we will make a good start here today," he said.