Seminario “Interpretare l’Intelligenza: Ermeneutica medievale e Intelligenze Artificiali”

At the Department of Culture and Society of the University of Palermo, the seminar “Interpretare l’Intelligenza: ermeneutica medievale e intelligenze artificiali” was held, organised within the framework of the ITSERR project – Italian Strengthening of the ESFRI RI RESILIENCE for Religious Studies. The morning opened with welcome addresses by Valentina Favarò, Director of the Department of Culture and Society, Fabrizio D’Avenia, Principal Investigator of the ITSERR project, and Luciana Pepi (University of Palermo).

The seminar featured contributions by Federico Dal Bo (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia) and Michal Valčo (Comenius University Bratislava), both ITSERR TNA Fellows, who respectively explored key approaches to reading religious texts in medieval Judaism and Christianity and examined contemporary techno‑gnostic narratives. The round table “AI for the religious texts within the framework of the Religious Studies”, with the participation of Federico Dal Bo, Andrea Ravasco (University of Palermo) and Michal Valčo, further discussed how artificial intelligence tools can be integrated into the study of religious texts.

The initiative offered an interdisciplinary forum on the relationship between hermeneutics, religious texts and artificial intelligence, in line with ITSERR’s aim to strengthen research in the field of Religious Studies through digital technologies.