Paula Dornhofer Paro Costa
Dr. Paula Dornhofer Paro Costa is a professor and head of the Department of Computer Engineering and Automation at the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Unicamp. She conducts research in Multimodal Signal Processing, Generative Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Architectures, Agent Modeling, and Social Robotics. She has a solid track record of supervising graduate students and conducting research in collaboration with universities, research centers, and companies, with scientific and technological output that includes publications and patents.
Humans in Update: The Ethical Limits of Editable Life
From genetic editing to advanced therapies, from intelligent prosthetics to technologies that expand physical and cognitive capabilities, science is expanding intervention on life and the human body in unprecedented ways. In this scenario, the boundaries between the natural, the artificial, and the human are becoming increasingly less clear. The panel debates how far these transformations should go, what benefits and risks are at stake, and how to establish ethical, social, and political limits in the face of advances that challenge traditional notions of nature, identity, and humanity.