AI & Humanity Lab
The University of Hong Kong
AI&Humanity-Lab@HKU
AI&Humanity-Lab@HKU conducts research on the ways in which AI interacts with and transforms humanity. Our projects are interdisciplinary with a basis in philosophy.
Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aihlab
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What Can Philosophers Tell us about AI?
Our Director, Professor Herman Cappelen, author of several books about AI, explains why he believes that AI can think, plan and have emotions, why some people do not want to listen to music created by AI, and why do the philosophers like the film The Matrix. Read the full article here.
New collaboration with the Conceptual Engineering for Emerging Technologies (CEET)
We are excited to announce the launch of a new collaboration with The Conceptual Engineering for Emerging Technologies (CEET) initiative. This joint venture brings together the Conceptual Engineering Network, the ESDIT Consortium, our AI & Humanity Lab, and ConceptLab HK. The CEET initiative aims to promote the application of conceptual engineering to transformations induced by
Can Machines Manipulate Us?
“YouTube, Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, Pinterest, TikTok, and chatbots like ChatGPT and Bard—all of them have the power to manipulate you ……..” Check out this recent paper written by Rachel Sterken, our Department Head of Philosophy at The University of Hong Kong, along with Jessica Pepp and Eliot Michaelson. Read the full article here