Date: March 6, 2026 (Friday) Time: 10:30am – 12:00pm Venue: Rm 4.36, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU Speaker: Professor Christian List, Ludwig-Maximillian-University Munich Abstract: There has been much discussion of whether it makes sense to ascribe agency and responsibility to artificial entities, such as corporate entities and AI systems. But there has been much less discussion […]
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Date: April 1-3, 2026 (Thur-Sat) Day 1 – Apr 1, 2026 Thur at 9:30am – 4:00pm Day 2 – Apr 2, 2026 Fri at 9:30am – 4:00pm Day 3 – Apr 3, 2026 Sat at 9:30am – 4:00pm Venue: Rm 4.36, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU Co-Organized by: HKU Master of Arts-AI, Ethics and Society (MAAIES) and HKU AIH Lab Registration:
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Updated on 2 June 2025 Date: 15-19 Jun 2026 Venue: Venice International University Hosted by the University of Hong Kong, the Institute of Philosophy (University of London), and LMU, the 2026 Philosophy of AI Summer School offers an intensive five-day programme devoted to this year’s theme: Reasoning and Agency in AI. The summer school brings together
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Date: April 23-24, 2026 (Thur – Fri) Day 1 – Apr 23, 2026 Thur Time: 9:30am – 5:10pm Venue: Floor 11, Cheng Yu Tung Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU Day 2 – Apr 24, 2026 Fri Time: 9:30am – 4:00pm Venue: Rm 4.36, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU Co-Organized by: HKU Master of Arts-AI, Ethics and
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Date: January 29, 2026 (Thursday) Time: 5-6pm Venue: Rm 10.13, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU Speaker: Professor Alice Huang, Western University Abstract: There is a literature across science and technology studies, sociology of science, and philosophy examining the phenomenon of hype in science and technology. While definitions of hypes vary, most accounts share a critical stance,
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After ‘Consciousness’ Workshop Date: January 27-28, 2026 (Tuesday – Wednesday) Venue: Rm 10.13, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU Co-Organized by: HKU-AIH Lab & Berggruen Institute China Speaker: Professor Edouard Machery, University of Pittsburgh
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After ‘Consciousness’ Workshop Date: January 27-28, 2026 (Tuesday – Wednesday) Venue: Rm 10.13, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU Co-Organized by: HKU-AIH Lab & Berggruen Institute China Speaker: Professor Wayne Wu, University of Pittsburgh Abstract: What are the tools we need to make progress on consciousness? The central tool has been introspection, but I raise questions about introspection
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After ‘Consciousness’ Workshop Date: January 27-28, 2026 (Tuesday – Wednesday) Venue: Rm 10.13, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU Co-Organized by: HKU-AIH Lab & Berggruen Institute China Speaker: Professor Keith Frankish, University of Sheffield Abstract: The concept of consciousness as a private inner show of phenomenal qualities is broken. It creates the Hard Problem without helping neuroscience or
Reactivity as Replacement: Re-Engineering Consciousness for Science and Policy Read More »
After ‘Consciousness’ Workshop Date: January 27-28, 2026 (Tuesday – Wednesday) Venue: Rm 10.13, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU Co-Organized by: HKU-AIH Lab & Berggruen Institute China Speaker:Professor Matti Eklund, Uppsala University Abstract: In earlier work I have considered the possibility of alien languages: languages with alien elements, different in kind from elements of familiar languages. Here is
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After ‘Consciousness’ Workshop Date: January 27-28, 2026 (Tuesday – Wednesday) Venue: Rm 10.13, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU Co-Organized by: HKU-AIH Lab & Berggruen Institute China Speaker: Professor Andrew Lee, University of Toronto Abstract: I argue that the most promising direction for the future of consciousness research is to follow a path that recurs across the history
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