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Servants, Parents, or Angels? Ethical and Prudential Models for Human-AI Coexistence

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Speaker: Dr. Henry Shevlin (U of Cambridge) Abstract: If we can build AI systems that want to serve us, should we? Critics such as Eric Schwitzgebel argue that designing minds for willing servitude wrongs them, either by compromising their self-respect or by getting the relationship between creator and created backwards. I argue that these objections

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Understanding and Reasoning in LLMs: How to Approach the Issue

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Speaker:  Prof. Paul Boghossian (NYU)   Abstract: This talk explores which methodology is appropriate for examining whether artificial neural networks have human-like intelligence and then applies the lessons learned to the case of understanding and reasoning. I would love to do a short volume for your series developing the ideas in the talk described above.  I don’t

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WHAT FAITH TRADITIONS HAVE TO SAY ABOUT AI: A ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION WITH PROF. MEGHAN SULLIVAN

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Date: November 9, 2026 (Mon) Time: 1:00-2:30pm Venue: Rm 10.13, 10/F, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU Discussants: Prof. Meghan Sullivan, The University of Notre Dame Dr. Junling Gao, Centre of Buddhist Studies, HKU Yan Yu, PhD Candidate, HKUMed Prof. Bella Pei Wang, School of Humanities, HKU Moderator: Dr. Jonathan Johnson, School of Humanities,

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Bayesian Ramsification

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Date: November 13, 2026 (Fri) Time: 3:30 – 5pm Venue: Rm 10.13, 10/F, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU Speaker: Professor Simon Huttegger, University of California, Irvine Registration: Here Abstract: The Ramsey sentence approach to scientific theories has been a mainstay in philosophy of science, especially in the debates between empiricism, realism, and structural

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PHAI-5 Workshop

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About this conference Welcome to Hokkaido! This is the fifth iteration of the Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence workshop (PhAI5).  General information Dates: 16-17 October, 2026 Venue: Clark Memorial Student Center, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido (Google Maps) Language: English Format: In-person only Registration required at https://forms.gle/yCu4Y2f4NQnMXXj26 by 30 September, 2026 (Closed) Lecture Titles & Abstracts: here

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Murder on the Dancefloor? AI, Embodiment, and Remorse

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Date: April 17, 2026 (Friday) Time: 3:30pm – 5:00pm Venue: Rm 10.13, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU Speaker: Professor Robert Sparrow, Monash University Abstract: When we see someone on the dance-floor we learn something about them: their personality—their mind—is revealed in how they move. We are fundamentally embodied creatures and become aware of

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