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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Date: March 31, 2026 (Tuesday) Time: 10:00am – 11:30am Venue: Rm 10.13, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU Registration: Here Speaker: Tobias Rees, LIMN Abstract: Today, it is easy to assume that consciousness is the universal form of human existence. It is easy to assume, that is, that all humans have always experienced themselves
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Date: March 20, 2026 (Friday) Time: 3:30pm – 5:00pm Venue: Rm 10.13, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU Registration: Here Speaker: Professor Ryan Whalen, University of Hong Kong Abstract: Generative artificial intelligence upends the assumptions that have anchored U.S. copyright law for more than a century. By enabling the production of high‑quality expressive works
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Date: March 3, 2026 (Tuesday) Time: 10:00am – 11:30am Venue: Rm 4.36, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU Speaker: Professor Christian List, Ludwig-Maximillian-University Munich Abstract: Suppose a committee, expert panel, or other group is making judgments on some issues, where these may be not just yes/no-questions, such as whether a defendant is guilty, but also
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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 Boris Babic, University of Pittsburgh