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
Consciousness. Before and After (with some notes on AI) Read More »
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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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 (Wed-Fri) Day 1 – Apr 1, 2026 Wed at 12:50pm – 5:00pm Day 2 – Apr 2, 2026 Thur at 10:00am – 2:00pm Day 3 – Apr 3, 2026 Fri at 1:00pm – 5:00pm Venue: Rm 4.36, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU Co-Organized by: HKU Master of Arts-AI, Ethics and Society (MAAIES), PhilMod and
‘AI And The Future of Platforms’ Workshop Read More »
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 Boris Babic, University of Pittsburgh
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
Access, Action, and Attention Read More »