Past Event

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 […]

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

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

Date: Novermber 17, 2025 (Mon) Time: 15:00-17:00 Venue: Room 4.36, 4/F, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU Speaker: Professor James Joyce , C. H. Langford Collegiate Professor of Philosophy, University of Michigan Commentors: Professor Jiji Zhang (The Chinese University of HK) Professor Boris Babic (Hong Kong University) Professor Simon Goldstein (Hong Kong University) Professor Kangyu

Date: Novermber 14, 2025 (Friday) Time: 15:30-17:00 Venue: MB142, 1/F, Main Building, HKU Speaker: Professor James Joyce , C. H. Langford Collegiate Professor of Philosophy, University of Michigan Abstract: After introducing the notion of credal accuracy, and explaining why formal epistemologists use strictly proper scoring rules to measure it, I will introduce some well-known accuracy

Date: December 5, 2025 (Friday) Time: 15:30-17:00 Venue: Rm 10.13, 10/F, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU Speaker: Prof Ryan M. Nefdt, University of Cape Town Abstract: There is a veritable cornucopia of options for scholars interested in using the tools of philosophy and cognitive science to interpret the behaviour of large language models

Date: November 28, 2025 (Friday) Time: 13:30-15:00 Venue: Rm 10.13, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU Speaker: Dr Erica Mealy, University of the Sunshine Coast Abstract: Artificial intelligence is increasingly embedded within sociotechnical systems—complex networks where human practices, institutional structures, and technological components interact. In these environments, ensuring the reliability of AI is not

Date: October 28, 2025 (Tue) Time: 11:00am – 12:00pm Venue: P603 IDS Office, Graduate House, HKU Speaker: Prof Frederick Eberhardt, Professor of Philosophy, California Institute of Technology Moderator: Prof Boris Babic, Dept of Philosophy & Law (by courtesy), HKU Abstract: Causal representations are models of real-world data that retain causal information, so in particular, they provide

Date: October 9, 2025 (Thursday) Time: 18:15 – 19:30 Venue: Room 4.36, 4/F, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU Speakers: Professor Boris Babic, Department of Philosophy, HKUProfessor Simon Goldstein , Department of Philosophy, HKUProfessor Maximilian Kiener, Institute for Ethics in Technology, Hamburg University of Technology Professor Brian Wong, Department of Philosophy, HKU Abstract: The top AI labs are