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AI Governance Workshop: AI and the Future of Global Governance

Date: April 28, 2026 (Tuesday) Time: 3:15pm – 6:15pm Venue: Rm 4.36, 4/F,  Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU Co-Hosted by: AI & Humanity Lab@HKU, HKU IDS/IDEAS Registration: Here Speakers: Prof Gilad Abiri, Peking University Prof Nicole Wu, HKU Prof Boris Babic, HKU Prof Brian Wong, HKU Prof Weiwei Shen, China University of Political […]

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Philosophy of AI Summer School 2026: Reasoning and Agency in AI

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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After ‘Consciousness’ Workshop

Date: January 27-28, 2026 (Tuesday – Wednesday) Time: 10:00am – 17:30pm Venue: Rm 10.13, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU Co-Organized by: HKU-AIH Lab & Berggruen Institute China Keynote Speakers/Titles/Abstracts: Professor Edouard Machery, University of Pittsburgh, Caring and Consciousness Professor Keith Frankish, University of Sheffield, Reactivity as Replacement: Re-Engineering Consciousness for Science and Policy Professor Matti

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Democracy, Epistemic Agency, and AI – 30 Jan 2026

Date: 30 January 2026 (Friday) Time: 10:00am – 11:30am Venue: Room 4.36, 4/F, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU Speakers: Prof Mark Coeckelbergh, Philosophy, University of Vienna Abstract: Democracy theories assume that citizens have some form of political knowledge. But apart from widespread attention to the phenomenon of fake news and misinformation, less attention has been

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(Title to be announced) – 12 Sep 2025

Date: 12 September 2025 (Friday) Time: 1530 – 1700 Venue: Room 10.13, 10/F, Seminar Room, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU Registration: Here Speakers: Prof David Thorstad, Philosophy, Vanderbilt University Abstract: Recent years have seen increasing concern that artificial intelligence may soon pose an existential risk to humanity. One leading ground for concern is

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April 26-27, 2025 – Workshop in Philosophy & AI at Peking University

  The Peking University, Beijing Normal University and The University of Hong Kong has jointly organised a workshop on Philosophy and AI, funded by the Research Funds for Excellent Interdisciplinary Research Groups at Beijing Normal University. Dates: April 26-27, 2025Venue: Berggruen Institute China Center, No. 54 Yannan Garden, Peking University, Beijing Host Department of Philosophy

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