Staff

Karina Vold: “Learning from Machines: Using Artificial Intelligence as Scaffolding for Human Learning”

julia.houwen@mcgill.ca — Wed, 13 Sep 2023 00:06:18 +0000

Grief and Memory in Radically Extended Lives

alessandra.destison@mail.mcgill.ca — Sun, 19 Oct 2025 19:09:15 +0000

Lecture by Michael Cholbi Professor and Personal Chair in Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh

Leacock 232

Reception to follow

Open to all, registration required

Enculturating ML models: Why we need 'Abundant Intelligences'

alessandra.destison@mail.mcgill.ca — Sun, 19 Oct 2025 19:31:09 +0000

Lecture by Ceyda Yolgörmez Horizon Postdoctoral Fellow at the Indigenous Futures Research Center at Concordia University

Leacock 927

Open to all, registration required

Workshop on AI and the philosophy of grief

alessandra.destison@mail.mcgill.ca — Sun, 19 Oct 2025 19:18:45 +0000

Workshop by Michael Cholbi Professor and Personal Chair in Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh

Leacock 927

Open to all, registration required

On the Implausibility of Moral Machines: Ai, Moral Agency and the Cognitive Role of Emotions

alessandra.destison@mail.mcgill.ca — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 15:21:30 +0000

Work in Progress Series On the Implausibility of Moral Machines: Ai, Moral Agency and the Cognitive Role of Emotions Presented by Jocelyn Maclure and Christophe Facal Philosophy Department, ɬ�﷬

New Publication: “Avatars numériques post mortem et deuil : un point de vue éthique”

alessandra.destison@mail.mcgill.ca — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 23:32:36 +0000

Written by Jocelyn Maclure, Hugo Cossette-Lefebvre, Karina Vold, Christophe Facal, and Isabelle Dumont

Can chatGPT be your friend? Join us for a conversation on AI companionship

alessandra.destison@mail.mcgill.ca — Fri, 20 Jun 2025 16:08:33 +0000

Join us for a conversation on AI companionship Speakers: Jocelyn Maclure, Michael Inzlicht, Karina Vold, more TBA

Free for Students, $5 for the public.

Horizons démocratiques

julia.houwen@mcgill.ca — Sun, 11 May 2025 02:48:24 +0000

Horizons démocratiques Journée de réflexion sur l’érosion des normes et des institutions démocratiques Democratic horizons A day of reflection on the erosion of democratic norms and institutions

Should we worry about the welfare of AI? Roundtable discussion with Heather Alexander, Jonathan Simon and Jocelyn Maclure

alessandra.destison@mail.mcgill.ca — Fri, 20 Jun 2025 15:11:50 +0000

Jarislowsky Chair in Human Nature and Technology Research Group on Human Nature and Values, Lin Centre

Roundtable discussion with Heather Alexander, Jonathan Simon and Jocelyn Maclure

ɬ�﷬ Talks AI: Navigating the Future Together

julia.houwen@mcgill.ca — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 15:42:26 +0000

ɬ�﷬ Talks AAAI Initiative

Join us at ɬ�﷬ Talks AI: Navigating the Future Together for insightful discussions on the impact of AI in our lives!

Regina Rini Conference: “Science: the Intellectual Leviathan”

alessandra.destison@mail.mcgill.ca — Fri, 20 Jun 2025 21:16:13 +0000

Jarislowsky Chair Lecture Series Science: The Intellectual Leviathan Regina Rini

Department of Philosophy, York University

Reading Group Discussion: “Can Chatbots Preserve Our Relationships with the Dead?”

alessandra.destison@mail.mcgill.ca — Fri, 20 Jun 2025 15:36:20 +0000

Reading Group Discussion on “Can Chatbots Preserve Our Relationships with the Dead?” by Stephen M. Campbell, Pengbo Liu & Sven Nyholm.

Hugo Cossette Lefebvre Co-Authors New Paper in Journal of Ethics

julia.houwen@mcgill.ca — Wed, 28 May 2025 00:55:42 +0000

We are pleased to share that Hugo Cossette Lefebvre, a postdoctoral researcher for the Jarislowsky Chair, recently co-authored a paper with Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen (Aarhus University).

The paper is titled “Neither Direct, Nor Indirect: Understanding Proxy-Based Algorithmic Discrimination” and was recently published in the latest issue of the Journal of Ethics.

Workshop- The Ethics of Griefbots: LLMs, Generative Ghosts, and Wellbeing

julia.houwen@mcgill.ca — Wed, 28 May 2025 00:33:21 +0000

June 11 and 12, 2025

Robin des Bois, Le Chalet
3933 avenue du Parc La Fontaine Montréal
Room: Loggia Sud

Schedule - June 10

Informal Dinner and Drinks

Reading Group Discussion: “Can Chatbots Preserve Our Relationships with the Dead?”

julia.houwen@mcgill.ca — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 19:06:09 +0000

On April 24th, the Jarislowsky Chair in Human Nature and Technology will hold a group discussion on