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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

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

Free for Students, $5 for the public. Please register here.

Speakers: Jocelyn Maclure, Michael Inzlicht, Karina Vold, more TBA

Horizons démocratiques

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

Regina Rini Conference: "Science: the Intellectual Leviathan"

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

Grand Rendez-vous CPA 2025: L’intelligence artificielle et ses enjeux éthiques

alessandra.destison@mail.mcgill.ca — Fri, 20 Jun 2025 15:29:43 +0000

Plenary talk by Jocelyn Maclure

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. Please see below to read the abstract, and the paper.

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

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

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

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

Please RSVP by sending an email to julia.houwen [at] mail.mcgill.ca

Alexandre Thien-Tam Dao receives ARIA fellowship for "AI Agents: The Ethical Implications of Personified AI Chatbots on Wellbeing"

julia.houwen@mcgill.ca — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 19:19:02 +0000

The Jarislowsky Chair in Human Nature and Technology would like to congratulate Alexandre Thien-Tam Dao on receiving an ARIA fellowship with the chair for a project titled "AI Agents: The Ethical Implications of Personified AI Chatbots on Wellbeing"!

ɬ�﷬ Talks AI: Navigating the Future Together

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

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New Publication: AI Ethics’ Institutional Turn in Digital Society

julia.houwen@mcgill.ca — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 21:55:24 +0000

A paper by researchers at the Jarislowsky Chair in Human Nature and Technology, Jocelyn Maclure and Alexis Morin-Martel, was recently published in Digital Society.

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Work-in-Progress Session- Hugo Cossette-Lefebvre: "Can AI Systems Hold Wrongful Beliefs? Doxastic Wrongs in Machine Reasoning"

julia.houwen@mcgill.ca — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 00:57:10 +0000

The Jarislowsky Chair will be hosting Hugo Cossette-Lefebvre, a Postdoctoral Researcher for the chair, for a WIP session on March 17, 2025 at noon.

"Should We Worry About the Welfare of AI?" Roundtable with Jocelyn Maclure, Jonathan Simon and Heather Alexander

julia.houwen@mcgill.ca — Sun, 23 Feb 2025 23:40:17 +0000

*THIS EVENT IS OPEN TO ALL, BUT REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. Please email julia.houwen [at] mcgill.ca to register*

AIOLIA: A Global Initiative for Ethical AI Governance

julia.houwen@mcgill.ca — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 02:52:15 +0000

AIOLIA gives a robust 3-tier response to the complex challenges posed by the need to operationally interpret the EU AI Act and global AI regulation. Resolutely European, AIOLIA's vision propagates beyond EU, embracing global cooperation with leading universities and think tanks in China, South Korea, Japan, and Canada. Utilizing UNESCO platform with its reach to Africa and South Asia, AIOLIA’s guidelines evolve into an analytic toolbox for key international AI dialogues and processes.

Overcoming Online Echo Chambers Requires Institutional and Individual Commitment

julia.houwen@mcgill.ca — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 00:42:36 +0000