Archive episode [Season 2 Episode 6]: AI and Philosophy Workshop
Description
In this episode, we comment on one of the latest events held at the IDEA Centre, the AI and Philosophy Workshop. Postgraduate Researcher Gabriela Arriagada Bruneau speaks with Zach Gudmunsen, fellow co-organiser of the event and Michael Cannon, co-author of one of the presented papers. This episode covers different talks in the workshop, dividing them into two themes:
Theory:
Dr David Strohmaier - "Ontology, neural networks, and the social sciences"
Professor Vincent C. Müller - "Orthogonality and Existential Risk from AI
Dr Ioannis Votsis - "Machine‐Made Jabberwocky?"
Practice:
Professor David Hogg - "AI and Common sense"
Dr Paula Boddington - "Philosophy of AI through the theory and practice of dementia"
Professor John McDermid - "Embodied AI: Autonomous Systems and Ethics"
We finish by commenting on the Future challenges for the development of AI.
Released 30 March 2021. Presented by Gabriela Arriagada Bruneau
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