Students

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

Flavie Chevalier and Jocelyn Maclure Publish a Chapter on AI and Semantic Understanding

alessandra.destison@mail.mcgill.ca — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 17:19:57 +0000

Flavie Chevalier and Jocelyn Maclure publish a chapter on AI and Semantic Understanding in

Ethics And Technology Roundtable: The Age Of Algorithm

alessandra.destison@mail.mcgill.ca — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 14:57:05 +0000

Jocelyn Maclure and Maryna Nekrasova will be giving talks at this roundtable focusing the evolution of AI and machine learning, focusing on ethical challenges, accountability, and the frameworks needed for responsible development.

A Conversation on Public Philosophy with Joseph Heath

alessandra.destison@mail.mcgill.ca — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 16:31:44 +0000

An informal Seminar on Public Philosophy with Joseph Heath, a professor of philosophy at the University of Toronto.

This event is co-hosted with the Katharine A. Pearson Chair in Civil Society and Public Policy.

The Enforcement Threshold Approach to Harm Reduction

alessandra.destison@mail.mcgill.ca — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 16:26:55 +0000

Lecture given by Joseph Heath, a professor of philosophy at the University of Toronto.

This event is co-hosted by the Katharine A. Pearson Chair in Civil Society and Public Policy

Are You Even a Person? LLMs and Agentic Distrust

alessandra.destison@mail.mcgill.ca — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 15:16:23 +0000

Work-in-Progess hosted by Alexis Morin-Martel a PhD candidate at ��Թ�.

Leacock 927 from 1:30-3:30 on December 18th

Open to all, registration required

The Ethic of Griefbots LLMs and the Digital Afterlife

alessandra.destison@mail.mcgill.ca — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 15:08:11 +0000

Workshop on griefbot ethics on the 11th and 12th of December 2025

Workshop taking place at the Centre for Ethics at the University of Toronto

AI, Public Reason and the Right to Explanation

alessandra.destison@mail.mcgill.ca — Sat, 22 Nov 2025 19:46:09 +0000

Seminar given by Jocelyn Maclure with the Social and Political Theory Group at Pompeu Fabra University.

Grief and Memory in Radically Extended Lives

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

Lecture by Michael Cholbi

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

Leacock 927

Open to all, registration required

To register, please email alessandra.destison [at] mail.mcgill.ca

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

Leacock 927

Open to all, registration required

To register, please email alessandra.destison [at] mail.mcgill.ca

New Publication : Between precedent autonomy and the patient's best interests: a reasonable path for advance medical assistance in dying requests

alessandra.destison@mail.mcgill.ca — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 23:45:55 +0000

This chapter, written by Jocelyn Maclure and Naïma Hamrouni, was published in Research Handbook on Voluntary Assisted Dying Law, Regulation and Practice edited by Ben White. Access the work here

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

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

Presented by Jocelyn Maclure and Christophe Facal

Room 927 Leacock building

Pre-read session. To obtain a copy of the paper and register, please email

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

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

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