黑料网爆吃瓜

Fall 2023

鈥淭he progress of artificial intelligence in all its forms has been impressive. From self driving vehicles to computer vision to natural language processing, it is undeniable that AI is changing how we think and act in all spheres of human life. This progress raises a host of complex philosophical questions about consciousness, sentience, moral status, moral responsibility, explainability and the potential risks and benefits of rapidly progressing technology. The goal of this course is to leave participants in a better position to form their own judgements on the impact of AI on human life.鈥�

PHIL 481- 鈥淭opics in Philosophy: Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence鈥�

Fall 2021, Fall 2022

鈥淐an computers be conscious? Can they be sentient? Could they have moral rights or moral obligations? Could they pose an existential risk to humankind? Should programmers be accountable for explaining to the general public how their programs work? These are some of the questions that are explored in PHIL 481 in hopes of equipping students to exercise their own judgement on the impact of AI on human life.鈥�

PHIL 446- 鈥淐urrent Issues in Political Philosophy: Social Epistemology and Democratic Theory in the Digital Age鈥�

Winter 2022, Winter 2023

鈥淭his course explores the impact of technology on our epistemic and democratic lives. Echo chambers, epistemic bubbles, fake-news, gaslighting, conspiracy theories, extremism, and hateful and hurtful speech are among topics that will be explored through the ideas of philosophers (from Plato to C.T. Nguyen) about how technology has led us to an epistemic crisis, and how we can overcome听it.鈥�

Graduate Seminar: 鈥淎I Ethics: Moral Status, Value Alignment and Algorithmic Regulation鈥�

Dept. of Philosophy, University of Bonn, April-May 2023.

Student Supervision

PhD Supervision (In Progress)

Sylvain Auclair, AI and Privacy, 2019-

Alexis Morin-Martel, Ethics of AI, 2021-

Christophe Facal, Transhumanism, 2022-

Philippe-Antoine Hoyeck, Public Reason and Religious Convictions, 2022-

Matthew Valiquette, Philosophy of Psychiatry, 2023-

Flavie Chevalier, 2023-

Maryna Nekrasova, Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence, 2024-

PhD (Completed)

Esdras Miambanzila, 鈥淐ontribution des soci茅t茅s civiles nationales 脿 la gouvernance mondiale鈥�, thesis defended in July 2016.

Oph茅lie Desmons, 鈥淟es pr茅suppos茅s du lib茅ralisme. John Rawls et l鈥檋ypoth猫se herm茅neutique鈥�, Joint Ph. D. with the Universit茅 de Lille-3, december 2013.

Franco A. Carnevale, 鈥淭he Moral Malaises of Modern Pediatric Medicine鈥�, Joint Ph. D. with the Universit茅 de Sherbrooke, thesis defended on 28 august 2013. (Co-director).

Kevin W. Gray, 鈥淭he Concept of The Lifeworld in Habermas鈥� Theory鈥�, may 2011.

Rh茅a Jean, 鈥淟a prostitution听: un frein 脿 l鈥檃utonomie sexuelle des femmes鈥�, Joint Ph. D. with the Universit茅 de Sherbrooke, february 2011. (Co-director)

M.A. Theses (Completed)

Keven Bisson, 鈥淓ffective Altruism and the Institutional Critique鈥�, 2019-2021.

Alexandra Pr茅gent, 鈥淚nformatique affective:听L鈥檜tilisation des syst猫mes de reconnaissance des 茅motions est-elle en coh茅rence avec la justice sociale?鈥澨�2019-2021

脡ric Gagnon, 鈥淟a post-v茅rit茅鈥�, 2018-2021.

Dominic Cliche, 鈥淣eurosciences et responsabilit茅 criminelle鈥�, 2017.

Simon Beaudoin, 鈥淟a critique waldronienne de la r茅vision judiciaire, ses fondements d茅mocratiques et son potentiel鈥�, 2016.

S茅bastien Lacroix, 鈥溍塼ude philosophique du renversement juridique canadien concernant l鈥檃ide m茅dicale 脿 mourir, 脿 la lumi猫re du d茅bat Hart-Dworkin鈥�, 2014-2016.

Vicki Plourde, 鈥淟鈥檃rgument de la fausse conscience 脿 l鈥櫭ゞard des minorit茅s vuln茅rables au sein des minorit茅s culturelles et religieuses鈥�, 2008-2015.

J茅rome Gagnon-Boivin, 鈥淟es fondements m茅ta茅thiques de la guerre juste鈥�, 2011-2013.

Justine Saint-脠ve, 鈥淢achiavel relisant Tite-Live, Entre politique et histoire, entre Renaissance et Antiquit茅鈥�, 2011-2013.

Fran莽ois-C么t茅 Vaillancourt, 鈥淎ux fondements de l鈥櫭﹖hique. Le r么le du contexte au sein du constructivisme rawlsien鈥�, 2008-2010.

Mathieu Gagnon, 鈥淢茅pris social et reconnaissance des peuples autochtones鈥�, 2007-2011.

Bruno Tremblay, 鈥淟鈥櫭ヾucation 脿 la citoyennet茅 au Qu茅bec鈥�, 2007-2010.

Mathieu Gauthier, 鈥淟a philosophie sociale d'Axel Honneth鈥�, 2007-2010.

Lily Pol Neveu, 鈥淟e droit 脿 l'autod茅termination des peuples autochtones et la protection de l'environnement听: un conflit normatif?鈥�, 2006-2008.

Sacha Alcide Calixte, 鈥淐onceptions de l鈥檋istoire chez Hannah Arendt鈥�, 2005-2008.

Francis Boucher, 鈥淐osmopolitisme et justice distributive globale鈥�, 2005-2007.

S茅bastien Malette, 鈥淟e concept de gouvernementalit茅 chez Michel Foucault鈥�, 2004-2006.

Undergraduate Honours Theses (Completed)

Elijah Maubert, 鈥淭he Explainability Thesis: Ethical Frameworks for Accountable Artificial Intelligence鈥�, 2023-2024.

Julien da Silva, 鈥淎nthropomorphism and Moral Responsibility in Artificial Intelligence鈥�, 2022-2023.

Undergraduate Research Projects (Arts Research Internship Awards)

Jocelyn Wong, 鈥淲hat is 鈥渢houghtfulness鈥� in AI Ethics Audits?鈥�, McCAIS undergraduate research award, 黑料网爆吃瓜 Collaborative for AI & Society, Summer 2024. (supervised with prof. AJung Moon)

Julien da Silva, 鈥淎rtificial Intelligence, Social Robots, and Perceptions of Moral Agency鈥�, Summer 2022.

Florens de Souza, 鈥淪ocial Media and Democratic Deliberation鈥�, summer 2023.