This is the fourth instalment in our series of short interviews on the topics of artificial intelligence and agency. In the interest of both our guests’ and audience’s time, these interviews will be concise, but each is accompanied by a reading list to facilitate further exploration of the subject matter. …
This is the third of several short interviews on AI and agency. In the interest of our guests’ and audience’s time, the interviews will be brief, but each interview is supplemented with a reading list that allows readers to explore the topic in greater depth. We are fortunate to have …
David Papineau talks about AI and Agency
Tim Crane on AI and Agency
We are pleased to announce a new interview series exploring the philosophical implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The rapid development of AI has reignited interest in fundamental questions of consciousness and agency. Previously confined to theoretical discourse, these issues now demand re-evaluation in light of AI’s burgeoning capabilities. In this …
(Caveat: for the sake of exposition, at times I articulate past views in slightly anachronistic terms; I do my best to capture the gist of what Alan Turing and others meant in terms that contemporary readers should find perspicuous.) The computational theory of cognition says that cognition is largely explained …
The third annual Kinds of Intelligence conference will be held in Cambridge, UK from June 22-25 2020. The conference brings together researchers from philosophy, cognitive science and artificial intelligence to address questions concerning the structure, function and nature of intelligence and cognition, with a particular emphasis on non-human intelligences – …
