BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Grails iCalendar plugin//NONSGML Grails iCalendar plugin//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260606T121608Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20231022T000000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20231022T000000 SUMMARY:Philosophy of AI (PhAI) 2023 UID:20260612T035319Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Bohlenplatz 1\, Erlangen\, Germany\, 91054 DESCRIPTION:

5th Conference on "Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence" Erlangen 15-16 December\, 2023

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(Previous conferences: Thessaloniki \;2011\, Oxford \;2013\, Leeds \;2017\, Gothenburg \;2021)

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Organisation

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Vincent C. Mü\;ller\, Universitä\;t Erlangen-Nü\;rnberg (FAU)

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Centre for Philosophy and AI Research (PAIR) \;@ FAU: Elke Bennewitz\, Aliya R. Dewey\, Leonard Dung\, Guido Lö\;hr

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Location

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Conference Centre \;Kreuz+Quer\, Bohlenplatz 1\, 91054 Erlangen\, Germany. \;+49-9131-9409323\, \;info@kreuz-und-quer.church

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Programme: \;https://www.pt-ai.org/2023/call-papers

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Submission page: \;https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=phai2023

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Proceedings

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Accepted papers and posters will be published in a volume of proceedings (likely in Springer's SAPERE series or the \;Synthese series). \;Upload to a freely accessible place is encouraged (e.g.\, PhilPapers).

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For details\, see the \;Call for Abstracts \;page.

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Papers from previous conferences have been downloaded over 350\,000 times from the publishers alone:

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2011: 'Minds and Machines' &\; \;SAPERE series

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2013: \;Synthese series

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2017: \;SAPERE series

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2021: \;SAPERE series

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Themes

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Philosophy of AI\, including ethics of AI. In particular\, this includes any philosophical work that aims to (a) understand the limits and potential of AI\, (b) understand the opportunities and risks for AI in human interactions\, (c) use AI to better understand natural intelligences (e.g.\, human and non-human animals)\, and (d) use AI as examples and methods in the sciences (e.g.\, cognitive science) and other areas of philosophy (e.g.\, philosophy of mind\, philosophy of language\, epistemology\, ethics). The following is a non-exhaustive list of topics.

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AI and issues in theoretical philosophy

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Complexity
Computation
Consciousness
Creativity
Free will
Information
Intelligence
Language
Intentionality\, representation\, meaning
Knowledge &\; understanding
Superintelligence &\; singularity
Life \;

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AI and issues in practical philosophy (Ethics of AI)

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Human dignity and AI
Impact on society
Machine ethics
Bias &\; fairness
Alignment &\; existential risk
Misinformation\, echo chambers\, &\; democracy
AI regulation &\; liberalism
Political &\; economical inequality
Privacy &\; manipulation
Responsibility &\; rights for machines
Risk to humanity &\; AI safety

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Approaches &\; Methods of AI

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Big data analytics
Cognitive architecture
Cooperation &\; interaction
Cybernetics
Dynamical systems
Embodiment
Enactive cognition
Embedded &\; extended mind
Expert systems
Generative AI
Large language models
Machine learning &\; neural networks
Neuroscience &\; AI
Non-symbolic AI
Robotics \;

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Challenges of AI

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Action selection &\; rational choice
Brain emulation and uploading
Symbol grounding
Common sense
Frame problem
Gö\;delian arguments
Turing Test

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Programme Committee (TBC)

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Abramson\, Darren
Beavers\, Anthony
Berkeley\, Istvan
Cannon\, Michael
Copeland\, Jack
Dewey\, Aliya R.
Dietrich\, Eric
Dodig-Crnkovic\, Gordana
Dung\, Leonard
Firt\, Erez
Gomila\, Antoni
Lö\;hr\, Guido
Magnani\, Lorenzo
Miłkowski\, Marcin
Morales\, Diego
Mü\;ller\, Vincent C.
Piccinini\, Gualtiero
Schiaffonati\, Viola
Shagrir\, Oron
Vallverdú\;\, Jordi
Wheeler\, Michael
Wiedermann\, Jiri

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